Ep. 101 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Is God Immoral Because Of Suffering

Covering the second part of Bart Ehrman’s critique of the Bible’s explanation for the existence of evil and suffering, we cover a few critiques of the critiques. Ehrman doesn’t seem to like the reasons the Bible gives and doesn’t find them satisfying. He also finds them contradictory. There are answers there and hopefully, this gives Christians better motivation to understand the doctrines they hold to in order to be able to give answers to someone even if they are as prolific and impressive as Ehrman is.

Timeline Breakdown:

00:00 – Introduction
00:48 – Critique 1 – There Are Contradictory Explanations Of Evil In The Bible
03:38 – No Reason Why They’re Contradictory
06:08 – Critique 2 – He Doesn’t Like The Reasons
07:23 – Critique 3 – The Reasons Are Not Satisfying
08:18 – Response – Just Because You Don’t Like It Doesn’t Mean It’s Wrong
09:33 – Response – Not Every Answer Is The Exhaustive One
10:50 – Response – Erhman Has His Own Mystery
14:52 – Response – The Importance Of The Incarnation
19:20 – By What Standard Is Evil Actually Evil?
21:58 – God Has Divine Right Over Creation
25:09 – The Biblical Doctrine Of Sin Plays An Important Part In The Answer To Evil
26:36 – The Doctrine Of Sin Is Not Only Horizontal But Vertical As Well
28:51 – The Problem Of Good
29:50 – Bart Ehrman – A Believer?
31:35 – Ehrman, Against His Wishes, Believes The Bible For The Standard Of Morality
34:49 – Conclusion

Video Links:

32:33 – Mitch Stokes Interview Where He Covers The Problem Of Evil
32:43 – Short Clips From Interviews Including Mitch Stokes On The Problem Of Evil
33:32 – Nancy Pearcey Interview

The episode link is cavetothecross.com/ep101