Santana-Supernatural
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Santana-Supernatural
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Part 9 of 10: The Problem of Suffering: the 7 Supernatural Answers vs. the 1 Naturalistic Overview of entire series:
Part 1: Overview of the supernatural vs. naturalistic explanations for (More) Overview of entire series:
Part 1: Overview of the supernatural vs. naturalistic explanations for the existence of suffering.
Part 2 discusses explanation #1--that suffering is punishment (from the Western angle that suffering is due to personal sin and/or "original sin").
Part 3 concludes the discussion of explanation #1--that suffering is punishment (from the Eastern angle that suffering is due to due to karma: sins in this life or a previous life).
Part 4 discusses explanation #2--that suffering benefits us--and explanation #3: that suffering must exist for the greater good of Free Will.
Part 5 discusses explanation #4--that the reason for suffering is beyond our finite understanding--and explanation #5: that the perceived world is just an illusion, hence suffering, too, is just an illusion.
Part 6 discusses explanation #6--that the Divine is not All-Powerful. This video focuses on the presentation of this argument as found in Harold S. Kushner's famous book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."
Part 7 concludes the discussion of explanation #6 (that the Divine is not All-Powerful), and highlights the weaknesses and incoherencies in the philosophy found in "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."
Part 8 discusses explanation #7--that the Divine is not All-Good (includes the views of skeptics, such as Richard Dawkins, who see no trouble reconciling the existence suffering with the fictional character known as the "jealous God" of the Old Testament).
Part 9 concludes the discussion of explanation #7--that the Divine is not All-Good (includes perspective of dualistic and polytheistic religions).
Part 10 discusses explanation #8--that the natural world is indifferent to creature suffering (that it may be part of "nature" for individuals to minimize their own suffering, but there is no overarching supernatural force to either dole out pain or send protection from pain).
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This series is a video adaptation of Endnote 32 from "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer" (a dialogue between a Christian proselytizer and a Socratic skeptic).
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The text of this video can be found on the blog site "Clashing Culture" - http://clashingculture.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/the-problem-of-suffering-the-seven-supernatural-answers-vs-the-one-naturalistic-part-1-of-2/
My four YouTube channels:
- http://youtube.com/user/ToddGates - my musician channel
- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates - where I discuss the ideas in my book "Dialogue with a Christian Proselytizer" (a dialogue between a Christian proselytizer and a Socratic skeptic)
- http://youtube.com/user/ToddAllenGates2 - where I discuss the ideas in my book "Hunting, Gathering, & Videogames" (such as "Why do we have to work?" and "Why do we have to use money?" and "How should we define 'success'?")
- http://youtube.com/user/BlasphemyPiano - where I play the background piano accompaniment for songs in Nick Gisburne's book of lyrics "Blasphemy! Anthems for Atheists." (Less)
Dr. Scott Johnson - My Testimony and Supernatural Experiences 3/19 *PDF FILE HERE - playpdf.sa-media.com NEW SITE - contendingfortruth.com Scott's Homepage - (More) *PDF FILE HERE - playpdf.sa-media.com NEW SITE - contendingfortruth.com Scott's Homepage - www.sermonaudio.com Scott's Forum - www.endtimescurrentevents.freeforums.org 13th September 2009 In this teaching we will be discussing my testimony and many of the supernatural experiences I have had since being saved, and the power of the name of Jesus Christ & His Word has over the forces of evil. We will be discussing how to deal with witchcraft and areas/objects that are defiled/cursed through the ... (Less)
Supernatural Origins 02 de 06 HQ BR 05MAI07 GibiHQ
2009-10-23 - extension: pdf - size: 5 MB
Supernatural Origins 02 de 06 HQ BR 05MAI07 GibiHQ
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