The Problem Of Pain -

Creating a world of free beings requires a stable, predictable environment.

: "God whispers to us in our pleasures... but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world" ( C.S. Lewis Institute ). The Problem of Pain

C.S. Lewis’s The Problem of Pain (1940) provides a systematic theological and philosophical defense of God's goodness in a world full of suffering. The Central Dilemma Creating a world of free beings requires a