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The Evidential Problem of Evil Loftus begins his treatment of the evidential problem: Here the skeptical challenge is that theism is not logically inconsistent, but rather that it is implausible. That is, given the …
Loftus begins his argument I’ll be arguing here against the theistic conception of God, who is believed to be all-powerful, or omnipotent, perfectly good, or omnibenelovent (sic) and all-knowing, or omniscient. The …
Recently, I wrote a two-part article on the problem of evil, which can be found here and here. The same day that I posted the second part, John Loftus from Debunking Christianity offered a partial response, linking to an …
I’ve been hit with the dreaded “five things we don’t know about you” tag, by Dominic Bnonn Tennant. So, here they are. And okay, a lot of people may know these things, but probably not any readers who don’t know me …
For a lot of years, I’ve spent time, here and there, debating whatever seemed interesting on blogs and forums. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of back-and-forth interchanges and I’ve noticed that, much of the time, people …
Well, folks, it’s time for another look at what I call philosophical theory, or the nuts and bolts of philosophy, those ideas and concepts and frameworks that are basically the prerequisite for proper philosophical …
The Intuitive Problem of Evil While the logical problem of evil can be evaluated on the basis of a deductive argument, the intuitive problem is a little trickier. On the one hand, it can be expressed much more simply: …
Robert took down his post: “How an Atheist Justifies the Use of Logic”, which contained my response in the comments. He’s reposted it with a new title, “Logic arises from material …
As of this posting, I’ve responded to Robert on two occasions. The first I posted here, and the second can be found over at Debunking Christianity, here. Three things have come of these posts. First, with only one …
The following post is a response to this article over at Debunking Christianity: Hi, Robert. I read your post and see that you’ve sought what appear to be two main goals. First, a positive presentation of the atheistic …
One of the major issues that all Christians face is the problem of evil. In this series, I hope to shed some light on what is probably the most common reason why people don’t believe in God. Whether it’s called the …
In the last few years, atheism has seen a resurgence in the West, inspired in part by a handful of books written by the “new atheists”, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett. Here, I’d …
