If God Could Have Created Us with Better Characters, Why Didn't He? (Dr. Philip Swenson) @TheAnalyticChristian

Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

0:00 Introduction
0:10 Evan Fales’ Challenge: God could & should have created the best world (a world of perfect creatures)
01:53 Response to Evan Fales’ challenge
06:47 First objection to the response: the cost of imperfect creatures like us is too high.
10:22 Second objection to the response: God could and should made us with better characters than the ones we have.
13:19 Why do some people have the inclination to do good while others are more inclined to do evil?
16:20 Concluding comments

Dr. Evan Fales essay is linked below.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118608005.ch24

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