Category: Philosophy of Religion
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The Problem With Miracles As Religious Justification
Miracles are a tricky business. On the one hand, it would be ridiculous to conclude that everything is currently explainable by natural means. On the other hand, concluding that you know a miracle definitely happened and that this is evidence of your particular religious beliefs seems equally problematic. It is…
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My Problems With Divine Command Theory: Grounding Morality Without Goodness
Divine Command Theorists claim that morality is a set of moral laws that are grounded in god’s commands or nature. In this essay, I explain why this view leads to moral arbitrariness and is an anemic view of moral goodness. Instead. I argue we are much better off understanding ethics…
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Why Secular Moralities Have An Advantage Over (Some) Religious Moralities
I discuss my preference for simpler secular moral theories as apposed to religious ones. There is considerable overlap in the values that these theories espouse as is evident when we consider the moral virtues, but religious moralities make room for decrees and doctrines that can potentially undermine or dilute our…
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Is This The Best Argument Against God?
In this essay, I propose and discuss a more holistic argument for atheism based on the superior explanatory power and parsimony of naturalism over theism. I discuss why the argument is particularly interesting and somewhat convincing to me while acknowledging that there are limitations to the argument. My aim is…
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God, Morality, and Politics: Why Justice Entails Secularism
A common notion regarding religion is that it is a deeply personal matter. What we believe, where we spend our time, and how we decide to inform our actions have always been things we typically take to be up to each of us, and others should mind their own business.…
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O God, Where Art Thou: Arguments Against God’s Existence (Part 2, Divine Hiddenness)
My first attempt at discussing a philosophical argument involving the existence of a God, the problem of evil, was somewhat long and perhaps a bit overly detailed. This time, I want to be a bit more casual (as one would expect, given the name of my blog) and discuss an…
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Why God Doesn’t Exist or Doesn’t Care (Probably): Arguments Against God’s Existence (Part 1, The Problem of Evil)
Whether God does or does not exist is undoubtedly an important question to answer. Although I hold, unlike many others, that not an awful lot of things will change should there be a God, there are still some things that will differ depending on the outcome; with specific dependence on…
Casual Philosophy 