A A Catholic, a Protestant, an atheist and an agnostic, all walk into a house in the Bible belt.

This sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it is in fact the beginning of today's

episode of the Cosmic Skeptic Podcast because in a rather ambitious attempt to expand the

podcast and make it reach new heights. I've invited three other guests on to

the podcast with me today. I am joined by Cameron Brutzi, our resident

Protestant. I'm joined by Joe Schmidt, our agnostic.

Trent Horn, our Catholic, and I am, as always Alex O'Connor, your atheist.

And we decided it would be fun, since we're all here together in Houston in order to do an event

the capturing Christianity exchange which at this point will be in the past so

the videos of the interactions that we're all going to be having in our public

event I'll put the links down in the description we thought while we're here going to be having in our public event. I'll put the links down in the

description. We thought while we're here it would be cool to sit down as a four and

talk about something which is important to all of us from our different perspectives.

It comes up regardless of how you're talking about the subject of religion, which

is the problem of evil, and what better company to talk about the problem of evil with than

people who come at it from completely different approaches.

So, I don't really know how we should best begin this, but I guess for myself

the problem of evil is easily the greatest argument against the existence of a god.

Would we all agree that that is the case?

You mean for people in general or for us?

In your view, I mean, like what in terms of arguments that would seek to establish

kind of strong a atheism that God doesn't exist I would yeah I would say historically

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