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John Loftus’ Atheistic Ethic In our exchange, Loftus offered up this series of articles in response to my three-question challenge to (1) affirm or deny his belief in objective morality and (2) either account for evil on …
Mysteries Loftus also refers to what he calls, “The Ignorance Defense”. He argues that the Christian will finally “punt to mystery” (p. 256). He makes a similar argument here. Basically, the Christian argues that, since …
Loftus Answers Objections In chapter 13, Loftus presents part 2 of his treatment of the problem of evil, in which he answers some objections and theodicies that have been put forth to answer it. He begins by reiterating …
The Evidential Problem of Evil Loftus begins his treatment of the evidential problem: Here the skeptical challenge is that theism is not logically inconsistent, but rather that it is implausible. That is, given the …
Loftus begins his argument I’ll be arguing here against the theistic conception of God, who is believed to be all-powerful, or omnipotent, perfectly good, or omnibenelovent (sic) and all-knowing, or omniscient. The …
Recently, I wrote a two-part article on the problem of evil, which can be found here and here. The same day that I posted the second part, John Loftus from Debunking Christianity offered a partial response, linking to an …
I’ve been hit with the dreaded “five things we don’t know about you” tag, by Dominic Bnonn Tennant. So, here they are. And okay, a lot of people may know these things, but probably not any readers who don’t know me …
For a lot of years, I’ve spent time, here and there, debating whatever seemed interesting on blogs and forums. In that time, I’ve seen a lot of back-and-forth interchanges and I’ve noticed that, much of the time, people …
Well, folks, it’s time for another look at what I call philosophical theory, or the nuts and bolts of philosophy, those ideas and concepts and frameworks that are basically the prerequisite for proper philosophical …
The Intuitive Problem of Evil While the logical problem of evil can be evaluated on the basis of a deductive argument, the intuitive problem is a little trickier. On the one hand, it can be expressed much more simply: …
Robert took down his post: “How an Atheist Justifies the Use of Logic”, which contained my response in the comments. He’s reposted it with a new title, “Logic arises from material …
As of this posting, I’ve responded to Robert on two occasions. The first I posted here, and the second can be found over at Debunking Christianity, here. Three things have come of these posts. First, with only one …
