Episode
Lesson 2.1: The Problem of Evil, Part I
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- The Luxury of Virtue
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- Mar 30, 2026
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- 3704
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Summary
If God is perfectly good, then this world demands an explanation—or a surrender of belief. Topics discussed: * The relationship between intellectualism and belief in the supernatural * A Pyrrhonian-style move: examining both sides of the "religion vs. reason" debate * Early Christianity as a countercultural and sometimes anti-intellectual movement * Introduction to Baron d'Holbach—an early, explicit defender of atheism * The notion of the God of the Gaps * The Problem of Evil argument against God's existence