“This is Not Normal”: The Impenetrable Grief of the Stoneman Douglas School Shooting

What the tragedy can and cannot say about the problem of evil

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If God is all-powerful, all-good and all-knowledgable, how can there be evil in the world?

This simple question — one that has, on its own, inspired a whole branch of theology called theodicy —…