In recent days Americans have confronted the problem of evil as never before in our history. Succinctly, the problem can be stated like this: in a universe controlled by an all-powerful, loving god, why do bad things happen to innocent people?
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Hiroshima in the aftermath of the atomic bombing • US Department of Defense (Public Domain)
The two faces of knowledge
It was the defining event of the 20th century, an exclamation point at the middle of the sentence.
A mass grave of prisoners at Nordhausen, victims of the Nazi rocket program, 1945
In the cause of expediency, evil goes unseen
In July 1943, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun travelled to Hitler’s military headquarters in East Prussia to brief his Führer on the A4 Wunderwaffe, or wonder weapon.