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When Bad Things Happen to Good People (ISBN 1-4000-3472-8) is a 1981 book by Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi. Kushner addresses in the book one of the principal problems of theodicy, the conundrum of why, if the universe was created and is governed by a God who is of a good and loving nature, there is nonetheless so much suffering and pain in it—essentially, the evidential problem of evil. The book argues for theistic finitism. Kushner proposes a finite God solution to the problem of evil. God is benevolent but not all-powerful to prevent evil.

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  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People (ISBN 1-4000-3472-8) is a 1981 book by Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi. Kushner addresses in the book one of the principal problems of theodicy, the conundrum of why, if the universe was created and is governed by a God who is of a good and loving nature, there is nonetheless so much suffering and pain in it—essentially, the evidential problem of evil. The book argues for theistic finitism. Kushner proposes a finite God solution to the problem of evil. God is benevolent but not all-powerful to prevent evil. The book is dedicated to the memory of Kushner's young son, Aaron, who died at the age of 14 in 1977 of the incurable genetic disease progeria.Rabbi Kushner's book was a New York Times bestseller for many months in the non-fiction category. (en)
  • Quando coisas ruins acontecem às pessoas boas (ISBN 978-85-213-0565-1) é um livro de 1981 publicado pelo rabino conservador Harold Kushner. Nele, o rabino trata do problema da existência do mal, motivado pela própria experiência pessoal com o sofrimento do filho, vítima de progeria. Kushner acaba por concluir que Deus é supremamente bom, mas não é onipotente. (pt)
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  • Quando coisas ruins acontecem às pessoas boas (ISBN 978-85-213-0565-1) é um livro de 1981 publicado pelo rabino conservador Harold Kushner. Nele, o rabino trata do problema da existência do mal, motivado pela própria experiência pessoal com o sofrimento do filho, vítima de progeria. Kushner acaba por concluir que Deus é supremamente bom, mas não é onipotente. (pt)
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People (ISBN 1-4000-3472-8) is a 1981 book by Harold Kushner, a Conservative rabbi. Kushner addresses in the book one of the principal problems of theodicy, the conundrum of why, if the universe was created and is governed by a God who is of a good and loving nature, there is nonetheless so much suffering and pain in it—essentially, the evidential problem of evil. The book argues for theistic finitism. Kushner proposes a finite God solution to the problem of evil. God is benevolent but not all-powerful to prevent evil. (en)
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  • When Bad Things Happen to Good People (en)
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