By: Jason|22 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: Edward Feser . evil-god challenge . goodness of God . Stephen Law . theism
In his debate with William Lane Craig, Stephen Law raised the challenge of an evil-god: if we dismiss the existence of an evil-god because of the amount of good in the world, why shouldn’t we dismiss the existence of an all-good god based on the amount of evil in the world? Edward Feser has written a good discussion of the…
Read more »By: Jason|21 July, 2011|Categories: Philosophy|Tags: causality . cosmological argument . Edward Feser . existence of God . first cause . science
Edward Feser: 1. The argument does NOT rest on the premise that “Everything has a cause.” 2. “What caused God?” is not a serious objection to the argument. 3. “Why assume that the universe had a beginning?” is not a serious objection to the argument. 4. “No one has given any reason to think that the First Cause is all-powerful,…
Read more »By: Jason|22 January, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Science|Tags: darwinism . design . Edward Feser . evolution . Intelligenty Design . intentionality . John Farrell . Scott Turner
A SUNY professor argues that scientists are becoming less hostile toward the idea of teleology.
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