Thousands of years ago, the patriarch Job, who had just lost all his children and who was in the throes of a terrible disease, asked: “Why does [God] give light to one having trouble, and life to those bitter of soul? ” Today, many wonder how a good and loving God can seemingly remain passive in the face of so much suffering and injustice.
दुष्काळ, युद्ध, आजारपण आणि मृत्यू या वास्तविकतेचा सामना करावा लागल्यावर पुष्कळजण मानवजातीची काळजी करणारा निर्माणकर्ता आहे ही कल्पनाच थेट नाकारतात.