Dr Bart Ehrman and Dr Laurence Brown discuss God, Suffering, and the Purpose of Life

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

0:08 - Topics of discussion

0:25 - Background of Dr. Lawrence Brown

1:10 - Background of Dr. Bart Ehrman

2:02 - Excerpt from the introduction of Dr. Brown's book

3:10 - Dr. Brown explains the introduction to his book

4:40 - Beliefs of Dr. Ehrman

6:22 - Dr. Brown explains Agnostic Believers

7:57 - Different Journeys of Dr. Brown and Dr. Ehrman

8:46 - How Dr. Brown came to Islam

10:50 - Dr. Ehrman gives his opinions on Dr. Brown's conversion story

11:38 - How Dr. Ehrman became an Agnostic

14:21 - Dr. Brown's views on Atheism & near-death experiences

20:43 - Dr. Ehrman on the explanation of near-death experiences

24:34 - Dr. Brown's rebuttal to Dr. Ehrman's explanation and continued discussion on near-death experiences

29:04 - Supernatural explanations of events & existence

31:32 - What caused the Big Bang?

33:09 - Origin of life

36:06 - Fundamental questions that aren't answered by Atheists

36:43 - Faith in Science vs Faith in God

42:08 - The Problem of Evil/Suffering

(Dr. Brown's arguments)

46:23 - Dr. Ehrman's contention to Dr. Brown's arguments

49:19 - Dr. Brown's counterargument

51:59 - Dr. Ehrman's counterargument

52:41 - Discussion on People dying young

55:20 - Sufferings of people

56:43 - Reasons for suffering

58:37 - Accountability of children vs adults

59:43 - Deaths in natural disasters & suffering being an evidence of God

1:02:45 - God creating suffering

1:05:31 - Hardships making people Grateful

1:07:18 - Day of Judgement, Good Afterlife for Non-Muslims & Criteria for Judgement

1:10:57 - Fate of People who reject Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

1:12:51 - What does it mean to be a Muslim?

1:15:23 - Islamic view of Purpose of Suffering

1:18:13 - Science vs Religion

1:19:59 - Explanation of the universe by Theists and Atheists

1:22:13 - God vs Science of Gaps

1:24:13 - Dr. Ehrman's Closing Statements

1:26:25 - Dr. Brown's Closing Statements

1:28:35 - Wrapping Up

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