Episode 15 - The Problem of Evil

The Good Brew

What is the problem of evil? Venture on to find out!

0:00-2:03 - Intros and coffee talk

2:04-7:21 - The guys set up the central issue of the episode: the philosophical problem of evil- if God is all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing, then how can evil exist? They also talk about the distinction between the logical and the existential/emotional/experiential problem of evil.

7:22-14:02 - Discussion of Alvin Plantinga's famous free-will defense in response to the problem of evil from Plantinga's book, "God, Freedom, and Evil."

14:03-22:03 - What does it mean to say that God is good? Does goodness need a reference point? Also, a discussion of subjective vs. objective morality.

22:04-36:27 - Could God have created a world without evil in it as a possibility? Is this the best possible world that God could have created?

36:28-42:27 - The emotional side of the problem of evil and the problems that we experience everyday in the midst of anger, depression, sadness, and chaos around us, and how God deeply cares for the problem of evil.

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This episode features coffee from Krispy Kreme.

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