The Impassibly Passionate God: An Apology for an Emotional God; an Apologetic for Suffering and Evil

Abstract

The Problem of Suffering and Evil causes believer and unbeliever alike to question whether God (if there even is a God) is all-loving. This theodicy prompts a twofold question pertaining to God’s ontology: can we properly predicate 1) emotions and 2) suffering to the ontology of God? This thesis offers not only an apology of an Impassibly Emotional God but, in turn, provides an apologetic that speaks powerfully to The Problem of Suffering and Evil.