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What did the Romans do in the year 0? A fake theologian explains

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Theologians deal with some serious questions. Here is Saint Augustine, a Christian theologian and philosopher.German Vizulis/Shutterstock

Over the centuries, theologians have wrestled with many knotty questions, such as: Does God exist? What is the purpose of life? And why do innocent people suffer?

A layperson might suppose theology, the study of...

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