Shorter Andrew Sullivan: I've been taught that evil is part of god's good plan, therefore evil doesn't perturb my faith.
It's all very circular and very silly. Jerry's right: theodicy is one of those confusing issues that simply disappears cleanly if you get rid of the god-junk that clutters up the discussion.
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