(This is a rough draft of a concept and defense I’ve been working on. I hope to turn this into a full article at some point. I post it here for feedback.) Though modern humanists have attempted to cast doubt both on God’s goodness and whether or not His goodness begets an ethical ought, one … Continue reading
This is part of a larger paper that I am writing and working on. Law’s “Evil-God Challenge” is simply a section in the paper. In coming across Law’s “Evil-God” challenge, I’ve seen numerous Christian philosophers offer up an explanation to how we can know God is good (such as Edward Feser). While all make good points, I think … Continue reading
“The problem I have here is not what ought to succeed mankind in the sequence of species ( — the human being is a conclusion — ): but what type of human being one ought to breed, ought to will, as more valuable, more worthy of life, more certain of the future. This more valuable … Continue reading
This is part two of a new series–to read the introduction click here. “What is good? — All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. What is bad? — All that proceeds from weakness. What is happiness? — The feeling that power increases — that a resistance is … Continue reading
In the forward to his attack on Christianity, The Anti-Christ, Fredrick Nietzsche wrote the following: “This book belongs to the very few. Perhaps none of them is even living yet. Possibly they are the readers who understand my Zarathustra: how could I confound myself with those for whom there are ears listening today? — Only … Continue reading
Last week for Mystic Mondays I posted a passage from the Wisdom of Solomon which outlined some of the consequences of embracing a naturalistic ethic. One of the questions I asked readers to consider as they meditated on this passage was: if God does not exist why should we be moral at all? One of … Continue reading
Today I’d like to share a passage from The Wisdom of Solomon which vividly portrays the ethical consequences of the naturalistic view of reality. I ask you to meditate on these words and to wrestle with the implications of a world in which God does not exist, in which there is no objective purpose or … Continue reading
* If God doesn’t exist, then how do our moral actions matter? A man brutally murders a child and can escape justice. Even if given justice, 200 years from now it will not matter. * What hope exists for those who suffer in this world? While the evidential problem of evil poses a challenge for … Continue reading
Summarizing last Thursday’s post and subsequent comments: Let me state quite emphatically – we cannot falsify the statement, “God exist.” But before we celebrate too quickly… For many atheists (and theists, oddly enough) comes the belief that for any significant statement claiming to be knowledge, there must be valid scientific data behind the statement. For … Continue reading
In one of the recent comments someone brought up that it’s apparently a contradiction to say that belief in God is rational, yet also say that God is beyond knowledge and beyond reason. In fact, I’ve dealt with this topic before. Yet, there’s no reason to assume that “God is incomprehensible/a mystery” is somehow mutually … Continue reading
