The great objection to the proposition that God exists is the fact of innocent suffering. How could an all-loving and all-powerful God possibly allow the horrific suffering endured by those who simply don't deserve it?
In the face of this problem, there is no single, unequivocal "answer," no clinching argument that will leave the doubter stunned into acquiescence. The best approach is to walk slowly around the issue, in the manner of the phenomenologists, illuminating now this aspect, now that.
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