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 […]
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Skeptical Theism and Skepticism Simpliciter: A Response to Jason Thibodeau
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 […]
If it’s okay for God to allow horrors, then we don’t know much about God (Part 2)
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 […]
If it’s okay for God to allow horrors, then we don’t know much about God (Part 1)
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 […]
Swinburne and Homosexuality: A Response to Jason Thibodeau
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 […]
On the Use of People to Benefit Other People: A response to Jason Thibodeau
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 […]
God, the Bible, and the Skeptics: A Wrap Up and Debrief
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 […]
Attacking the Bible by endorsing the absurd?
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 […]
The Bible and the Moral Artist Principle: A response to Jason Thibodeau
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 […]
God and the arbitrary attribute charge: A response to Jason Thibodeau
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 […]
