Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast S1E10 – MC B2C2 – “The Shocking Alternative”
Nov 26, 2017
Discussion of whether the existence of evil implies divine willing. Exploration of free will as the source of moral risk and why powerful beings can fall further. Examination of Satan's teaching to seek happiness apart from God. Overview of divine responses like conscience and dreams. Presentation of the trilemma about Jesus’ claims.
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Free Will Explains Evil Without Blaming God
- God can will free will without willing the evil that results.
- David and Matt explain Lewis: making a choice optional creates the possibility people will choose wrongly, which God allowed to permit genuine love.
Volunteer Groups Show Optional Rules Fail
- David shares a Bible study example to illustrate optional commitments failing without accountability.
- He recounts weeks where only one person brought food after it was made optional, showing voluntary choices often lapse.
Great Good Enables Greater Evil
- The better a creature is, the worse its fall can be.
- Lewis compares animals to genius to angels, showing higher capacities enable greater good or greater evil when corrupted.
