Bart D. Ehrman: Quotes about the world

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“I could no longer reconcile the claims of faith with the facts of life. In particular, I could no longer explain how there can be a good and all-powerful God actively involved with this world, given the state of things. For many people who inhabit this planet, life is a cesspool of misery and suffering. I came to a point where I simply could not believe that there is a good and kindly disposed Ruler who is in charge of it.”

Bart D. Ehrman

Source: God's Problem (2008), Ch. 1, p. 3

Life , God , People , World

“Even though Jesus may be the only miracleworking Son of God that people know about today, there were lots of people like this in the ancient world.”

Bart D. Ehrman

Source: How Jesus Became God (2014), Ch. 1: 'Divine Humans in Ancient Greece and Rome'

God , People , World

“The question is then how can we decide what anybody in the ancient world said. We can't. We wish we could. It would be nice if we could. You would like to think that because you can go to the store and buy an edition of Plato that you are actually reading Plato, but the problem is that we just do not have the kind of evidence that we need in order to establish what ancient authors actually wrote.”

Bart D. Ehrman

"The Textual Reliability of the New Testament: A Dialogue between Bart Ehrman and Daniel Wallace" (April 4–5, 2008), in The Reliability of the New Testament (2011) edited by Robert Stewart, p. 47

World , Question , Problem , Thinking

“If there is an all-powerful and loving God in this world, why is there so much excruciating pain and unspeakable suffering? The problem of suffering has haunted me for a very long time. It was what made me begin to think about religion when I was young, and it was what led me to question my faith when I was older. Ultimately, it was the reason I lost my faith.”

Bart D. Ehrman

Source: God's Problem (2008), Ch. 1: 'Suffering and a Crisis of Faith', p. 1

Love , God , Pain , World