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Some may wonder why I spend time on Hebrew Roots/Torah Observance doctrines. Why refute this doctrine? There are many reasons. We are to contend for the faith. We seek converts to the truth. This post is about another …
I’ve added a page in the menu above about how I deal with the atheist argument from the problem of evil. You can find it there or click here. Enjoy.
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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
The following post is a response to this article over at Debunking Christianity: Hi, Robert. I read your post and see that you’ve sought what appear to be two main goals. First, a positive presentation of the atheistic …
In the last few years, atheism has seen a resurgence in the West, inspired in part by a handful of books written by the “new atheists”, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett. Here, I’d …
