In Kafka we have

In Kafka we have the modern mind, seemingly self-sufficient, intelligent, skeptical, ironical, splendidly trained for the great game of pretending that the world it comprehends in sterilized sobriety is the only and ultimate real one – yet a mind living in sin with the soul of Abraham. Thus he knows Two things at once, and … Read more

Is he neither able

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus

Is he able, but

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Epicurus

Is God willing to

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? Epicurus

\\\”There is no God,\\\”

\”There is no God,\” the foolish saith, But none, \”There is no sorrow.\” And nature oft the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow: Eyes which the preacher could not school, By wayside graves are raised; And lips say, \”God be pitiful,\” Who ne’er said, \”God be praised.\” Elizabeth Barrett Browning