660. Debating God’s Existence (Andrew Drinkard)

(https://restitutio.org/wp-content/upl...) How do you know God exists? What reasons do atheists have to doubt God’s existence? Can you arrive at certainty? These questions are among the most significant that you can ask. If God exists, there are huge implications for your daily life. If not, then you can more or less choose your own adventure, making up meaning as you go. My guest today is Andrew Drinkard, the editor and project lead on an interesting book called Debating God’s Existence: Believers and Skeptics in Friendly Conversation (https://www.eerdmans.com/978080288558...) , published by Eerdmans. In the interview that follows I ask him about his backstory as well as the story behind the debate this book was based on. We discuss Dan Barker’s argument against God based on the problem of evil as well as Adam Johnson’s argument for God based on objective morality. Then we engage a bit with Drinkard’s own content in the book regarding divine hiddenness. But before getting to the interview, let me say a couple of words about our guest today. Andrew Drinkard is the director of Inspiring Christianity ministries at inspiringchristianity.com (https://inspiringchristianity.com/) . He holds an MA in theological studies and apologetics from Liberty University and is currently completing an MA in philosophy of religion at Palm Beach Atlantic University. His work has been published in the Journal of Classical Theology. (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cVksI1...)   Listen on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1cVksI1...) (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...)   Listen on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) —— Links —— • Get Will Barlow’s book, Explore What We Believe (https://www.amazon.com/Explore-What-W...) • Support Restitutio by donating here (https://restitutio.org/donations/) • Join our Facebook group, (  / 432670130820822  ) follow on X @RestitutioSF (https://x.com/RestitutioSF) or Instagram @Sean.P.Finnegan (about:invalid#zCSafez) or Threads @sean.p.finnegan (https://www.threads.com/@sean.p.finnegan) • Leave a 90 second voice message (https://www.speakpipe.com/restitutio) via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play it out on the air • Who is Sean Finnegan?  Read his bio here (https://restitutio.org/sean-finnegans...) • Get Finnegan’s book, Kingdom Journey (https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Journe...) to learn about God’s kingdom coming on earth as well as the story of how Christianity lost this pearl of great price. • Get the transcript (https://restitutio.org/wp-content/upl...) of this episode • Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB (  / mbbofficial  ) Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream (http://bit.ly/2Lbe6vD) : Music promoted by Audio Library. (   • Good Vibes – MBB (No Copyright Music)  )