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Unbelievable? Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini

2015-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

Following atheist Stephen Fry’s viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again.

Justin is joined by Christian philosopher Vince Vitale, author of “Why Suffering?” as he debates the issues with atheist thinker Julian Baggini.

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For Justin’s own response video to Stephen Fry http://youtu.be/klPr708VWDk

For Vince Vitale: www.theocca.org

For Julian Baggini: www.microphilosophy.net

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