Alex O'Connor on Animal Suffering: Christian Response

Gavin Ortlund responds to Alex O'Connor's comments in recent debates about animal suffering as an argument against the existence of God.

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00:00 The Deer in the Forest
01:08 Animal Suffering vs. Fine-Tuning
03:21 Will Fine-Tuning Be Resolved?
05:46 Theism is Capacious
07:17 Angelic Fall Theodicy
10:19 Do Animals Suffer?
12:13 C.S. Lewis
13:09 Is Satan a Creator?
14:40 Augustine
15:35 Thomas Aquinas
16:19 Angels Govern Nature
18:17 Genesis 1
19:17 An Advantage to Theism