My Pet Peeve: Simplistic Answers to Explain Suffering

January 11, 2022 00:11:03
My Pet Peeve: Simplistic Answers to Explain Suffering
Ehrman Blog Daily Post Podcasts
My Pet Peeve: Simplistic Answers to Explain Suffering

Jan 11 2022 | 00:11:03

/

Show Notes

In my last post I discussed two things that get under my skin in professional contexts, making me blow my top (to mix the metaphor): ignorance posing as expertise (not just in biblical studies but generally) and facile answers, by “experts,” to the biggest personal/philosophical/religious problem people have to face, why there is suffering in the world if there is an all powerful and loving God in charge of it. Read by Petra Ortiz

Other Episodes

Episode 0

May 13, 2021 NaN
Episode Cover

Who Really Wrote the Pentateuch (if not Moses)? The JEDP Hypothesis

I have been discussing the sources of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy), sometimes...

Listen

Episode 0

December 22, 2020 NaN
Episode Cover

Was The Messiah Supposed to Be Born of a Virgin?

Was The Messiah Supposed to Be Born of a Virgin? Read by C.W.

Listen

Episode 0

January 18, 2021 NaN
Episode Cover

Guest Post Part 2 by New Testament Scholar Jeff Siker: Why I Am Still a Christian

Guest Post Part 2 by New Testament Scholar Jeff Siker: Why I Am Still a Christian Read by C.W.

Listen