This principle has clear implications for what it means for #God to be good. If the definition of "good" as predicated in human agents cannot define what is in God, then God cannot be "morally" good, as mainstream disputants over the problem of evil often assume. #philrel #philsky

Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument for Theism Scouting God and Cosmos for Good Evidence Against Naturalism

I'm now posting on Substack. Here's a new post:

"Steelmanning the Abductive Moral Argument"

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#philsky #philosophy #philrel #theism #atheism #apologetics

#philosophy #philrel #philrelsky #theology

... then God will be utterly unlike any kind of composite and contingent item in an ontology, the Force included! Stump and Zoll betray how completely they overlook the possibility that #God as the Ultimate might transcend the ontological structure proper to created things. 3/3 #philrel

"To picture #God as an additional being over against or parallel to the universe itself will be to treat God similarly to objects within the universe, related to the universe itself as objects within the world are related to each other."

-David Burrell

#philrel

Thoughts?

#philsky #worldview #philrel #philosophy

This paper argues that moral realism (the idea of objective moral truths) is incompatible with non-theism.

Despite the author’s apparent intent, I find that the paper inadvertently makes a compelling argument… against moral realism.

Thoughts?

#philsky #philosophy #metaethics #PhilRel

Loke, Andrew. 2022. ‘A New Moral Argument for the Existence of God.’ International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. The paper can be read from the publisher's website: https://rdcu.be/cUdVv

This looks might interesting for anyone interested in the philosophy of religion and metaethics.

Loke, Andrew. 2022. ‘A New Moral Argument for the Existence of God.’ International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.

www.academia.edu/85599518/Lok...

#PhilRel #metaethics #philosophy #PhilSky

Fun puzzle at the intersection of #PhilRel and #metaethics:

Make 2 assumptions:
1. There is such a thing as moral good and evil, however that is defined.
2. Moral good and evil has a foundation in X, whatever X is.

Can X itself be morally good or evil?

#PhilSky #philosophy

Hey Biblical scholars, does anyone have a copy of Dale Allison's essay "The Problem of Gehenna" that they could send me? I can DM an e-mail to you.

#biblicalstudies #philrelsky #christianity #philrel #biblicalcriticism

Who's going to make a starter pack of people unpacking whether or not Christianity is true?

#Christianity #PhilosophyofReligion #PhilRel

Wait, what is the point of this story? If you get rid of a demon, then you will get 7 more? Or it is saying don't clean your house after you cast out a demon? So strange.
#bible #Christianity #philRel

#pandeism says there was once a maximally-powerful, omnipresent consciousness which could not love or learn as it was all there was.

It knew giving partial reign to chaos for a time would bring pain, suffering, and unfairness. But it was the only other option. It chose to fragment
#philrel #philsky

#philrel #theology

Midwest Studies In #Philosophy. Vol 37, Iss 1. The New #Atheism and Its Critics. #PhilSci #PhilRel onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/misp.2013.37...