The Little Book of Unholy Questions

The problems with God having a sense of humor

I thought I would turn one of my previous pieces into video form. This is based on one of the questions in my book The Little Book of Unholy Questions [UK]. Enjoy: Stay in touch! Like A Tippling Philosopher on Facebook: A Tippling Philosopher Please support by sharing or donating,

God's characteristics

God: Some Unholy Questions for You

A good few years back, I wrote a book called The Little Book of Unholy Questions. The book was designed to be in some way, at some times, a little irreverent. But when it was that, and at all other times, the questions had a layer or dimension to them

Problem of Evil

God: Why Don't We Photosynthesise? Revisited...

I posted this video the other day: But no one really listened to it and the conversation flowed anyway. That said, I want to clear up a few things. Firstly, this isn't a case of how doable human photosynthesis is, either in terms of biology or conversion efficiency.

classical theism

Thoroughly Enjoyable!

As the virus hits, you're going to need something to read, right? I've been trying to work my way through a philosophical post on Humean and non-Humean approaches to the Laws of Nature. Meh, what you really want to know about is another fab little review

math

Miracles, Prayer, Coincidences and Statistical Probability

I went to the pub last night with a couple of mates, one of whom is the founding member of the Tippling Philosophers. Because we are very cool people, we spent a large amount of time talking philosophy and theology. Strap yourselves in, this ain't short. My other

prayer

Questioning Prayer

Prayer came up in conversation on another post the other day, so... This small excerpt comes from my book The Little Book of Unholy Questions (please grab a copy!): Prayer is an integral part of any Christian’s life. It is the connection between life on earth and God, wherever

hell

Satan's Incomprehensibility

Many people, particularly fundamentalists, still believe in a real and actual Satan. Of course, to everyone else, this is completely incomprehensible. And here's one reason for why, as John Loftus sets out in his book The End of Christianity (p. 100): That the highest created being, known as

Problem of Evil

Why don't all animals photosynthesise? (the Problem of Evil revisited)

This is an old favourite of mine which has appeared in a couple of books: the ebook The Problem with "God": Classical Theism Under the Spotlight and The Little Book of Unholy Questions (now with a new cover). This is a video I did some time ago which

Creationism

CofE school headteacher ridiculed after claiming evolution is only a theory & there is 'more evidence' Bible is true

Oh dear. Yet again the "just a theory" trope raises its ugly head. This is such a common issue that it featured predominantly in my chapter on evolution in The Little Book Of Unholy Questions. The Daily Mail reports: A Church of England primary school headteacher has been

The Little Book of Unholy Questions

New review of Unholy Questions

The Little Book Of Unholy Questions is my 2011 book which acts as a cumulative case against the existence of God. I am thankful for this latest review. The book also has a new cover (click on the image to go to the Amazon listing): Dynamite in a Small Package!

Devil

Hell ain’t nothing without Satan

One of my published works, The Little Book Of Unholy Questions, is a romp through the cumulative case against God set out as 501 leading questions, supported by commentary introducing and closing each section. After my section on Hell, I look briefly at the idea of Satan, who is nothing more than a

Featured ATP

OmniGod and the problem with age

A interesting quote came in from Marcus Ashes the other day upon which I would like to expand. He said: I haven't read the book yet but does anyone know if it talks about the age problem with regards to Christianity? For example Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62 and according to christi

atheism

Ha Ha Ha... Lightning Bolt.

My book, The Little Book of Unholy Questions, is a cumulative case against God (the Judeo-Christian version predominantly, but not exclusively) and it includes a number of chapters on different topics. I will include the last questions in the book before I sum up there. These questions are by an lar

counter-apologetics

The Little Book of Unholy Questions Review

Here is another review to my Little Book of Unholy Questions - a 4/5 to add to six 5/5s. Er, buy it! (please... - click on the cover image to access it on amazon)

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

miracles

Oh, my! Randal Rauser on prayer (God or Godless)

I recently reviewed Randal Rauser and John Loftus' debate book entitled God or Godless. I have also responded to Randal's post on why I am an atheist as well as posting an article critiquing Randal on why he is a Christian. During my review, I noted that I was particularly frustrated at Randal's pra

Free Will and Determinism

The ‘Why I am a Christian’ series – Vincent Torley of Uncommon Descent (Part 2)

After having looked at Randal Rauser's reasons for being a Christian, and having had my reasons and his defences intensely debated on his blog, I have in a previous post offered Dr Vincent Torley's account. Some readers may know Vincent from the Uncommon Descent website which attempts to refute evol

Creationism

Evolution as part of a necessary mechanism (and putting Creationism to bed)

This is one of my old posts from when I wrote more often at DC: We have had a resurgence in discussing evolution recently, thanks in no small part to the Creationist mental contortions of Creationbabble over on this thread. what this seems to show, to me at any rate, is that Creationists, and any

God's characteristics

The ‘Why I am a Christian’ series – Vincent Torley of Uncommon Descent (Part 1)

After having looked at Randal Rauser's reasons for being a Christian, and having had my reasons and his defences intensely debated on his blog, I would like to offer Dr Vincent Torley's account. Some readers may know Vincent from the Uncommon Descent website which attempts to refute evolution. I hav

Philosophical Argument Against God

I know self-promoting has an air of conceit, and I know it's all 'blah blah blah', but for someone in my position, it is a necessary evil. One of my books has just received another great review. Apart from my internet stalker, the ordained father whom I have banned, and who has not read the book, I

Jesus

The problems with Jesus...

It's time for another video instalment! This time I concentrate on issues surrounding the coherence of a famous chap named Jesus. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlHI31JYbzE[/youtube]