No! A thousand times, no. But why then? Things like natural disasters and illness fall into a category of what we call “natural” or “physical evil,” as opposed to “moral evil,” which implies human ...

This form of the problem posits that the coexistence of God and evil ... a concept that became foundational in Christian philosophy. Evil, he proposed, is a privation—a lack or corruption of good.

When we think of evil doctors or monsters, we tend to think of fictional characters, but real-life depravity can be much more terrifying. When we think of evil doctors or monsters, we are likely to ...

Eighty years ago world leaders meeting in Bretton Woods, N.H., created the International Monetary Fund to prevent the sorts of economic imbalances that had brought on the Great Depression. Today ...

Like Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta, Stoicism rejects a separate divine sphere, arguing instead that God is infused in all ...

Things have been a mess since Pluto's demotion. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on the definition of a planet. Famously, Pluto no longer met the criteria and was demoted ...

He sketches Shakespeare’s evolution about the idea of evil through his plays, showing how one man’s growth had a global impact on theater, specifically, but also on storytelling at large.

"You play to win the game" ... except when you don't. It’s been nearly 22 years since former New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards uttered those six memorable words. And, like the current ...