Friday, February 22, 2008
Mr. Deity Series
Bart Ehrman, "Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer" (NPR) (48 min)
Bart Ehrman, "Questioning Religion on Why We Suffer" (NPR) (48 min)
Fresh Air from WHYY, February 19, 2008 · 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, 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.
Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus and more than a dozen other books, chairs the religious studies department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
