David John Wellman | The Free Will Theodicy @DavidJohnWellman | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
"God gave us free will, and allowing us to use that free will without fear of divine intercession justifies all the agony and suffering." Thus the free will theodicy in a nutshell. In the course of tackling that idea, we'll encounter figures such as John Wilkes Booth, Todd Friel, Ursula K. Le Guin, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Nolan, Eleonore Stump, and Richard Swinburne, along with a handful of amateur apologists, a time-travelling DJW, and -- once again -- Satan and his minions.
NOTE: The correct spellings at 6:06 are "Incompatibilism" and "Compatibilism." Mea culpa.
THE ARGUMENT FROM EVIL REFERENCE
(E1) Lightning strikes a tree in a forest, causing a forest fire. A fawn is caught in this fire, and suffers intense agony for an extended period of time before finally dying.
(E2) A five year old girl is, by her mother's boyfriend, severely beaten, raped and strangled to death.
(P) No good state of affairs that we know of is such that God, by bringing it about, is justified in permitting E1 and E2.
Therefore, it is likely that:
(Q) No good state of affairs is such that God, by bringing it about, is justified in permitting E1 and E2.
Therefore, it is likely that:
(R) God does not exist.
Background art by DJW
0:00 "My Dear Unbelieving Friend..."
1:12 Omniscience and Free Will
2:21 Booth Was Framed, Man!
4:34 Retrocausation (or, Noitasuacorter)
6:03 Compatibilism
6:56 The Ones Who Walk Away
8:42 Natural Evils and Satan
11:01 Get Your Traps Off My Lawn!
13:40 Conclusion (For Now...)
"God gave us free will, and allowing us to use that free will without fear of divine intercession justifies all the agony and suffering." Thus the free will theodicy in a nutshell. In the course of tackling that idea, we'll encounter figures such as John Wilkes Booth, Todd Friel, Ursula K. Le Guin, Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Nolan, Eleonore Stump, and Richard Swinburne, along with a handful of amateur apologists, a time-travelling DJW, and -- once again -- Satan and his minions.
NOTE: The correct spellings at 6:06 are "Incompatibilism" and "Compatibilism." Mea culpa.
THE ARGUMENT FROM EVIL REFERENCE
(E1) Lightning strikes a tree in a forest, causing a forest fire. A fawn is caught in this fire, and suffers intense agony for an extended period of time before finally dying.
(E2) A five year old girl is, by her mother's boyfriend, severely beaten, raped and strangled to death.
(P) No good state of affairs that we know of is such that God, by bringing it about, is justified in permitting E1 and E2.
Therefore, it is likely that:
(Q) No good state of affairs is such that God, by bringing it about, is justified in permitting E1 and E2.
Therefore, it is likely that:
(R) God does not exist.
Background art by DJW
0:00 "My Dear Unbelieving Friend..."
1:12 Omniscience and Free Will
2:21 Booth Was Framed, Man!
4:34 Retrocausation (or, Noitasuacorter)
6:03 Compatibilism
6:56 The Ones Who Walk Away
8:42 Natural Evils and Satan
11:01 Get Your Traps Off My Lawn!
13:40 Conclusion (For Now...)
