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Last episode we discussed apparently poor design within the Intelligent Design argument. It led into assessing whether the Fall is a good explanation for poor design and hence natural suffering. Here we discuss other explanations for a good and loving God making a world with natural suffering. In particular, we assess Sceptical Theism which we covered in episode 3. The idea is that the explanation is beyond our understanding, which seems good but has problematic implications. One implication is the issue of whether God is lying in His revelation is something else we’d expect to be beyond our understanding. Finally, we cycle back to the Fall narrative in Genesis to see whether God is lying in his warning to Adam.
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Please give feedback, meet Ed’s challenge on suffering in the Old Testament and ask questions using:
doubtsaloud@gmail.com
Last episode we discussed apparently poor design within the Intelligent Design argument. It led into assessing whether the Fall is a good explanation for poor design and hence natural suffering. Here we discuss other explanations for a good and loving God making a world with natural suffering. In particular, we assess Sceptical Theism which we covered in episode 3. The idea is that the explanation is beyond our understanding, which seems good but has problematic implications. One implication is the issue of whether God is lying in His revelation is something else we’d expect to be beyond our understanding. Finally, we cycle back to the Fall narrative in Genesis to see whether God is lying in his warning to Adam.
Doubts Aloud Links:
Please give feedback, meet Ed’s challenge on suffering in the Old Testament and ask questions using:
doubtsaloud@gmail.com