Weekly Newsletter from Christian Vegetarian Association CVA - May 13, 2023
From Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)


  1. The Problem of Evil
  2. All-Creatures.Org Ministry

1. The Problem of Evil

Theologians have long struggled with the problem of evil, often called the “theodicy problem.” Theodicy posits that God controls the world. The theodicy problem is that, if God is good and God is all-powerful, how can evil exist in the world? I will explore six hypotheses (or more, if readers challenge me with additional hypotheses):

  1. God is not good.
  2. God is not all-powerful.
  3. There is no evil. In other words, while perhaps imperfect, this is the best of all possible worlds.
  4. Without evil, humans could never exercise free will. Free will is important for, among other things, discerning who deserves heavenly reward and who deserves punishment in hell.
  5. There is no contradiction, because God’s truth is different from human truth.
  6. There is no God, and therefore there is no theodicy problem.

I will consider #3 first. I do not find this hypothesis reasonable. It is hard to believe that an all-powerful God could not have created a world with less suffering. Indeed, the agonies of countless nonhumans, abused and murdered to satisfy human taste and other preferences, seem largely unnecessary. Therefore, humanity’s massive cruelty to nonhumans, as well as countless cruelties perpetrated against members of our species, is evil.

Stephen R. Kaufman, MD


2. From All-Creatures.Org Ministry


All-Creatures.org Newsletter, May 3, 2023

Be sure to check out this week’s feature on turtles. It is time to end turtle racing! We hope you enjoy our weekly newsletter that contains up-to-the-minute good news for animals, action alerts, vegan/animal rights stories, poetry, and prose, thought-provoking articles, vegan religion and spirituality, recipes, events, and much more...

All-Creatures.org Newsletter, May 10, 2023

This week's newsletter includes Our Hero, Veda Stram... Calling All Vegan Clergy and Churches!... Need a May "Pick-Me-Up"?... Things you can do this week to save lives... Beautiful Vegan Poetry... Great Vegan Books... Grandma, Say it again!... Video Sermons... Stump the Pastor... and so much more...

Do you have things that you would like to see included? Then send it to us at
veda@all-creatures.org


In the Love of the Lord,
Frank L Hoffman
All-Creatures.org

and

Kindness,
Tams Nicholson
Executive Directress
All-Creatures.org 


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