https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/This-Is-Not-The-Best-Possible-World-Ep.228_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download This Is Not The Best Possible World A famous theodicy says that this is the best possible world that God could create and provide for all the necessary qualities for what we see in Scripture and with who God is. Frame, however, says this is not the best […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Scott-Christensen-On-The-Issue-Of-The-Best-Of-All-Possible-Worlds-Ep.180.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download The Issue Of The Best Of All Possible Worlds Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz might have the best name in all of the history of science. He coined the term “theodicy” as well as the theory that this universe is the “best of all possible worlds”. Scott Christensen says while […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Two-Big-Examples-Of-Better-Worlds-Without-Evil-In-It-Ep.153.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Better Worlds Without Evil While failing to really explain how evil makes the world the best possible, Scripture gives us two big examples of better worlds without evil in it. Evil isn’t built into the nature of the world as a feature. It is a bug that will […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Best-Possible-World-Has-Evil-In-It-Ep.153.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Best Possible World Has Evil A very popular theodicy is one where the best possible world has evil in it. Here, a principled stance on the character and nature of God flows to a creation and existence of evil in a deductive, logical format. TIMELINE: 00:00 – The […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Enlightenments-Mockery-Of-An-Explanation-For-Evil-Ep.141_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Mockery Of An Explanation For Evil Voltaire was one of the most prolific attackers of the problem of evil during the Enlightenment. Voltaire’s rhetoric, arguments, and yes, even poems against people like Leibniz show this clash with dealing with the claim that evil is necessary for the best […]
https://media.blubrry.com/cavetothecross/cavetothecross.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/6-Possible-Answers-To-The-Problem-Of-Evil-Ep.138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download 6 Answers For Evil Scott Christensen gives six of the main explanations Christians have given against the problem of evil. They include things like free will, natural law, goodness, character development, highest goodness, and judgment. Here are 6 answers for evil. TIMELINE: 00:00 – Mapping Out The Problem […]
