The classic formulation of the problem of pain goes something like this: IF God is all powerful and is loving then why is their pain and suffering in the word? And then people like David Hume later took this proposition and gave it more meat. Hume said here are the only conclusions one can have:

• Either God is all powerful and doesn’t care about suffering because he does nothing to stop it.
• Or God is not all powerful and cares about us but can do nothing to stop pain and suffering.

So that is the basic argument that is posed to Christians, and many times, this stops a Christian in their tracks ... but it doesn't have to. It can be a difficult charge to answer, but in this episode we do our best to address it.