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Evidential Problem of evil

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If God Wasn't Good, How Would You Know? Skeptical Theism Revisited

Evidential Problem of evil

If God Wasn't Good, How Would You Know? Skeptical Theism Revisited

Skeptical theism is the theist's ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card that can extricate them from any seemingly impossibly incoherent position. Let me create a thought experiment for you. Imagine you are the last person left in the universe. Over the last 1000 years, the apparently omnibenevolent God of classical theism

Evidential Problem of evil

The Logical Problem of Evil

I have recently brought up the good ole problem of evil in a post concerning both religion and politics. Skl, a regular theistic commenter, was surprised by my remarks: [JP - There is no logical inconsistency with OmniGod and the existence of suffering, given his properties. … I don’t deny

Counter Apologist

Discussing the Problem of Evil: Skeptical Theism and More

Given C. Peterson's contribution to the blog yesterday, I thought I would extend the conversation by reposting an old chat I had with Counter Apologist and Justin Schieber, where we ruminated on the problem of evil, it defence in skeptical theism, and all manner of things thereabouts. Have

Problem of Evil, Skeptical Theism and Where It Goes

The Problem of Evil, originally authored by Greek thinker Epicurus, takes the basic idea of why there is so much suffering (or evil) in the world. It can be formulated in a number of ways, such as: 1. If an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent god exists, then evil does not.

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Counter Apologist

Me, Justin Schieber and Counter Apologist: Evidential Problem of Evil

Check out this high-brow threesome we did some time back. Would love to do another if I got time. I was really pleased to know that this video played an important role in deconverting someone fairly recently.

Evidential Problem of evil

The Argument Against God From Tomatoes

Yes, you heard me, tomatoes. I am devastated. My harvest of about three hundred tomatoes has been decimated. Tomato blight. Gutted. The yield would have been my best ever, and they were very healthy looking.

Counter Apologist

Good Skeptical Theism links

Skeptical Theism is an approach to the problem of evil that states that we just Index)can't know the mind of God; that such infinite minds are so far beyond our ken that we couldn't possibly conceive as to why such evil exists in the world.

Why Skeptical Theism Fails

Evidential Problem of evil

Why Skeptical Theism Fails

The Problem of Evil is a powerful argument which takes its form in various ways, both the logical and evidential format. I was watching a video debate on the problem of evil and animal suffering between Michael Murry and Daniel Breyer. I really enjoyed it. I don't buy the skeptical theistic approach

Tooley vs William Lane Craig - a short review

So I came across this debate between Dr Michael Tooley, a philosopher, and William Lane Craig, which can be seen here: This was a cracking debate based on the fact that Tooley was a philosopher, and prepared. Let me say that again. He was prepared. He had done his homework.

Alvin Plantinga

Evidential Problem of Evil - A highbrow threesome?

Well, it depends on your definition of highbrow, of course. But please check out the video of myself, Counter Apologist and Justin Schieber from Reasonable Doubts discussing the Evidential Problem of Evil, going through a ton of arguments and interesting points. It was really enjoyable and we hope y

Evidential Problem of evil

Process Theism and Open Theism and worship-worthiness of God

Some theists state that god does not have the full gamut of traditional omnis, that he does not know the future of freely-made decisions since to know the counterfactuals of such decisions implies that they are deterministically defined (or some such similar reason). God, on some understandings of theism, which