Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
In a recent post, I discussed the problem of divine hiddenness (why God remains hidden despite very good reasons God would have to reveal himself). I showed why various standard arguments apologists give– mainly ‘free will defenses’– to provide reasons for why God would remain hidden fail. I’ll give a quick summary of my previous post […]
Atheists (and theists) wonder why — since it is the case that theists profess God wants everyone to believe he exists – God simply doesn’t unequivocally reveal himself so that persons can ‘enter into a relationship’ with God, no longer doubt, stop fighting one another because of religious differences, and go to Heaven. An all-powerful, […]
Episode two of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast is now online! Podcast Topics: The second episode of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast will cover the discussion topic on religious faith and commentary on local news articles. Cast: Justin Vacula (Podcast Host, Co-Organizer, Spokesperson, and a Board Member Rodney Collins (Founder, Organizer, and Chairman of the […]
In a recent letter to the editor to a local newspaper, I noted that theistic belief is irrational because natural evil serves as a defeater to Christian belief. The recent devastation in Japan should be “evidence enough” that there is no all-powerful and all-loving god who created the universe with the welfare of humans in mind. […]
