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evil god

Atheist Philosopher Stephen Law on the Problem of Evil and Evil God

August 17, 2022 by Randal

Does the problem of evil provide an insurmountable objection to belief in God? Speaking of God, what if the nature of the divine being that exists is supremely evil rather than good? If it were, would we know? I discuss these and other issues with the esteemed public philosopher Stephen Law. ?

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evil god, interview, philosophy of religion, problem of evil, Stephen Law

Stephen Law’s Evil God Challenge. In Under Four Minutes. With Animation. And my response.

October 14, 2016 by Randal

Respected atheist philosopher Stephen Law may be best known for his Evil God Challenge. I would explain it to you but Stephen just produced this excellent animated video (starring a reasonable facsimile of the man himself) which unpacks the argument in under four minutes: While the evil God argument is one of the most intriguing recent developments […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, evil god, humanism, Stephen Law

Morriston on the evil god hypothesis

October 29, 2011 by Randal

Earlier this week Walter forwarded the link to a 2004 article by Wes Morriston which nicely summarizes the problem with Stephen Law’s evil god argument. Before we get to that however, let’s recap the argument.  Law argued against the existence of God (or what we can call “good god”) by pointing out that the believer in a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: defeater, evil demon, evil god, problem of evil, skeptical theism, Stephen Law, theodicy, Wes Morriston

Evil God at Chez Alice

October 25, 2011 by Randal

Spencer offered the following summary of Stephen Law’s Evil God argument: 1) Either EG can be rationally rejected on the basis of observational evidence or not. 2) If EG can be rationally rejected on the basis of observational evidence, then GG can also be rejected on the basis of observational evidence (and hence the POE […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Chez Alice, Descartes' evil demon, epistemology, evil god, problem of evil, Stephen Law

Where Stephen Law goes wrong with his evil god argument

October 20, 2011 by Randal

The Atheist Missionary asked me to respond to Stephen Law’s evil god argument. His challenge came with an extended quote from Law. I’ve quoted the most important parts below: “Most people will happily conclude there’s no evil god purely on the basis of the evidential problem of good (whether or not there are other reasons […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: defeater, evil god, problem of evil, Stephan Law, The atheist missionary, theodicy

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