Is God a user? A response to Nate’s Principle

February 1, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 60 Comments

It’s Saturday morning, I’m sitting with a coffee by the fireplace, and the balloon is watching me. (He’s hovering over […]

apologetics, defense, Nate, problem of evil, theodicy, utilitarianism

A Martian’s perspective on the problem of evil

January 30, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 92 Comments

In the following extended excerpt from Wandering in Darkness Eleonore Stump provides a response to the overly dismissive critics of […]

apologetics, defense, Eleonore Stump, problem of evil, suffering, theodicy

Wandering in Darkness: A Review

January 28, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 23 Comments

Eleonore Stump. Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. There is no greater […]

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Does Greater Goods theodicy undermine moral action?

January 24, 2014 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 81 Comments

“Randal, if God exists and chooses not to intervene (because of the furtherance of a greater good) and “God-permit” the […]

defense, God, problem of evil, providence, theodicy

Must we apologize for the apologists?

October 17, 2011 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 5 Comments

Note: An earlier version of this article appeared at The Christian Post in 2010. Apologetics is a mainstay of Christianity […]

apologetics, argument, defense, evidence, rationality, sophistry, truth

Possible, Plausible, or Probable Points or Special-Pleading?

December 3, 2010 / Randal / The Tentative Apologist / 32 Comments

I argued that John Loftus is inconsistent when he dismisses the Christian defense response to the problem of evil and […]

defense, John Loftus, natural evil, problem of evil, Robert Gressis, theodicy