http://imagemediaresource.com/How_Then_Shall_We_Live/Ep2_GoodAndEvil.mp3 How can God be good if there is evil? We ask guest, Jackson Downey, to discuss his thoughts on the matter. Join us as we search scripture for the answer to this question. Email: [email protected] Instagram & Twitter: @shallwelivepod   Authors/Works Mentioned: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brother’s Karamazov (Specifically The … Continue reading Episode 2: How Can God Be Good?

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How Can God be good when there is so much evil? We ask guest Jackson Downey to discuss his thoughts. Join us as we search the scripture and try to answer this question!

Contact:

@shallwelivepod on Twitter

Authors/Works Mentioned:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Faust

Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Grand Inquisitor

Stephen Hawking : Theoretical Physicist

Thomas Robert Malthus : Mathmetician

Margaret Mead : Cultural Anthropologist

Jean Paul Sartre

Scriptures Referenced:

Gen 3

Ezekiel 3:11

2 Peter 3:10

1 Timothy 2:1-6

Psalm 53:3

Luke 18:19

John 9

Psalm 34:8

Romans 8:18-21

Psalm 27:13-14

Romans 8:23

Isaiah 12:2

00:01:45 Guest Introduction: Jackson Downey

00:11:40 Context for discussion God’s goodness and man’s evil.

00:21:10 Implications of the question.

00:24:50 All beliefs require faith.

00:26:30 Is it an Emotional Response? Or logical question?

00:38:00 Altruism vs Determinism

00:53:00 Free Will

01:01:00 Moral Error (Who can say what God will do)

01:06:00 Natural Disasters

01:17:00 Final Thoughts