Upcoming speech for Intro to Religion students

I will soon be speaking to students enrolled in Intro to Religion courses at a local Catholic university — Marywood University — which I also happen to attend. Rather than appearing before multiple classes in-person, I will upload a 30-minute recording with a corresponding transcript on justinvacula.com which will allow for students to ask me […]

Brave Hero Radio: Dr. Peter Boghossian

  Dr. Peter Boghossian – esteemed public speaker, Philosophy professor at Portland State University, and author of A Manual for Creating Atheists —  joins Karla Porter and Justin Vacula Saturday, October 26 at 8PM Eastern.  As always, callers, no matter their viewpoints, are welcome to join the discussion. Call the number on your screen, 718-766-4598, or click the Skype-to-call […]

More on moral argument, “we can’t understand God”

Earlier this week, I authored a piece elaborating on my response to a variation of a moral argument for God’s existence Reverend Brewster presented in our August 31 “Does the Christian god exist?” debate (watch video footage or listen to an audio-only recording for more context). Since the debate and my piece, Reverend Brewster has […]

Response to Rev. Brewster’s cosmological argument

Reverend Brewster presented a formulation of a cosmological argument during the August 31 “Does the Christian god exist?” debate I participated in (see video and audio-only versions for context). I will address his claims in this piece by re-presenting some objections I put forth in the debate and providing further analysis of his assertions. Brewster […]