Goff vs Symes: The God Debate

Philip Goff and I are rare in philosophy of religion, in that we both believe in views that sit between God and atheism. Philip defends a God of limited powers and a form of Christianity; I think God is just another word for the universe. For the first time, we debate these ideas here. I've just recorded a lecture on this at Harvard University – a sentence I feel very weird writing — so I'll be releasing that soon too. Hope you enjoy the conversation! ___ Chapters 00:00 Pantheism 11:35 God of limited powers 16:40 Is Philip’s God the traditional God? 24:00 Limiting god’s power: the problem of evil 27:45 Jesus as saviour and Lord 34:40 The problem of discrete powers 39:05 The ontological argument 55:00 Pantheism and the problem of evil 59:40 Pegging v Negging 01:00:30 Psychedlic experience 01:20:30 Outro ___ This episode is supported by the John Templeton Foundation, through the Panpsychism and Pan(en)theism Project (59140). ___ Philip Goff YouTube:    / @philipgoffphilosophy   Twitter: www.twitter.com/Philip_Goff Website: http://www.philipgoffphilosophy.com SubStack: https://philipgoff.substack.com Why? The Purpose of the Universe: https://global.oup.com/academic/produ... Galileo's Error: A New Science of Consciousness: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/43896...