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theodicy is a problem precisely because theology conflicts with human experience.
At the beginning of Simulacra and Simulation, Baudrillard begins with an analogy detailing a map that is incongruent with the terrain it’s meant to be mapping. If theology is the map we use to navigate our spiritual terrain—viz., faith seeking understanding—it is rational to expect that this map would adequately address the subtleties of human experience.