Theorizing Evil: Is There Still a Place For Apologetics?

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🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that there’s an old illusion, and “it is called good and evil.” Throughout the ages, people have either thrown out the idea of evil, like Nietzsche, or attempted to rationalize it with their belief system. So, if everyone in some way gives an account for real evil and suffering in the world, what do Christians have to say about it? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland tackle the historical reasons for evil and suffering and what resources we have, as believers, to face this fallen world.

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0:00.0	The point you said, Mike, is that this is a Christian problem, is because you have all
0:06.2	knowing, all loving, all powerful God, and evil existing.
0:10.6	Like the question of evil seems to disrupt, but the atheist doesn't have the problem.
0:15.7	Again, we're not saying atheists are evil.
0:17.6	We're saying they don't have a standard.
0:18.9	They can't give an account for why you would call something good or evil.
0:21.8	Postmodernism doesn't do anything except name it and blame everyone else usually.
0:26.5	And then, pantheism is cruel for Christians because we have a similar theological foundation.
0:33.0	One thing that I often say is that, well, there's an olive in God who is all powerful, does
0:37.5	exist, suffering exists.
0:39.0	Well, God can exist and suffering can exist because happiness is not the highest good.
0:46.2	So if happiness was the highest good, if God was simply to create a world that just makes
0:52.1	us happy, makes us comfortable, and all these kinds of things, then I guess that could
0:57.3	be the case, but that's not the objective of being here.
1:22.1	Luther and his generation feared standing trial before the justice of God.
1:46.4	What hope would sinners have there?
1:48.1	Paul's promise that there is now no condemnation for you who are in Christ Jesus was the great
1:59.8	hope of the 16th century.
2:02.1	But today, the tables have turned.
2:04.5	Culp says we no longer fear God as our judge because we are the ones putting him on trial.
2:09.8	He is now the one who seems to be falling short of his word.
2:12.9	After all, he claims to be good and loving and righteous, and yet we see a world filled
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