By: Stuart|09 July, 2011|Categories: Culture|Tags: A C Grayling . Logical Problem of Evil . richard dawkins . William Lane Cra
Another very odd claim from the New Atheism: One of Britain’s foremost philosophical atheists, A C Grayling, vice-president of the British Humanist Association, has denied he has ever debated William Lane Craig.
Read more »By: Stuart|13 December, 2010|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: David Hume . evolution . External Problem of Evil . Internal Problem of Evil . Logical Problem of Evil . Paul Draper . Probabilistic Problem of Evil . problem of evil . Theodicy . william lane craig
The task of reconciling the evil in this world with the goodness of God and his creation belongs to a branch of Christian theology called Theodicy. This task has been exacerbated in the past century and half by evolutionary theory that makes us acutely aware of the long-ages past filled with animal suffering. Developing a theodicy is of particular interest to the Christian theologian who seeks to make Christianity credible in the mental environment and requires the analytical tools of the Philosophy of Religion.
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