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The Problem of Evil w/ Alvin Plantinga
We hope to explore questions and problems related to ‘evil’ in the world in more depth this fall. Many people are able to see that there is a distinction between the ‘problem’ as it is posed in an academic way, as a philosophical issue, and the very hard emotional issue of experiencing things like suffering […]
Euthyphro (Round 2)
(continued from “The Euthyphro Dilemma for Divine Morality”) You may recall this classic dilemma posed to the Divine Command Theory for the foundations of objective moral values and duties. If not, click the link above. In brief the dilemma is that upon considering the origin of the good and the right one has to wonder […]
God and the Tsunami (cont.)
Tom Honey is an Anglican vicar (parish priest) at St Michael & All Angels Church on Mount Dinham in Exeter, England. I just came across his honest and maybe controversial talk about the reality of questions confronting himself and many other people in the wake of the devastating 2004 earthquake and tsunami that affected Indonesia […]
Posted in: Christianity, Faith, God, Natural Disasters, Natural Evil, Suffering, Theology, Worldviews
DAILY DEMONSTRATION: Absurdity and Desire (part 2)
(continued from “Absurdity and Desire (part 1)”) I don’t think that it’s really possible to take a clean start, without premonitions, at the question of God’s existence (or any question really). It may be possible, however, to take a minimalist approach and then try to proceed to an all-things-considered approach. Last time I talked about abductive […]
DAILY DEMONSTRATION: Absurdity and Desire (part 1)
Some arguments for the existence of God are made using deductive reasoning. With this kind of reasoning if the premises are taken to be true, their consequences are derived inescapably by universally recognized patterns or rules of inference. We take these rules to be either self-evident or direct descendants of the apparent rules that govern […]
Reasons to Believe Interview: William Lane Craig
We’ve been hearing a lot from and about Dr. William Lane Craig in the past few months. I thought that I’d share this radio interview that addresses some of the issues central in his positions about epistemology, Christianity, and belief in God. I wouldn’t say that he gets grilled here, but important questions are posed […]
Posted in: Arguments for God, Christianity, Cosmology, Epistemology, Evidence for God, God, Natural Evil, Philosophy, Physics, Reason, Theology, Time
Is a Silent World a Godless One?
Let’s consider whether we could conclude that God is not a part of reality, or merely isn’t active, if we where to assume that he really were silent in the sense of not leaving indicators of his purposes. I don’t actually think that God is silent; this is just hypothetical – as some people think […]
Brief on June 5th Meeting
We had a good discussion Sunday afternoon about some particular moral values like the value of human life and freedom as well as imperatives like our duty to uphold life and avoid killing. We got to hear a first-hand account of the cyclical nature of oppression in human institutions from someone who’s own family is […]
Posted in: Meetings
Persistent Questions 
August 8, 2011
by Ammon
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