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“‘If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly…

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Quote by CS Lewis

CS Lewis

“‘If God were good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks wither goodness, or power, or both.’ This is the problem of pain, in its simplest form.”

Source: The Problem of Pain

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