Godforsaken: Bad Things Happen. Is there a God who cares? Yes. Hereas Proof Book

Part 1 Introduction

1 An Immigrant's Journey: The Paradox of Suffering 3

2 Wounded Theism: The Indictment of God 17

Part 2 A Universal Conundrum

3 The Limits of Theodicy: Why the Usual Answers Don't Work 39

4 Atheist Delusions: Contradictions of Unbelief 59

Part 3 Moral Evil

5 Free to Choose: Omnipotence and Human Freedom 77

6 Choices and Consequences: Why a Lawful Universe 93

Part 4 Crimes of Nature

7 Acts of God: The Reason for Earthquakes 117

8 Red in Tooth and Claw: Evolution and Animal Pain 135

9 A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Anthropic Principle 157

Part 5 The Character of God

10 Create or Not: Does God Hate Amputees? 183

11 Rage of Yahweh: Crimes of the Old Testament God 201

12 Abandon All Hope: Heaven, Hell, and Divine Justice 223

Part 6 Conclusion

13 Not Forsaken: Delivering Us from Evil 245

Acknowledgments 261

Notes 263

About The Author 274