I’ve posted the penultimate version of my paper “A Defense of the No Minimum Response to the Problem of Evil,” on my research page. It’s forthcoming in Religious Studies. You can also grab it here if you’re interested. It’s a short one, only three pages. ...
I’m giving a talk this afternoon as part of SUNY Fredonia’s Spring Symposium in Arts and Humanities. The title of the symposium is “The Human Response to Adversity.” The title of my talk is “Natural Disasters and the Existence of God”. I’m posting my presentation slides here, so the audience (and anyone else) can view them ...
My paper, “Two Solutions to the Problem of Divine Hiddenness,” just came out in American Philosophical Quarterly today. I just received my copy of the issue in the mail. Here’s a link to the issue on their website. If you don’t have access to APQ, here’s a link to the penultimate draft. ...
I just posted Chris Tucker’s Intro Talk called “What My Dog Can Tell Us About The Problem of Evil” over at the Young Philosophers site. Enjoy! ...
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I want to talk about the multiple universe response to the Fine-Tuning Argument. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the fine-tuning argument here is a one-page handout that I give my students when we talk about it. It doesn’t contain all of the details of the argument, but it should give you the ...
Earlier this morning, I posted Kevin Timpe’s introductory level talk - Exploring the Problem of Evil at Tinker Creek - over at the Young Philosophers podcast site. Check it out. More videos will be coming soon. ...
I’m working on a revise and resubmit, and there’s an interesting issue that I’m going to have to deal with. So let me begin with a question. Is it possible to forgive someone for an action, but fail to believe that the action was wrong? I’m inclined to say yes. Here’s three potential motivations. Moral Skepticism Suppose someone ...
Here’s the abstract of one of NPR’s Morning Edition stories this morning. Morning Edition, October 16, 2008 · A Nebraska state senator last year filed a lawsuit against God. Ernie Chambers sought an injunction against God because of widespread death and destruction. Judge Marlon Polk has thrown out the lawsuit. He says there’s no way ...
Attention Philosophers of Religion and Theologians: You’ve been asking the wrong questions! You’ve been asking, “Why is there something rather than nothing?” You should have been asking, “Why is there Bill O’Reilly, rather than no Bill O’Reilly?” Surely the fool must admit that there is a God when he reflects on that question! I kid you not ...