'It is a truth universally acknowledged', that 'the only two certainties in life are death and taxes.' So might a book by Jane Austen have begun had she written a novel on either subject. However, while death is inevitable regardless of age, old age is the preserve of fewer, although increasing...
Suffering has been part of the human condition since the garden of Eden. (1) Philosophers have tried to explain it, theologians have tried to understand it, ministers have preached about it, and atheists have used it to justify their position. But the eternal question remains; if God is good and...