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Jason Thibodeau

How Skeptical Theism Justifies Religious Doubt: A Response to Rauser

February 8, 2017 by Randal

This article is a guest post by Dr. Jason Thibodeau in which he responds to my article “Skeptical Theism and Skepticism Simpliciter: A Response to Jason Thibodeau.” Jason teaches at Cypress College and blogs at The Secular OutPost. You can also visit him online at “Not Not a Philosopher.”  * * * Randal has provided a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: epistemology, Jason Thibodeau, skeptical theism, skepticism

Skeptical Theism and Skepticism Simpliciter: A Response to Jason Thibodeau

January 30, 2017 by Randal

In his two-part article “If it’s okay for God to allow horrors, then we don’t know much about God” (Part 1; Part 2) Jason Thibodeau presents an articulate and concise skeptical argument against theism. There is a lot packed into his article, and I’m not going to attempt to address it all here. But in this […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Jason Thibodeau, problem of evil, skeptical theism, skepticism

If it’s okay for God to allow horrors, then we don’t know much about God (Part 2)

January 24, 2017 by Randal

This article is part 2 of a guest post by Dr. Jason Thibodeau. For part 1 click here. Jason teaches at Cypress College and blogs at The Secular OutPost. You can also visit him online at “Not Not a Philosopher.”  III: Reply #1: We Know Enough In his recent book, An Atheist and A Christian Walk […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, God, Jason Thibodeau, problem of evil, skeptical theism, skepticism

If it’s okay for God to allow horrors, then we don’t know much about God (Part 1)

January 22, 2017 by Randal

This article is part 1 of a guest post by Dr. Jason Thibodeau. Jason teaches at Cypress College and blogs at The Secular OutPost. You can also visit him online at “Not Not a Philosopher.” I: The Problem of Evil Every year in the United States an average of 37 children die after being left in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, God, Jason Thibodeau, problem of evil, skepticism

Swinburne and Homosexuality: A Response to Jason Thibodeau

October 7, 2016 by Randal

Jason Thibodeau offered this comment in response to my article, “Homosexuality, Academic Freedom, and the Swinburne Controversy”: “A good person, seeing that his worldview has committed him to claiming that a group of people are defective just because of the kind of person that they are attracted to, takes this as a reason to question […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: dialogue, ethics, homosexuality, Jason Thibodeau, natural law, Richard Swinburne

On the Use of People to Benefit Other People: A response to Jason Thibodeau

August 13, 2016 by Randal

In my review of John L. Schellenberg’s book The Hiddenness Argument I offered the following scenario as a possible reason why God would choose to defer the initiation of personal relationship with a non-resistant nonbeliever: “It is possible that in the decade during which she is an atheist, Liz will bring many resistant nonbelievers to a greater understanding of absolute […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, divine hiddenness, doubt, Jason Thibodeau, skepticism

God, the Bible, and the Skeptics: A Wrap Up and Debrief

March 25, 2014 by Randal

Okay, I recognize some folks are getting antsy, and I agree. I think we’ve done enough on the Bible for now. But I’m going to conclude the discussion (from my end, anyways) with a final response to some of the comments in response to my article “Attacking the Bible by endorsing the absurd?” (For those […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, defeater, hermeneutics, inspiration, Jason Thibodeau, revelation

Attacking the Bible by endorsing the absurd?

March 24, 2014 by Randal

In “The Bible and the Moral Artist Principle: A response to Jason Thibodeau” I summarized Jason Thibodeau’s objection to God being the divine author of the Bible in terms of a principle I called “Jason’s Moral Artist Principle” (or J-MAP): Jason’s Moral Artist Principle: a morally upright editor/author would dissociate him/herself from any passages within […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, ethics, hermeneutics, inspiration, Jason Thibodeau, revelation

The Bible and the Moral Artist Principle: A response to Jason Thibodeau

March 23, 2014 by Randal

In “God and Gus Van Sant: Two morally irresponsible artists?” I provided a rebuttal to Jason Thibodeau. Jason had made the following claim in response to my Americana Omnibus illustration: “If I was an editor of the American Omnibus and I came across passages in which I (and/or other editors) were depicted as commanding/approving of/bringing […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical violence, hermeneutics, inerrancy, inspiration, Jason Thibodeau

God and the arbitrary attribute charge: A response to Jason Thibodeau

May 24, 2013 by Randal

Jason Thibodeau has been offering a series of critiques of my views on God and explanation over at his blog. Here’s the most recent entry: “Do theists need to explain God’s existence? Part 3“. In case you were wondering, Jason has a PhD in philosophy from the University of California and is a professor in philosophy […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: God, Jason Thibodeau, perfect being theology, theism

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