Unbelievable? 10 Jan 2009 The problem of suffering - Ehrman & Swinburne
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Bart Ehrman lost his faith altogether when he confronted the problem of how a loving, powerful God can allow suffering. In his new book "God's Problem" he states that the Bible contains different and unconvincing explanations to the issue.
Richard Swinburne is a reknowned Christian philosopher. He answers Bart's objections with arguments from his own book "Providence and the Problem of Evil".
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Released on 5 Jun 2014
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