The Problem of Evil with Dr. Josh Rasmussen

Here I talk with Dr. Josh Rasmussen about the problem of evil, and a few other topics in the philosophy of religion. Check out Josh's website: https://joshualrasmussen.com/ Check out Josh's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldviewDesignChannel Truth Unites is a mixture of apologetics and theology, with an irenic focus. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai. SUPPORT: Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites One time donation: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/truthunites FOLLOW: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ Website: https://gavinortlund.com/ MY BOOKS: https://gavinortlund.com/mypublications/ PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/truth-unites DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM Striving Side By Side: https://discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs 00:00 - Introduction 01:03 - Favorite Argument for God? 02:15 - The Argument from Consciousness 04:10 - Points Conceded by Atheists 08:07 - The Ontological Argument 10:03 - Top 3 Philosophy of Religion Books 11:59 - Why Care about the Problem of Evil? 14:47 - The Danger of Trite Answers 16:21 - What is the Problem of Evil? 20:35 - What are Theodicies? 25:14 - Why Couldn't God Make us Perfect? 29:46 - Why Couldn't Heaven Start in Eden? 32:21 - William Rowe on Natural Evil 38:41 - John Hick on Soul-Making Theodicy 43:54 - Greater Goods Theodicy as Unsatisfying? 49:55 - What if God is Real but Evil? 1:01:31 - "All Theodicy is Eschatology" 1:05:21 - Gavin's Summative Answer 1:08:25 - Josh's Summative Answer 1:12:25 - Final Thoughts and Hope