The Problem With Evil in Religion

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I think one of the reasons why we came in contact is because you wrote this book and I provided a blurb for it. The idea that there's also Satan and that helps explain the existence of evil seems more like a deferral than a solution, right? Well, why is there Satan? It doesn't explain anything. And the reason is there evil happens anyway, and it seems that God is not as omnipotent and all powerful as the doctrine would suggest. But they don't seem to confront that. They seem to doubt, you need the punishments of hell in order to be kind of bullied into line in order to do the right thing.

If you’re bad, we are taught, you go to Hell. Who in the world came up with that idea? Some will answer God, but for the purpose of today’s podcast discussion we’ll put that possibility aside and look into the human origins and history of the idea of Hell. Marq de Villiers is a writer and journalist who has authored a series of non-fiction books, many on science and the environment. In Hell & Damnation, he takes a detour to examine the manifold ways in which societies have imagined the afterlife. The idea of eternal punishment is widespread, but not quite universal; we might learn something about ourselves by asking where it came from. Support Mindscape on Patreon or Paypal. Marq de Villiers was born in South Africa and now lives in Canada. He has worked as a reporter in a number of locations, from Cape Town to London to Moscow to Toronto. His books cover a variety of topics, many on history and ecology. He has been named a Member of the Order of Canada and awarded an honorary degree from Dalhousie University, among other accolades. Web site Amazon page Wikipedia Talk on the state of the world’s water See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.