Sixth, some don’t want the problem of evil answered. This is certainly true for atheists, as they appeal to this as a major reason for rejecting belief in God (I’ll talk more about this shortly). But I’ve found that even some who call themselves Christians hold a grudge against God and they like that. They like the idea that “God’s got this problem—this dirty open-secret—that the universe is a mess and somehow He’s at fault.” Just as people don’t want to hear good things about humans whom they have