In this last post of the series on the problem of evil (here are parts one and two), I will skim the surface of the two issues that now take up most of the conversation among contemporary philosophers. The Evidential Version The evidential version of the problem of evil (also known as the probabilistic version) differs from the logical problem in that ...
They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom! -William Wallace, Braveheart Who doesn't love these words spoken by the fictional rendition of William Wallace in the movie Braveheart? Hearing such a phrase, we know that something truly meaningful is being communicated. But why is the concept of freedom so important? Perhaps it is because ...
Talk with just about any self-proclaimed atheist sitting next to you on an airplane, at Starbucks, or online; if you try to critique their own position they will almost invariably say, "Ah, atheism isn't a belief that there is no God, it is simply a lack of belief in God or gods." Or something to that effect, sometimes much less charitably. This ...
