Alex O'Connor on Animal Suffering: Christian Response

Gavin Ortlund responds to Alex O'Connor's comments in recent debates about animal suffering as an argument against the existence of God. My full video on angelic fall theodicy: https://youtu.be/p0G-3eFHeq8?si=FN-afzSmnR7r85u8 My 2015 article in Evangelical Quarterly: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/ Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville. SUPPORT: Tax Deductible Support: https://truthunites.org/donate/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites FOLLOW: Website: https://truthunites.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truth.unites/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ MY ACADEMIC WORK: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/ PODCAST: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM Striving Side By Side: https://discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs CREATIVE DIRECTION: Clau Gutiérrez (https://www clau.uk) CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunites-20 https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunites-20 https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunites-20 https://www.amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunites-20 00:00 The Deer in the Forest 01:08 Animal Suffering vs. Fine-Tuning 03:21 Will Fine-Tuning Be Resolved? 05:46 Theism is Capacious 07:17 Angelic Fall Theodicy 10:19 Do Animals Suffer? 12:13 C.S. Lewis 13:09 Is Satan a Creator? 14:40 Augustine 15:35 Thomas Aquinas 16:19 Angels Govern Nature 18:17 Genesis 1 19:17 An Advantage to Theism