Ep. 227 -Alvin Plantinga's Solutions to the Problem of Evil w/Dr. Greg Welty

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In episode 227 of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Greg Welty to discuss his new book on Alvin Plantinga in the P&R Great Thinkers series. We start off by discussing the nature of philosophy and Christian philosophy, then Dr. Welty gives us a brief intro to Plantinga and his thought, then we dive in deep on the logical and evidential problems of evil and recount the ways in which Alvin Plantinga sought to solve them. Read the forward, preface, and first chapter of the new book here: https://www.prpbooks.com/book/alvin-plantinga and grab the book here to support my podcast: https://amzn.to/3lbjxRL If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $3, $5 or more a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/parkers_pensees If you want to give a one-time gift, you can give at my Paypal: https://paypal.me/ParkersPensees?locale.x=en_US Check out my merchandise at my Teespring store: https://teespring.com/stores/parkers-penses-merch Come talk with the Pensées community on Discord: dsc.gg/parkerspensees Sub to my Substack to read my thoughts on my episodes: https://parknotes.substack.com/ Check out my blog posts: https://parkersettecase.com/ Check out my Parker's Pensées YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbTRurpFP5q4TpDD_P2JDA Check out my other YouTube channel on my frogs and turtles: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParkerSettecase Check me out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/trendsettercase Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkers_pensees/0:00 - A thanks from me 3:17 - What is Philosophy? 7:00 - What is Christian Philosophy? 11:59 - Two Kinds of Christian Philosophers 15:49 - Who is Alvin Plantinga? 23:37 - Swinburne vs. Plantinga 32:26 - Logical Problem of Evil 41:26 - Theodicy vs. Defense? 52:00 - Evidential Problem of Evil 1:01:08 - O Felix Culpa Theodicy 1:13:40 - Supporting the Claim "God Exists"