Trying to reconcile a good and just God is the ultimate task when describing why bad things happen to people. Origen addresses the Epicurean riddle when he says, "if he whom they call good is good to all, undoubtedly he is good even to those who are destined to perish. Why then does he not save them? If he is willing but cannot, he will not be almighty" (127). The conclusion that I have come to is that God is good there is no doubt. Some things I see as unjust, but then I realize that God's justice is far greater than what we consider just. We deserve far worse, yet we still want to hold to traditional wisdom that if we do good things then good things will happen. It does not always work that way, and we feel we have been wronged. I feel Origen gives a solid argument for God being just and good, but not a bulletproof argument.
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