Thank you. The question of why bad things happen to good people will probably be around for a long time, no matter how often it gets dismissed as atheism. I used to get the students in my freshman philosophy class to read Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (not Chaucer's translation, of course), and they always liked Book IV the best. I also got a kick out of Droupadi's despairing complaint that we are just the plaything of the gods. She comes across as very relatable. She may have had five husbands, but I bet she's the only one who worried about how the bills were going to get paid.
When I got to that atheism line in the book I literally laughed out loud! One of my favorite passages in the whole book. Great summary :)
Thank you. The question of why bad things happen to good people will probably be around for a long time, no matter how often it gets dismissed as atheism. I used to get the students in my freshman philosophy class to read Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy (not Chaucer's translation, of course), and they always liked Book IV the best. I also got a kick out of Droupadi's despairing complaint that we are just the plaything of the gods. She comes across as very relatable. She may have had five husbands, but I bet she's the only one who worried about how the bills were going to get paid.