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Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

Fireside Chat Ep. 216 — Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen to Good People?

Fireside Chat with Dennis Prager

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Self-improvement, Education, How To

4.85.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Every person of faith struggles with this. When terrible things happen to good people (a tragic event, a loved one dies or gets cancer, etc.), the question is always there: Why would God allow this to happen? Well, this is important—it’s the wrong way to approach your faith. Dennis has spent years examining this topic and you’ll appreciate the rational perspective. This episode was made possible through our partnership with Dallas Baptist University. Learn more at PragerU.com/dbu

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0:00.0

Hi everybody, welcome to the FireSight chat. I'm Dennis Prager. This is Otto.

0:04.4

Otto needs no introduction. I might need an introduction, but Otto does not.

0:13.4

That was it. That might be the only movement you see from Otto on this FireSight

0:18.3

chat. On the other hand, he has been known to leave in the middle. This is

0:21.9

happening more frequently and it might be related to the fact that he has not

0:28.2

had a raise since the beginning of the FireSight chat. So who knows? What number are we?

0:40.0

216. Oh my, Cron. Oh, that's right. An opening announcement. That's right. Dallas Baptist

0:55.2

University is a comprehensive Christianity centered nationally ranked university with a mission

1:01.9

to produce the next generation of several of excuse me, observant leaders. D.B.U. graduates,

1:08.7

at Dallas Baptist University, where I was and loved, loved being there are men and women of

1:13.9

a deep faith who strive to reflect the values of genuine patriotism. They can be found in the

1:21.4

classrooms, courtrooms, boardrooms, and beyond all throughout America and around the world.

1:27.7

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1:34.1

to receive a $1,000 scholarship, visit PragerU.com slash D.B.U. D.B.U. Dallas Baptist University.

1:43.2

Great. So apropos as it happens, I'm going to talk to you today since some I feel that I need to

1:58.2

always go back to this subject, although this will be a different aspect of it, because it is the

2:07.0

most important subject in the world, and it is the least talked about in schools and in the regular

2:15.7

media. I'm going to talk to you about God. Do you know by the way, just parenthetically, we live

2:25.3

in the most secular generation in the history of the world.

2:29.6

There has never been a religious, godless society in recorded history. We have created it in the West.

2:45.2

Two hour great detriment, the chaos that we're seeing in so many arenas, men give birth,

2:52.1

good and evil are opinions. There is no objective truth. There is an even objective truth in math.

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