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The surprising aspect of this book for me was to find clues to Lewis believing in some form of purgatory, which I had not previously known till this reading.Eligible items can be returned for a refund of the merchandise value within 30 days of receiving an order. I realize I have jumped over a significant portion of Lewis’ argumentation and standpoints, but that is the bare bones. It is God’s goodness then that actually allows us to exist in pain that we might come to the fulness of knowledge in him. For God to end this condition would mean to end humanity. They are the result of the fall and the sinfulness of humanity. This then begs the question about pain and suffering. Which for Lewis, God’s decree providing free will to his creatures satisfies how God could still be good and yet allow pain and suffering. God's divine goodness emanates from his nature and cannot go contrary to his decree. He maneuvers his readers into understanding both the character of God and man, and then describes from a pure logic standpoint, how God does not operate within the absurd or impossible. The flow of Lewis is fairly straight forward. This is a delightful book and one that is quite easy to follow and helpful when considering the natural objections non-believers may have of God or Christianity. And because he is real and not a creation of our imagination, he does not act as we think would be good and proper of him. God is not a bearded grandfather in the sky. “We want not so much a Father but a grandfather in heaven, a God who said of anything we happened to like doing, 'What does it matter so long as they are contented?” The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not. Lewis's The Problem of Pain.Įssentially, the great logician unpacks how God can be both good and all-powerful (omnipotent) and there still be pain, suffering, and evil in the world. It is book 51 of 52 in the Tim Challies 2020 reading challenge, and for this book, I have chosen C.

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