{"id":88,"date":"2006-10-08T02:18:22","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T02:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/glossary\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T16:31:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T21:31:37","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summametaphysica.com\/gg\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodicy re-visited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><br \/>\nBook #1 is primarily devoted to a solution of the age-old problem of the classic problem of Evil: <em>theodicy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>THEODICY: If there is a God who is all-powerful and all-merciful, why is there gross evil?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The ultimate answer to the philosophical conundrum of <em>God and Evil<\/em>, however, may transcend neo-classical reasoned philosophical discourse. <em>En toto<\/em>, this work, <em>God and Good<\/em>, is <em>de facto<\/em> a philosophical response to <em>theodicy<\/em>, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153What is it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d French journalist Cheron asks the Jewish writer Wiesel, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that is most radically  counter-poised to the mystery of death and the mystery of Evil?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Replies Elie Wiesel: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The mystery of life and Good.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strike><img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><\/strike><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">*<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">No question about it.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><br \/>\n*<img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/50vert.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<hr width=\"80%\" size=\"1\" align=\"left\" \/>\n<table width=\"314\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 125px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/definitions\/\">< BACK<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50px\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/summametaphysica.com\/gg\/the-unity-%E2%80%9Cpotential%E2%80%9D\/\">NEXT PAGE><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--END OF TABLE--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book #1 is primarily devoted to a solution of the age-old problem of the classic problem of Evil: theodicy. THEODICY: If there is a God who is all-powerful and all-merciful, why is there gross evil? The ultimate answer to the philosophical conundrum of God and Evil, however, may transcend neo-classical reasoned philosophical discourse. 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