Title: When Bad Books Are Written By Good People
Review: Rabbi Kushner is a fantastic communicator, and this book does not disappoint in that respect. The problem I have is with Kushner's solution to the problem of evil. He resorts to Aristotle's view of viewing God as impotent. This contradicts the Kalam Cosmological Argument as well as the Ontological Argument for the existence of God. It also contradicts many passages in the Tanakh.Jeremiah 32:27 "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?Jeremiah 32:17 "Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.Genesis 18:13-14 Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' (14) Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the appointed time next year and Sarah will have a son."The book may be comforting, but it is unbiblical, and it offers little hope that God will one day overcome evil.
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