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existential argument

How should we think about atheists who have no problem with atheism?

February 19, 2015 by Randal

Yesterday my article “Do you have enough faith to be a theist? Or an atheist?” drew an interesting comment from a reader named Bilbo who reflected: “At a very dark perod [sic] in my life, when I was angry at God for everything, I tried living as an atheist for a few years. The bleakness […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: afterlife, atheism, existential argument, meaning, theism

Life is meaningful because it does (or doesn’t) go on forever

February 20, 2013 by Randal

Many times I’ve heard theists who accept the doctrine of human immortality talk about the fact that human life is meaningful because it continues forever. Thus, they’ll say things like this ditty from Maximus (Russell Crowe in “Gladiator”): “Brothers, what we do in life echoes in eternity.” And then there is this classic observation from […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, eternity, existential argument, life, theism, time

The Existential Argument and Sam Harris’ Big Diamond

December 9, 2012 by Randal

In the thread to my article “In defense of existential arguments for belief in God” Matt DeStefano commented that my argument “doesn’t address what Jerry (or Harris) is pushing in this dialogue. Either God exists, or God doesn’t exist. No amount of “wishing” (or positive benefits associated with belief) justify accepting the proposition that “God exists”. With […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, existential argument, God, prudential argument, Sam Harris, theism

In defense of existential arguments for belief in God

December 8, 2012 by Randal

This article is borne out of a conversation betwen Bilbo and Jerry Rivard in the blog. Let’s begin by recounting the exchange. It all begin when Bilbo observed: “I couldn’t deal with the emptiness of a Godless universe, so I came back to faith.” This prompted Jerry Rivard to inquire: “In what way does this […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, belief in God, existential argument, prudential argument, theism

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