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Evil, Hell, & Evidence for God at a Christian College (#54)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7542 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Dan sits down with friend and philosopher Matthew Benton (Seattle Pacific University) to talk through five common questions that come up commonly with undergraduate students at his Christian university:- How could a loving God send anyone to Hell?- Why is there so much religious diversity if one religion is (most) true?- If there is a loving God, why is there so much evil and suffering in the world?- Why isn't there stronger evidence for God's existence?- What are the right ways to interpret the Bible? (On which issues?)“Hell & the God of Justice:” https://www.dropbox.com/s/54aaammsvsn28hx/MMAdams1975.pdf?dl=0Matt’s faculty page: https://spu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-sciences/philosophy/faculty-staff/benton-matthewEdited by Scott CangemiJoin the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankochYHP Patron-only FB group: https://tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98Website: youhavepermissionpod.comJoin Dan's email list: dankochwords.comArtwork by http://sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

0:04.7

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0:07.5

They think they're better than us.

0:08.5

Who do you think you are?

0:09.8

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

0:11.5

She's punishing me.

0:13.0

You destroyed my family.

0:14.3

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

0:17.0

A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

0:24.2

My name is Dan Koch.

0:26.1

Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

0:31.0

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make

0:36.4

liberal converts.

0:39.3

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious

0:44.9

folks, anyone who finds themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate,

0:58.9

suffering, evangelism, and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions. I want to say that

1:05.4

you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

1:11.8

And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian

1:17.1

spectrum, engaging hard questions in a multitude of ways.

1:21.5

Thanks for listening.

1:24.8

And we're back to a regular style episode of You Have Permission.

1:29.0

I appreciate everybody who listened to all four parts of that end times anxiety series.

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