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God and Horrendous Suffering
“Loftus has again produced a brilliant gallery of informed experts, now addressing the problem of evil from every angle, and with such power and depth that it shall be required reading for anyone promoting or opposing evil as a disproof of God.”
—Dr. Richard Carrier, author of Jesus from Outer Space
and Sense and Goodness without God
“The most pressing challenge to belief in God today is undoubtedly the problem of pain. One only needs to read the provocative array of essays in this volume of leading atheists and other non-theists to see why this is such an ongoing problem for those of us who believe that God is real. Whatever one’s beliefs or worldview, and whether one agrees or disagrees, I commend all seekers of truth to read and reflect on this significant work that John Loftus has so skillfully edited.”
—Dr. Chad Meister, Professor of Philosophy at Bethel University and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil
“Loftus’ previous book, The Case Against Miracles, is the final nail hammered into the coffin of magical, miraculous beliefs. This book on horrendous suffering should permanently inter that coffin, and with it morally absurd reasoning in defense of religious faith.”
—Dr. Peter Boghossian, author of A Manual for Creating Atheists,
and co-author of How to Have Impossible Conversations
About the Author
John W. Loftus earned MA, MDiv, and ThM degrees in philosophy of religion. He also studied in a PhD program at Marquette University. He is the author of Why I Became an Atheist, The Outsider Test for Faith, How to Defend the Christian Faith, Unapologetic, and the co-author of God or Godless (with Randal Rauser). He’s also the editor of The Christian Delusion, The End of Christianity, Christianity is Not Great, Christianity in the Light of Science, The Case against Miracles and co-editor of Varieites of Jesus Mythicism. He is the founder of the blog, Debunking Christianity (http://www.debunking-christianity.com/).
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———. A Manual for Creating Atheists. Durham: Pitchstone Publishing, 2013.
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Loftus, John. “God and Horrendous Suffering.” Trinity Journal of Natural & Philosophical Theology, Volume 1, Issue 2 (Spring 2023): 53-68, seen online at https://www.gerizimpublishing.com/journal
———. “The Five Most Powerful Reasons Not to Believe.” Debunking Christianity (blog), December 16, 2020. https://tinyurl.com/3n9t4fdk
———. “Reflections on Plantinga’s ‘Refutation’ of the Logical Problem of Evil. Debunking Christianity (blog), December 17, 2022. https://tinyurl.com/mw7urew7
———. “Three Top Apologists Reject the Force of Arguments to God’s Existence.” Debunking Christianity (blog), December 1, 2018. https://tinyurl.com/4pbha9yp
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