Interview w/ Peter van Inwagen: Annihilation Wands, Philosophy, Pluralism, The Bible, & More

0:00 – Introduction
1:03 – Why did van Inwagen become a philosopher?
4:50 – Did he view arguments in a different light after conversion?
5:58 – John Hick’s work
7:45 – Hick’s challenge: the arbitrariness of religious exclusivity
11:05 – “The Church” vs. “Christianity”
14:14 – Quotes from John Hick & van Inwagen’s reaction
16:20 – “What does this all got to do with feelings anyway?”
18:40 – Hick on the Church’s Salvific claims
22:28 – Me Playing Devil’s Advocate
26:33 – “If I was born in Germany in 1920, I’d probably be a Nazi!”
28:31 – Open Theism
36:20 – Pastoral concerns about sovereignty and free will
40:45 – Philosophical disagreement
45:35 – Does philosophy establish or explain things?
52:25 – Fine Tuning
53:25 – Natural Theology, The God of the Philosopher vs. God of the Bible
57:48 – Problem of Evil & Ideal Agnostics
1:03:20 – Hell
1:09:11 – Annihilation wand
1:13:38 – Is it a problem that free will is a mystery?
1:17:10 – Abstract Objects
1:27:39 – The Inspiration of the Hebrew Bible & the Morality of God’s Commands
1:40:10 – Why couldn’t God give us a coherent revelation?
1:42:50 – Epistemic possibility
1:44:30 – Can we derive doctrine from the Old Testament?
1:49:50 – Is choosing hell irrational?