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What’s God’s Sufficient Reason for the Evil in the World? And If You Can’t Think of Any, Should You Still Believe in God?
The principle of sufficient reason (PSR). God must have a sufficient reason for withdrawing and withholding his protection from the descendants of Adam for so tortuously long; for allowing them to encounter the full force of a psychopath’s or nature’s … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, critical thinking, God, philosophy, the problem of evil
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Blogging a Great Debate: Sam Harris vs. William Lane Craig at Notre Dame (Accompanied by the Ghost of Nietzsche)
Sam Harris recently debated William Lane Craig at Notre Dame, and here it is. The first eight minutes are devoted to the moderator’s introduction, then Craig goes first. The topic is moral reasoning: __________ Here are the highlights that I took … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, atheism, atheist, God, love, morality, Nietzsche, philosophy, Sam Harris, the problem of evil, william lane craig
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Leon Wieseltier on Roger Rosenblatt’s Journey into Hell Mouth
Sooner or later, and in one form or another, all human beings make their journey—and on more than one occasion throughout a lifetime—into what James Wood and others have coined “Hell Mouth”—the Job-like inferno in which we encounter unavoidable and extreme anxiety, suffering, … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, Book of Job, death, evil, God, grief, Job, liebnitz, life, suffering, the problem of evil, theodicy
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For Those Who Have Just Arrived: A Little Something for Keeping the Future in Perspective
A quick primer to life’s prospects:
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Tagged comedy, life, philosophy, psychology, suffering, the problem of evil, the problem of suffering, woody allen
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Friedrich Nietzsche (from The Twilight of the Idols ): What is it: is man only a blunder of God, or God only a blunder of man?
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Tagged existentialism, Friedrich Nietzsche, God, Hinduism, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, Nietzsche, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, the problem of evil
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Studio Portrait of Kurt Klein, Age Two
Studio portrait, from 1922, of two-year-old Kurt Klein. In 1937, Kurt Klein’s parents sent him to live with relatives in Buffalo, New York. His parents, unable to immigrate, died at Auschwitz in 1942. According to the U.S. Holocaust Museum archives: Kurt was … Continue reading
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Tagged adolf hitler, Auschwitz, buffalo, death, fascism, Germany, Holocaust, Judaism, life, new york, the problem of evil, totalitarianism
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David Plotz, an Agnostic and a Writer for Slate.com, Read the Whole Bible, and Tells Us What He Thought of It
David Plotz is an agnostic, and he gave the Bible a careful reading. His experience is recounted at Slate here. Money quote: I came to the Bible hoping to be inspired and awed. I have been, sometimes. But mostly I’ve ended … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, Christianity, david plotz, Genesis, philosophy, psychology, religion, the Bible, the problem of evil
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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Stacked Corpses
The above photograph, according to the U.S. Holocaust Museum website, was taken at Ohrdruf on April 6, 1945. More “Bearing Witness to the Holocaust” photos here and here and here.
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Tagged eastern europe, hegelianism, Hitler, Holocaust, Job, poland, the problem of evil, World War II, yad vashem
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The Holocaust and the Problem of Suffering
In response to a previous post of mine, a reader commented: The holocaust raises doubts about God, in what way? Evil people did evil things. The fact that it happened doesn’t cause me to doubt God. As one that believes … Continue reading
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