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Summary Dr. Gloria Frost presents the privation account of evil affirmed by Aquinas and explains his answer to the logical problem of evil. Additionally, Frost comments on Aquinas’ commentary on the book of Job and shares some...
In this episode, I ask Dr. Taylor Patrick O’Neill to respond to several questions related to the problem of evil and suffering. First, I ask him to describe his religious background and how he got interested in philosophy and theology. Second, we talk about the class he taught this past semester on evil and suffering. Third, we dive into the main segment of the interview on the problem of evil and suffering.
Show Notes Quick Tip Rehearse answers to common questions at various times throughout the day. The typical objections to belief in God come up over and over again. There are the slogan-type objections (i.e. “I...
Show Notes Guest Intro Karlo Broussard, a native of Southern Louisiana, left a promising musical career to devote himself full-time to the work of Catholic apologetics. As a staff apologist and speaker for Catholic...
Show Notes Topic: The Fifth Way of St. Thomas Aquinas Guest Intro Robert A. Delfino received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he specialized in metaphysics and medieval...
Show Notes Quick Tip Focus on improving your Catholic case-making skills one area at a time. As John Lee Dumas says, FOCUS means “follow one course until success.” Download this PDF guide to assess your Catholic case-making...
Show Notes CORE #05 – Good Reasons to Believe in God (Part 3) Quick Tip Create an apologetics folder on your computer with 4 big categories: God, Jesus, the Church, and Testimony. Use this...
Fr. James Brent O.P. does an excellent job of summarizing, explaining, and defending a contingency argument found in Aquinas’ Summa Contra Gentiles, Book two, chapter 15. Here’s the text of Aquinas: Again, everything that...
Your friend reveals he’s an atheist. How do you approach the discussion? In a previous post, I explain the #1 tactic in conversations on tough topics is to ask questions rather than make statements....
I had the privilege of listening to two Thomistic lectures on the problem of evil from two sharp, female philosophers. Lecture #1 – Dr. Gloria Frost First, Dr. Gloria Frost delivered a lecture entitled The Goodness of God...
