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: Stuart|20 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy|Tags: atheism . debate . goodness of God . problem of evil . Stephen Law . theism . william lane craig
Stuart examines Law’s line of argument in the recent debate.
Read more »By: Jason|19 October, 2011|Categories: Audio|Tags: debate . existence of God . Stephen Law . william lane craig
The Reasonable Faith UK tour kicked off yesterday with its first event as William Lane Craig and Stephen Law debated the existence of God. The audio of the debate is now available, courtesy of Premier Christian Radio: The exchange was hosted by Justin Brierley and took place at Westminster Central Hall in London. Be sure to let us know what you…
Read more »By: Stuart|15 January, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atemporality . Beliefs . causal agency . circular reasoning . Desires . divine freedom . Divine temporality . omniscience . psychological state . Stephen Law . super-mountain
In Part two I look at the insufficiency of Law’s reasons that purport to show the incompatibility between divine atemporality and personhood.
Read more »By: Stuart|14 January, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atemporality . Divine Personhood . Divine temporality . gibberish . Heythrop College . Stephen Law . super-mountain
Stephen Law, philosopher and senior lecturer at Heythrop College in the University of London, editor for the philosophical journal Think (published by the Royal Institute of Philosophy), in a March 6, 2010 post on his blog issued the following argument against the existence of God. I will take the liberty of reproducing what he wrote, and then responding to it.
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