Why would a good God allow evil? Sharon Dirckx & Hannah Timson

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🗓️ 27 April 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Sharon Dirckx of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics discusses the problem of suffering with Hannah Timson, head of Humanist Students UK. Hannah explains how she lost her faith in her late teens, in part because of the issue of suffering. Drawing on her book ‘Why? Looking at God, Evil and Personal Suffering’ Sharon responds to Hannah as they discuss their different stories and the problem of evil. For Sharon Dirckx http://rzim.org/bio/sharon-dirckx/ For Hannah Timson https://humanism.org.uk/students/ Vote for your top tough question at this year’s Unbelievable? conference https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Features/Unbelievable-The-Conference-2018/What-s-your-big-question-for-God-Vote-Now Sharon Dirckx is speaking at Unbelievable? the Conference 2018: http://www.premier.org.uk/justask Get signed copies of Unbelievable? the book and audiobook: www.unbelievablebook.co.uk Get Unbelievable? the Conference 2017 DVD/CD & Digital Download: http://www.premier.org.uk/shop For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 Podcast of Unbelievable? Via RSS or Via Itunes

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0:00.0	A very good afternoon and welcome to Unbelieveable. I'm Justin Braille, your host for the show
0:10.9	that brings Christians and non-Christians together for dialogue and debate every week.
0:15.3	And I'm really looking forward to introducing my guests today for a really good conversation
0:19.0	on suffering and evil. But it's only three weeks to go now till Saturday, the 19th of
0:24.7	May when I'd love to see you if you're able to get there at this year's Unbelieveable
0:28.8	Conference 2018. Just ask. We'll be joined by an international team of thinkers, speakers,
0:34.4	evangelists and apologists for what promises to be a great day of learning together at the
0:39.2	brewery in central London. I do encourage you to get your tickets now because they are
0:44.1	going fast. Premier.org.uk slash just ask. And a special thing that we've added to the
0:51.2	website in the last week is a poll. You can choose the questions you want to see answered
0:56.0	at this year's conference. We've got a list of about 15 or so big questions. Or you
1:00.4	can add your own. Go and check them out. I'd love you to vote and tell us what you'd like
1:04.8	the speakers to answer at some of the sessions at this year's conference. That's all available
1:09.4	right now at the conference event page. That's premier.org.uk slash just ask. And you're
1:15.2	looking for the item that says what's your big question for God vote now. Premier.org.uk slash
1:21.0	just ask. Go and vote in that poll. Of course, you can find it more about the speakers,
1:25.2	the topics, the venue. And indeed, the ticket offers we've got available. Now we've been
1:29.2	running for quite a long time. This ticket off away. If you buy two or more tickets,
1:33.5	you can get last year's conference on DVD and MP3 CD for free. I should warn you that's
1:38.7	coming to an end on the 8th of May. So you've not got long to avail yourself of that particular
1:43.8	deal. I do want to warn you. If you were thinking of getting hold of that free DVD by booking
1:48.6	two or more tickets, now's the time to do it. Again, premier.org.uk slash just ask. And
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