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A Possible Solution to the POE/MOA Dilemma
In this earlier post, I pointed out that the inference, “if God exists, gratuitous evil necessarily cannot exist” is equivalent to saying that, in those worlds where God exists, gratuitous evil cannot exist. But that would entail that there are … Continue reading
A Quick Thought on Cosmological Arguments
I posted this recently on a debate forum, in response to a proffered cosmological argument: Your argument seems to be the familiar reasoning from contingent beings, beings who might not’ve been, to God, a being who necessarily obtains. The question … Continue reading
Evidential Arguments from Evil
The last few posts in this series concerned themselves with logical arguments from evil, which attempt to uncover a logical contradiction implied by the coexistence of God and evil. Nowadays, the philosophical conversation seems to be all about whether the presence … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Hiddenness, Evidential Argument from Evil, God, Moral Perfection, Problem of Evil
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Addendum: Logical Arguments from Evil
Logical Arguments from Specific Evils In my last post, I located my discussion around considerations of evil as an abstract, generic whole. While this is widely assumed to be the primary way which a deductive atheology must take, I should … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Logical Argument from Evil, Natural evil, Problem of Evil, Theism
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Logical Arguments from Evil
The first post in this series clarified that the problem of evil arises for those who hold that God is both morally perfect and omnipotent. Any retreat from these attributes will cause the tension to disappear, or, at the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Plantinga, God, J.L. Mackie, Logical Argument from Evil, Theodicy
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Theism and the Problem of Evil
Omnipotence The word “theism” is usually taken nowadays to be synonymous with the monotheism of orthodox Abrahamic religions. God is held as the supreme object of worship, greater than and independent of any other being or thing; indeed, greater than … Continue reading
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Tagged God, Moral Perfection, Omnibenevolence, Omnipotence, Problem of Evil, Theism
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Index: The Problem of Evil
Theism and the Problem of Evil Logical Arguments from Evil Addendum: Logical Arguments from Evil Evidential Arguments from Evil Some Common Theodicies: Free Will Some Common Theodicies: Moral Significance Addendum to Moral Significance and Free Will, and the Success Condition … Continue reading
Letters to Doubting Thomas: Are Religious Experiences Reliable? Part 2
This is part of a series on C. Stephen Layman’s excellent Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God, published 2007 by Oxford University Press. The index can be found here. Thomas, the skeptic, endeavors to provide neuroscientific explanations … Continue reading
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Tagged C. Stephen Layman, God, Naturalism, Religious Experience, Theism
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Letters to Doubting Thomas: Are Religious Experiences Reliable? Part 1
This is part of a series on C. Stephen Layman’s excellent Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God, published 2007 by Oxford University Press. The index can be found here. Religious Experiences and Testability In response to Thomas’s … Continue reading
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Tagged C. Stephen Layman, God, Naturalism, Religious Experience, Theism
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Letters to Doubting Thomas: Religious Experience and Interpretation
This is part of a series on C. Stephen Layman’s excellent Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God, published 2007 by Oxford University Press. The index can be found here. Layman begins Chapter 2 with what will become … Continue reading
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Tagged C. Stephen Layman, God, Naturalism, Religious Experience, Theism
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