 The last few sections outlined a variety of approaches to theodicy which are compatible with theological determinism; they represent attempts to explain why God might allow evil which do not rely on the traditional free will defense. Equally prominent in the tradition’s treatment of evil, however, is the theme of mystery: an unwillingness to identify with any surety why God would allow evil. That theme is prominent in scriptural treatments of evil, such as those found in Job and Ecclesiastes. Perhaps the most plausible way to interpret the tradition’s emphasis on mystery is as a combination of what philosophers now call skeptical theism and the Moore Switch.