I agree with most of this:
However, it goes off the rails at the end. I don’t agree
with John Feinberg’s position.
I wonder if Feinberg’s
position hasn’t been influenced by the personal tragedies he’s had to endure
(i.e. having to institutionalize his enfeebled father, the sudden death of his brother from
diabetes, his wife’s degenerative illness). That can crush the life out of you.
This is exacerbated by his
rejection of a consequentialist theodicy. That rejection makes the existence of
evil seem more gratuitous.
I’m sympathetic to his
ordeal. On the other hand, Warfield suffered a similar tragedy when his wife
was struck by lightening when they were hiking on their honeymoon. She suffered
irreparable injury, and they had a childless marriage. Yet Warfield remained
committed to God’s absolute sovereignty.
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