The burden must be on the theist to explain monstrous evils. How could God be a personal God, who cares about every human being, indeed every creature, and yet who allows...
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Theists who believe in God and avoid the problem of evil delude themselves. If there is a God, evil is God’s hardest problem to explain. If there is no God, evil is the...
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Agnostics do not know whether or not God exists. Theists surmise they’re reprobates. Atheists suppose they’re cowards. Are there different kinds of agnostics? Can...
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We like arguments about God. Only by disputations and debate may truths about God emerge. Adversarial proceedings about God, as if in a court of law, can provide insights....
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To claim God is the Creator is to assume the burden of explaining why God selected and created this particular world. What are the characteristics of this world that could...
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If God is a ‘perfect being’, God must have necessary existence. But would it be a contradiction in logic if God did not exist? Would God’s non-existence be...
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Personal agency is a state, the capacity of individuals to affect things. Free will is a mental faculty of various strengths. What’s the relationship between free will...
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This is personal. ‘Why believe in God’ can mean two things: ‘What are the possible benefits of believing in God?’ and ‘what are the possible...
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What is it about consciousness that lead some to infer the existence of God? Both are mysteries but what follows from that? The argument makes three big assumptions: (i)...
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Will God transform the cosmos? God has promised to give God’s own salvation or eternal life to human beings. In the context of the resurrection of the dead, could God...
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Is God, if there is a God, a personal, conscious, all-powerful Supreme Being? Some offer radically different concepts of ‘God’, exploring novel ideas of what God...
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Evolutionary psychology naturalizes religion. It seeks to explain elements of mind by selection and survival over time. Take altruism—individuals sacrificing themselves for...
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