Finger On The Trigger

Theodicy is defined as the defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.

In other words, when religious leaders tell you that God knows everything and that suffering is part of God's plan, that he has his reasons, that is theodicy.

The logic is hard to swallow, and even harder to deal with when you push these people into a corner looking for a definitive answer and all they can tell you is you have to have faith. Faith in God, faith in God's plan. That it is impossible to know God's plan but, because he loves us so much, it will all make sense in the end.

This is unacceptable to me.

Because if God is omnipotent, then he had his finger on the trigger at Newtown.