Ep. 27 Theodicy pt. 1: The question of the DM's justice in the Bible

When sh*t happens in real life, we don't always know who to blame. God? Myself? Bad f*cking luck?

But in the GAME, we know exactly who's responsible. Join Matt and Joe as we dive into one of the thorniest questions of theology: THEODICY, the question of God's justice and the problem of evil. How do we reconcile an all-loving God with the aforementioned sh*t that happens? Can we? Does it even matter? What does this tell us about the relationship between the DM and their Players? In part 1, we look at how biblical writers tackle these questions in the books of Job and Ezekiel.

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Sources:

Faust, Avraham. "Deportation and Demography in Sixth-Century b.c.e. Judah". Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. 2011.

Garber Jr., David. "A Vocabulary of Trauma in the Exilic Writings". Interpreting Exile: Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts. 2011.

Job, Ezekiel. The Bible. New International Version. 1973.

Sollereder, Bethany. Why Is There Suffering?: Pick Your Own Theological Expedition. 2021.

Zuckerman, Bruce. Job the Silent. 1991.