The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't. -Rowan Williams

 

The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't.


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Increased crime and disorder, public nuisance and decreased public safety at a place which is dear to people from various Christian traditions.

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A huge fallacy to suppose that one community is somehow more intrinsically prone to violence or outrage than any other.

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I am certainly not ascribing to the defenders of euthanasia or assisted dying any motive but the desire to spare people unnecessary suffering.

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The leading theologian in our communion.

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Is someone who has always combined a passion for sharing the Gospel with a keen sense of the problems and challenges of our society, particularly where racism is concerned.

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