'Jeongbon C' presented with a new cover.
S. Lewis Classics' series!
A meticulous argument for God's 'omnipotence' and 'goodness'!

A clear and powerful theological answer to the intellectual questions that suffering raises!
“If God is good and omnipotent, why does he allow his creatures to suffer?” This is the intellectual question that suffering raises, a problem that has plagued believers in God and an unsolved intellectual puzzle.
The Problem of Pain is a book about this intellectual question, written by C.
This is a book in which S. Lewis attempts to provide a clear and strong theological answer.
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Lewis's first work on a theological subject, The Problem of Pain, presents clear and sharp arguments on major theological topics such as 'God's omnipotence and goodness', 'human free will and the fall', 'heaven and hell', and 'human and animal suffering'.
Although Lewis introduced himself as an amateur, The Problem of Pain, which shows a theological depth that never remains amateurish, is a 'classic that is universally admired by contemporary thinkers who reflect on pain.'

One could imagine a world where God intervenes and corrects creatures whenever they misuse their free will.
A world where the moment you pick up a stick to use it as a weapon, it becomes as soft as a blade of grass, and the moment you try to create sound waves containing lies or curses, the air rejects them.
But in a world where one cannot commit a mistake, the free exercise of one's will would be nothing but empty words.
No, if we follow this principle to its logical conclusion, we find that it is impossible to even think evil thoughts.
Because every time we try to think an evil thought, our brain matter refuses to be used for such a thing.
Therefore, all the material things around an evil person will change unpredictably and frequently.
_In Chapter 2, 'God's Omnipotence'

Today, God's goodness is almost always understood to mean love.
Up to this point, this may be true.
The problem is that most of us understand love in this context as kindness—wanting others to be happier than we are, wanting them to be happy in some way.
In reality, a God we like is one who says to us, “What’s the problem if you’re satisfied with what you do?”
… … But since it is so clear that I do not live in such a world now, and yet I have reason to believe in ‘God’s love,’ I cannot help but conclude that I must ultimately revise my concept of love.
_In Chapter 3, ‘God’s Goodness’

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