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moral skepticism

Four Pitfalls for Apologists Defending Biblical Violence

August 12, 2019 by Randal

Over the last decade or so, Christian apologists have directed significant effort in defending morally problematic biblical violence including texts which attribute prima facie evil actions to God as well as prima facie evil actions which are commanded or commended by God. For example, Christian apologists offer various justifications of the texts that appear to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, biblical violence, moral epistemology, moral skepticism

I want to know what evil is

November 24, 2010 by Randal

The critics never liked Foreigner much, but then their mullet-wearin’ Camaro-drivin’ fans never liked the critics much. And really, who could resist the infectious drive of an arena-grade power ballad like “I want to know what love is”? Although Lou Gramm may have been asking what love is, I think he had a reasonably good […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: divine command, ethics, evil, moral skepticism, moral virtue, morality

How do you critique infant sodomy to a moral skeptic?

November 11, 2010 by Randal

Now things are spinning out of control. James retorts: “You have ‘argued’ that certain moral facts are objectively true because you happen to see them, or intuit them, or sense them, to be true. Some argument! Well, Gary the corpse raper happens to see quite clearly that rape is good. How are you going to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, ethics, Gary Ridgeway, God, moral relativism, moral skepticism, morality, naturalism

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