Adapted from my new book, On the Problem of Good, available through Amazon and Createspace. Curiosity is a stubborn power. In the hands of a sufficiently motivated man, mystery can inspire great epics, or birth equally great madness. In the mind of an uncreated aseitic being it, inferably, spawns worlds; entire universes orientated to seeing behind … Continue reading
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On the Problem of Good
Adapted from my new book, On the Problem of Good. The staggering amount and variety of evil in this world should not be the source of enormous confusion for believers in God. The world has not gone spectacularly wrong. The machine has not malfunctioned. There has been no mistake, no misstep, no ineptitude or imbecilic … Continue reading
ON THE AFFLUENCE OF EVIL
The amount and variety of evil in our world has often baffled and perplexed believers in God, noted Plantinga[1]. Why, though, should it? Does it perplex observers that water runs downhill? Does it baffle the onlooker to see smoke rise? Is it at all confusing, confounding, or mystifying that fire burns flesh? God exists. Evil not … Continue reading
The Failure of the Free Will Defence
The existence of unnecessary suffering is entirely incompatible with any and all notions of the good, personal, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient Middle Eastern god of the Pentateuch. This is the heart of the argument from evil, and the only coherent response ever devised by the kingmakers of vaporous excuses – the Christian philosophers – to counter … Continue reading
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