Atheists often use the problem of pain and suffering to challenge the existence of God, but this issue isn’t exclusive to Christianity. Every worldview must reckon with life’s harshest realities and not only confront suffering but also offer a meaningful response to it.

Atheists believe that pain and suffering present a significant challenge to the existence of the Christian God. They are troubled that people would worship a “good” deity who seems to be such a bad actor: a God who is indifferent to, or perhaps even responsible for, pain and suffering. We need to thank them for holding our feet to the fire and pushing us to improve our apologetic arguments, but in the interest of fairness, they must also take their turn in the hot seat and explain why, in a world of “blind, pitiless indifference,” they even care. Atheists may want to eliminate God from the calculation, but they still need to show us how they solve the equation. If they want to be credible, they need to become better advocates for their worldview rather than mere critics of a religious one. The issue of pain and suffering isn’t a mic drop moment at the end of an atheist argument; rather, it is a wake-up call for every worldview that would rather hit the snooze bar than confront the harsh realities of life. Every worldview must answer the problem of evil and suffering, not just Christianity… (Register to read the rest of the article)