Jim Jefferies, a transgressive comic, got me thinking about the problem of evil. If all-powerful God is good, why does evil exist?
Some religions have many gods or no god, but the ones with which I am most familiar, the desert religions, have one god.
Followers speculate about what the one Creator is like. As I see it, the only strong evidence for what the Creator is like is his creation, the universe.
The Creator, then, made wonders like berry ice cream and the laughter of children. But what about rabbits eaten by hungry coyotes? How do theorists explain a Creator who put together the coronavirus?
The usual answer is that God's ways are unknowable to us, a mystery we should accept. Jeffries explores this concept with a parable even I can grasp. Suppose a Samaritan is walking along a crowded sidewalk and he sees a woman. He hits her on the head, she falls, and then he begins to rape her. A police officer grabs him and shouts, "Are you insane? Why are you doing that?" And the Samaritan responds, "I don't know! It's a mystery!"
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