Not many people who grow, market, or sell tobacco seem eager to take responsibility for the millions of deaths their product causes every year globally.
That's because...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 17 minutes ago
Depends on who the four dudes are of course.
I could list plenty of arseholes who would make the four dudes list, and the kitten gets the vote.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
But generally speaking, few people feel much inclined to lay down their lives for strangers.
That's why we tend to honor such folk as heroes. I'm reminded of HMS...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
Thankfully, folk are starting to come around to the idea of prayer failure, and starting to do something about it. Christian parents let their baby die because of their faith. Now they’re...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
Actually it is only logically impossible for an omni-God to exist...
And the Bible itself does not say anywhere clearly and explicitly that God has those omni-powers....
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
As I see it, I think the question here is not whether morality based on human reason is perfect or not -- we all know it is far from being so, the question is the compatibility of the existence of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
I read that Terence Cardinal Cooke refused morphine and other pain killers when he was dying of cancer. He told people he wanted to share in the sufferings of Christ. I don't know how to argue...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
Nothing fails more than prayer!
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
As I've said before, an event that drained a huge amount of water out of my faith pool (using Captain Cassidy's metaphor) was the death of a 28 year old fellow Christian. Everyone was...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
Re Trolley Problem, it gets even thornier when on one track are four dudes and on the other, a kitten.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 4 hours ago
WLC opens right up with an equivocation fallacy on the meaning of "God":
Dr. Craig: Historically, atheists have argued that there is a logical incompatibility between the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
Most all reasoning about issues we care deeply about is motivated reasoning. This is emotional reasoning! Can we ever divorce reasoning away from emotions?
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
As long as one can imagine a possible reason for God allowing suffering — no matter how implausible — then God's existence is logically compatible with evil, and therefore, the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 15 hours ago
Secular morality doesn't pretend these dilemmas have perfect answers. What it offers is honesty: we weigh harms, accept responsibility for our choices, and refine our judgments...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 15 hours ago
That's where "emotional reasons" come into play: they can create an opening in that mental bunker and allow thinking to come in. Once thinking is put in motion, it will...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 15 hours ago
In your example, no choice is “morally clean”—but we still have to make one. The question then becomes: which action minimizes unjustifiable suffering, avoids arbitrary cruelty, and...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
Even the Spock character, as written, has emotions. And not just when the plot requires Spock to undergo a personality change. Even when Spock is in his default "logical" mode, he often...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
How can you convince someone if you do not get to talk to them at all ?
One option is to be ready for opportunities when they arise. Lots of "them" are more than...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
Imperfect as it may be, a secular morality built on human reason is still infinitely less problematic than one built on religion. I will let my friend ChatGPT formulate my answer for me:...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
The problem with deontological approaches to morality (trying to reduce morality to a finite list of rules) is that there are endless edge cases, exceptions, conflicts of interest, etc. For...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
Inflicting pain is not considered wrong when it is necessary for self-defense, or in situations where it serves a greater good, such as necessary medical treatment or in the case of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 19 hours ago
1- Humans feel pain, and inflicting pain on others is wrong.
The problem is, who decides when its wrong? Or even, so wrong, it can never be justified. Inflicting pain is...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 19 hours ago
Objective morality can be built on two axioms : 1- Humans feel pain, and inflicting pain on others is wrong. 2 - Needless suffering is just that : needless, and nothing else. No scripture, no...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 21 hours ago
I don't think "Plantinga's Defense" is as solid as that lying douche William Lame Craig makes it out to be. Free Will, if we grant it, only accounts for human caused...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 22 hours ago
Great! I don't think there is a separate emotional problem since people are not unemotional creatures like the character Spock. It's definitely an emotional problem, but it's part of the same...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago