Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Gavin Ortlund responds to Jon Stewart’s reflections on belief and explores why the problem of evil raises even harder questions for atheism than for theism.

Videos Mentioned:
Is Religion Bad For Society?: youtu.be/zlGa6jvcV1E?si=U9BiqzIz0RX36kjP
Fine-tuning is Simply a Good Argument: youtube.com/watch?v=7iVuMRwi5Wg

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00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Religion Is a Good Thing
02:37 - The Nature of Belief
05:56 - Atheism Can't Adequately Explain Evil
10:52 - Dostoevsky and the Problem of Evil
13:40 - The Hope of Christianity