# Lesson 2.1: The Problem of Evil, Part I

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Podcast: [The Luxury of Virtue](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-luxury-of-virtue-7020409)
Published: 2026-03-30T22:06:47+00:00
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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

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