The Philosopher’s Brew Podcast

More Hints from God as to why He allows suffering and evil

Continuing from Part 1 in the previous episode, we look at more hints, reasons, and clues from God as to why suffering and evil are permitted to occur in this world.

Hints from God about suffering: Part 1

Although the justification for permitting an event may span millions of future consequences, God does give different reasons or factors involved in some specific examples of suffering. In this episode, we look at some of them, especially the death of children.

What does it mean to be human?

An understanding of what it means to be human is essential to understanding why God permits suffering in this world.

The Slaughter of the Canaanites

Arguments from evil against the existence of God hang on the premise that God cannot permit gratuitous evil. But if we grant that premise, then when a society becomes a gratuitous evil, God must terminate it. But then there are the objections ...

Why We Don't Know What God Should Allow

Every event produces an exponentially increasing number of consequences to the end of history, affecting an exponentially increasing number of causal chains, making calculations of the net moral value of any event impossible.

Are the Concepts of Evil and Injustice Rooted in Anything?

Just as it is absurd to complain about a high crime rate if, in fact, there are no laws to break, so it is nonsense to complain about evil and injustice unless there is some ultimate standard of truth and beauty that is being violated.

Did the Universe Originate from a Mind?

Maybe the reason the universe is incredibly fine-tuned to support life, is that it was actually designed to do so--which has implications for a mind behind the universe.

What Caused God?

Science cannot answer this question but cold, hard logic can.