This is the second part of my essay on ‘God and evil’, exploring the problem of evil for Christianity and other monotheistic religions. The first part, which I published on Sunday, looked at the question of Original Sin. This second part examines the idea of Satan, and the tension in monotheistic religions between the idea that God is a necessary bulwark against evil (‘If God does not exist, everything is permitted’) and the fact that  belief in God leads many to accept […]

Categories: Atheism & Religion, Philosophy & Ethics • Tags: augustine, bible, blake, book of job, christianity, dostoevsky, evil, free will, god, hell, judaism, original sin, religion, richard swinburne, satan