#12321 If God Is All-Good, Why Does Evil Exist? Evil and Suffering - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“If God Is All-Good, Why Does Evil Exist?” This episode delves into the complexities of evil and suffering, addressing questions such as whether “pointless evil” disproves God’s existence and if the problem of evil could justify the presence of the devil. Join us as we explore these challenging topics with clarity and depth.

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Questions Covered:

28:45 – If God Is All-Good, Why Does Evil Exist?
38:32 – Does “Pointless Evil” Disprove God?
48:12 – Problem of Evil: Could It Justify the Devil?

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0:36.4	Happy Feast of St. Clair, everybody. To all the
0:38.2	Claire's out there listening, happy feast day. And to all the listeners out there, thank you for
0:42.4	tuning in today for two hours of answering the strongest objections to God. That is the topic
0:49.2	that we are going to have on the show today. If you would like to get in on the conversation,
0:53.1	the number to call is 8883187-884.
0:56.7	That's 8883-1-8-8-8-4. To talk about objections to God's existence, obviously, the main person
1:05.3	to ask a question about that would be probably an atheist or an agnostic. You don't have to be
1:09.5	an atheist or an agnostic. You could also be a Catholic, a Christian, someone of any sort of background of beliefs, but if you
1:15.2	have this objection in your mind that you just don't know how to answer for yourself, or if you've
1:19.8	been presented with an objection to God's existence by someone else and you don't know how to
1:23.5	answer it, give us a call, and we will try to get that, try to get to your questions
1:28.2	soon in the show. But answering those questions and of course taking us through a few
1:34.6	before we get to calls is our very own Catholic Answers staff apologist, our author, speaker,
1:42.1	and I would say resident Thomist, probably, resident philosopher of Catholic Answers.
1:47.6	Among all the apologists, probably the most Thomistic inclined.
1:52.3	I'll stop you, I'll stop keeping you waiting. It's Dr. Carla Broussard.
1:55.5	Carla, welcome back to the show.
1:57.2	Hey, Thomas. I'll embrace that label, man. I'll wear it proudly. I think a place like Catholic
2:04.1	Answers needs someone who will wear that label, because as we'll see in a moment, getting
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