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Category Archives: Evil
Evolution Fails to Support the Argument from Evil
Many years ago, Jason Rosenhouse argued with Michael Ruse, trying to show that evolution somehow amplifies the argument from evil. Yet he failed. Rosenhouse introduced Ruse’s argument as follows: After quoting Darwin, who plainly did think that the general awfulness … Continue reading
Argument From Evil: Toothless and Useless
The modern day atheist movement has only one argument to support atheism – The Argument From Evil. Anytime an atheist tries to make the case that there is no God, chances are extremely high that some version of the Argument … Continue reading
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Argument From Evil: Toothless and Useless
The modern day atheist movement has only one argument to support atheism – The Argument From Evil. Anytime an atheist tries to make the case that there is no God, chances are extremely high that some version of the Argument … Continue reading
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Does Atheism Assume We Should All Be Teletubbies?
According to the argument from evil, the existence of evil/suffering means the Christian God could not possibly exist. But imagine what human beings would be like if there was no evil/suffering. It’s hard to visualize such creatures as human beings. … Continue reading
Does the existence of God mean there should be no suffering?
According to the argument from evil, the existence of evil/suffering means the Christian God could not possibly exist. Yet then what are we to make of the following famous quote? The most beautiful people we have known are those who … Continue reading
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s New, Mighty Argument
We have a new and mighty argument for atheism from celebrity scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson. He finally gets to it at about 1:07 Here it is: http://www.techinsider.io/what-neil-degrasse-tyson-thinks-about-god-2015-12#ooid=AycjlweTrK9lABZCnScrM6Zh0HQy8lb7 Key quote: I can say that if God is benevolent, and I look … Continue reading
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Atheists as Little Children
Over at his blog, it sure looks like scientist Jerry Coyne confuses a television show with reality. He has a blog entry entitled, “And a little child shall lead them. . .” and writes, “Out of the mouths of babes … Continue reading
Hurricanes, evolution, and atheism
Surprise, surprise. Atheist activist Jerry Coyne tries to exploit the recent hurricane tragedy to score points for his atheist agenda: This, of course, gives atheists the chance to once again note that natural evils don’t comport with most people’s idea … Continue reading
Butugichag
From Wiki: Butugichag Corrective Labor Camp (Russian: исправи́тельно-трудово́й ла́герь, Бутугычаг) was a part of the bigger Tenlag, a subdivision of GULAG. The camp existed during 1945-1955 in the Kolyma region of North-Eastern Russia (later Magadan Oblast). The camp is mostly … Continue reading
Evolution Fails to Support the Argument from Evil
Jason Rosenhouse argues with Michael Ruse, trying to show that evolution somehow amplifies the argument from evil. Yet he fails. Rosenhouse introduces Ruse’s argument as follows: After quoting Darwin, who plainly did think that the general awfulness of nature militated … Continue reading