books.google.co.uk - Why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much? This is one of the most difficult problems of religious belief. Richard Swinburne gives a careful, clear examination of this problem, and offers an answer: it is because God wants more for us than just pleasure or freedom from suffering. Swinburne...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Providence_and_the_Problem_of_Evil.html?id=-tbnr3r3n2UC&q=theodicy&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareProvidence and the Problem of Evil