Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Isn't "smorgasbord" a great word? Amos Wollen, my friend and fellow Oxford graduate student, joins me to debate his novel argument for the compatibility of God's love and an eternal Hell, a theodicy involving our consenting to suffering prior to our births, a case for the Baha'i faith, a fine-tuning argument from beauty, and the real reason that I take so many bathroom breaks.
Amos's Substack: wollenblog.substack.com
This interview is also available as a podcast: open.substack.com/pub/mileskdonahue/p/69-two-oxford-students-tackle-a-philosophical?r=1pf1v9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Check out my Substack where you can get a paid membership because you're awesome: mileskdonahue.substack.com
To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating via Buy Me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/mileskdonahue).
Twitter: twitter.com/PhilosopherMKD
EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:50 A new argument for Hell
39:43 A pre-existence theodicy
01:04:52 A fine-tuning argument from beauty
01:25:02 A case for the Baha'i faith
Isn't "smorgasbord" a great word? Amos Wollen, my friend and fellow Oxford graduate student, joins me to debate his novel argument for the compatibility of God's love and an eternal Hell, a theodicy involving our consenting to suffering prior to our births, a case for the Baha'i faith, a fine-tuning argument from beauty, and the real reason that I take so many bathroom breaks.
Amos's Substack: wollenblog.substack.com
This interview is also available as a podcast: open.substack.com/pub/mileskdonahue/p/69-two-oxford-students-tackle-a-philosophical?r=1pf1v9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Check out my Substack where you can get a paid membership because you're awesome: mileskdonahue.substack.com
To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating via Buy Me a Coffee (buymeacoffee.com/mileskdonahue).
Twitter: twitter.com/PhilosopherMKD
EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:50 A new argument for Hell
39:43 A pre-existence theodicy
01:04:52 A fine-tuning argument from beauty
01:25:02 A case for the Baha'i faith
