Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Why an Emotivist Can’t Use Suffering to Argue Against the Existence of God

58 min·October 3, 2025
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Greg talks about atheist Alex O’Connor’s use of suffering as an argument against God, then he answers a caller’s question about how God could create people with autism—something that adds such difficulties to a person’s life and makes it harder for people to connect with God.   Topics:
  1. Commentary: Why an emotivist can’t use suffering to argue against the existence of God (00:00)
  2. How could God create people with autism? (31:00)
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