Feb 19, 2008 — See NPR: "Fresh Air"
It's one of the oldest faith questions: If there's an all-powerful and loving God, why do human beings suffer? In his latest book, a New York Times bestseller, UNC religious studies professor Bart D. Ehrman wrestles with that question -- and with the implications of the often-contradictory answers he finds. In God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question -- Why We Suffer, Ehrman meditates upon how the Bible explains human suffering, why he finds the explanations unconvincing, and why he gave up on being a Christian.
