Peter van Inwagen | Annihilation Wands, Philosophy, Pluralism, The Bible, & More

0:00 - Introduction 1:03 - Why did van Inwagen become a philosopher? 4:50 - Did he view arguments in a different light after conversion? 5:58 - John Hick's work 7:45 - Hick's challenge: the arbitrariness of religious exclusivity 11:05 - "The Church" vs. "Christianity" 14:14 - Quotes from John Hick & van Inwagen's reaction 16:20 - "What does this all got to do with feelings anyway?" 18:40 - Hick on the Church's Salvific claims 22:28 - Me Playing Devil's Advocate 26:33 - "If I was born in Germany in 1920, I'd probably be a Nazi!" 28:31 - Open Theism 36:20 - Pastoral concerns about sovereignty and free will 40:45 - Philosophical disagreement 45:35 - Does philosophy establish or explain things? 52:25 - Fine Tuning 53:25 - Natural Theology, The God of the Philosopher vs. God of the Bible 57:48 - Problem of Evil & Ideal Agnostics 1:03:20 - Hell 1:08:56 - Annihilation wand 1:13:38 - Is it a problem that free will is a mystery? 1:17:10 - Abstract Objects 1:27:39 - The Inspiration of the Hebrew Bible & the Morality of God's Commands 1:40:10 - Why couldn't God give us a coherent revelation? 1:42:50 - Epistemic possibility 1:44:30 - Can we derive doctrine from the Old Testament? 1:49:50 - Is choosing hell irrational? --- https://harrisonpdean.com/