BQ17-MVTC: "What about free will?" - with Tony Giampietro

In this thought-provoking episode of Mystic vs. Traditional Christianity from the Better Questions Podcast, Kevin Hohe and Tony Giampietro pick up their ongoing conversation about faith, free will and the mysteries at the heart of Christianity. Together they unpack the tension between an all-loving God and the reality of hell, the meaning of the Garden of Eden story, and why the serpent was there in the first place.

They debate whether an all-knowing Creator could have set things up any other way and explore how free will, suffering and divine love weave together. Tony shares his perspective on how the Church views creation, evolution and what happened before Jesus arrived. Kevin challenges ideas about why God would keep himself partly hidden, and they both wrestle with how much sense the grand narrative really makes.

Through questions about sin, salvation and the human condition, they keep circling back to the same theme: maybe faith was never meant to be easy or certain. Maybe it’s meant to be wrestled with.

Takeaways:

• Can a loving God condemn people to hell?
• The Garden of Eden story and the serpent’s purpose
• The nature of free will and the price of true choice
• Creation vs. evolution: what the Church really says
• The idea of heaven on earth through spiritual alignment
• Is suffering necessary to know what’s good?
• How revelation was revealed step by step
• The tension between knowing God fully and having free will
• Different views of hell and what separation from God means
• Why wrestling with doubt might be the point

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