Jon Stewart Just Challenged Believers (The Problem of Evil)

Gavin Ortlund responds to Jon Stewart’s reflections on belief and explores why the problem of evil raises even harder questions for atheism than for theism.

Videos Mentioned:
Is Religion Bad For Society?: https://youtu.be/zlGa6jvcV1E?si=U9BiqzIz0RX36kjP
Fine-tuning is Simply a Good Argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVuMRwi5Wg

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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Religion Is a Good Thing
02:37 - The Nature of Belief
05:56 - Atheism Can't Adequately Explain Evil
10:52 - Dostoevsky and the Problem of Evil
13:40 - The Hope of Christianity