Faith Seeking Understanding
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<p>Deep dives into theology and philosophy, helping Christians develop an anti-fragile faith</p>
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September 18, 2024
Does God Cause Evil?
<p>In our fifth episode on divine providence, we tackle the question of why the omni-instrumental model of divine providence doesn’t make God the cause of evil despite saying that he causes all things through nature. Ultimately, the answer relies on an understanding of evil in terms of privation (which we explore at length) together with an understanding of the different ways instruments can limit the causal influence of agents.</p><p></p><p>00:00 - Introduction and recap</p><p>07:56 - Clarifying the present question</p><p>12:44 - Evil (or Badness) as the privation of the good</p><p>25:04 - Evil actions and privation</p><p>30:30 - Inherent vs privative limitations of instruments in general</p><p>36:19 - Limitations applied to divine concurrence</p><p>39:08 - Does this imply that we’re overpowering God?</p><p>42:06 - God wills the good and permits evil</p><p>49:16 - Conclusion</p><p></p><p>Works mentioned in this episode (or on topics discussed):</p><p>- David Oderberg, “The Metaphysics of Privation”, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7SKlRTfkUiebE9RM1pOTkZ6dFU">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7SKlRTfkUiebE9RM1pOTkZ6dFU</a></p><p>- Brian Davies, The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/082649241X">https://www.amazon.com/dp/082649241X</a></p><p>- Roland’s blog post, “God causes evil actions without causing the evil in actions”, <a href="https://thinkingthoughtout.com/2021/12/08/god-causes-evil-actions-without-causing-the-evil-in-actions/">https://thinkingthoughtout.com/2021/12/08/god-causes-evil-actions-without-causing-the-evil-in-actions/</a></p><p></p><p>The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms:</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe</a></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478</a></p><p>Google: <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M</a></p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk">https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk</a></p><p></p><p>Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media:</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za">https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica">https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica">https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica">https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica</a></p>
July 11, 2024
Does God's Control Contradict Free Will?
<p>In our fourth episode on divine providence we explain how our omni-instrumentality model understands free will, as well as the relationship between our freedom and God’s control.</p><p></p><p>00:00 - Introduction and recap</p><p>01:47 - What are free will and choice?</p><p>10:24 - Is there freedom to choose bad things and freedom in heaven?</p><p>23:33 - Getting at divine providence indirectly through isomorphism/analogy</p><p>26:54 - The analogy of cooperation</p><p>40:05 - How does God control our free will?</p><p>41:30 - Dealing with mystery in a principled way</p><p>46:30 - Conclusion</p><p></p><p>Works mentioned in this episode (or on topics discussed):</p><p>- Sebastian Walshe, “Predestination: Some Questions and Misconceptions”, <a href="https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/2008-walshe.pdf">https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/2008-walshe.pdf</a></p><p>- Steven J Jensen, Sin: A Thomistic Psychology, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813230330">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813230330</a></p><p>- Eleonore Stump, “Augustine on Free Will”, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4n2w9wj8">https://tinyurl.com/4n2w9wj8</a></p><p>- Eleonore Stump, “Sanctification, Hardening of the Heart, and Frankfurt’s Concept of Free Will”, <a href="https://philarchive.org/archive/STUSHO">https://philarchive.org/archive/STUSHO</a></p><p>- Roland’s blog post series: <a href="https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/">https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/</a></p><p></p><p>The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms:</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe</a></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478</a></p><p>Google: <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M</a></p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk">https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk</a></p><p></p><p>Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media:</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za">https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica">https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica">https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica">https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica</a></p>
June 19, 2024
How Does God Control?
<p>In our third episode on divine providence we start to unpack the philosophical model we call “Omni-instrumentality”. At the heart of this model is a conception of divine concurrence as God’s essential cooperation with nature. Before we get to explaining this in detail, then, we must first explain what we mean by essential cooperation and nature, which we do in this episode.</p><p>00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:41 - Anti-fragile faith?</p><p>03:49 - Framing the puzzle of divine providence</p><p>07:40 - Omni-instrumentality, or the Lonergan-McArthur model</p><p>10:04 - Concurrence as the middle-ground between Occasionalism and Conservationism</p><p>13:07 - Concurrence as God‘s essential cooperation with nature</p><p>17:48 - The three modes of cooperation</p><p>36:46 - Nature vs artifice vs aggregation</p><p>44:46 - Returning to our definition of concurrence </p><p></p><p>Works mentioned in this episode:</p><p>- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Anti-fragile: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812979680">www.amazon.com/dp/0812979680</a></p><p>- Bernard Lonergan, Grace and Freedom: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802083374">www.amazon.com/dp/0802083374</a></p><p>- Ronald McArthur, “Universal in praedicando, universal in causando”: <a href="https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ltp/1962-v18-n1-ltp0960/1020019ar.pdf">https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ltp/1962-v18-n1-ltp0960/1020019ar.pdf</a></p><p>- Thomas McLaughlin, “Nature and Inertia”: <a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Nature-and-Inertia-Mclaughlin/486b9ab089974b5a4adcdc3d2b1cebd431cad288">https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Nature-and-Inertia-Mclaughlin/486b9ab089974b5a4adcdc3d2b1cebd431cad288</a></p><p>- Roland’s blog post series: <a href="https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/">https://thinkingthoughtout.com/larger-projects/omni-instrumentality/</a></p><p></p><p>The Faith Seeking Understanding podcast is also available on the following platforms:</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKz8PlM8nC5Vnwvx_e2HmESdKBQq2exoe</a></p><p>Apple: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/faith-seeking-understanding/id1681648478</a> Google: <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFpdGhzZWVraW5ndW5kZXJzdGFuZGluZy5jby56YS9wb2RjYXN0P2Zvcm1hdD1yc3M</a></p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk">https://open.spotify.com/show/7cjo4np6hobnCjm2cuPkKk</a></p><p></p><p>Faith Seeking Understanding is a ministry aimed at providing deep dives into theology. To find out more, visit our website or follow us on social media:</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za">https://www.faithseekingunderstanding.co.za</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica">https://www.youtube.com/@fsu_southafrica</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica">https://www.facebook.com/fsu.southafrica</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica">https://twitter.com/fsu_southafrica</a></p>
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