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1.2 Theodicy and the Red Ball

Dec 14, 201845 min
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Episode description

In which Aaron and Eric grapple with theodicy, aka the problem of evil given a benevolent God, as presented by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.  After going over some feedback from our pilot episode, we tackle theodicy and how it relates to DNA replication, Euclidean geometry and evolution.

SMBC comic on which the episode is based, by Zach Weinersmith: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2011-06-30

Theodicy! By wikipedia! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy

Geometry! "It is not possible to prove every statement... nevertheless, we should prove as many statements as possible." https://themathpage.com/aBookI/first.htm

Evolving Faith - Wanderings of a Mormon Biologist, by Steven L. Peck https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27137644-evolving-faith---wanderings-of-a-mormon-biologist

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