Justin Schieber - A Tippling Philosopher

Is Discussing Classical Theism a Waste of Time?

As you may well know, I spend a lot of time debating classical theism or, as Justin Schieber calls it, "generic theism". Is this a waste of time? Well, both Schieber and myself think not: RELATED POSTS: * Suffering and an Omnibenevolent God * God’s Omni-qualities – Who Believes in

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Discussing the Problem of Evil: Skeptical Theism and More

Given C. Peterson's contribution to the blog yesterday, I thought I would extend the conversation by reposting an old chat I had with Counter Apologist and Justin Schieber, where we ruminated on the problem of evil, it defence in skeptical theism, and all manner of things thereabouts. Have

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God and the Possibility of Perfect Creatures

Justin Schieber has released another video on his Real Atheology channel. I haven't watched this yet but hope to tomorrow. As he stated to me: "Ultimately, I don't think the argument is good in this form. That said, I think an inductive argument can be

God's characteristics

Divine Hiddenness - An Introduction

This is a good introduction, by Justin Schieber, to JL Schellenberg's argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEbUCgGGVE4 Wiki includes the following: Discussion of Schellenberg's argument has made explicit a non-theological use of the term 'hiddenness', which is now commonly used simply as

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God's Omnipotence as Incoherent and Unsatisfactory

Justin Schieber, in the desolate wilderness that is life after the Reasonable Doubts podcast, produces some excellent videos. This one, on omnipotence, is a fantastic insight into the problems faced with defining omnipotence meaningfully. This is well worth a watch. Subscribe to his channel and spread his work! https://www.

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Me, Justin Schieber and Counter Apologist: Evidential Problem of Evil

Check out this high-brow threesome we did some time back. Would love to do another if I got time. I was really pleased to know that this video played an important role in deconverting someone fairly recently.

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Heaven, Hell, and Philosophical Zombies

In the a google hangout from a few years back, with Counter Apologist and Reasonable Doubts' Justin Schieber on the Evidential Problem of Evil, we were talking about the great argument against hell. I will set this argument out again, as I have done previously, before getting on to

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Justin Schieber's Real Atheology

It comes with great sadness to announce that my favourite podcast of all time, Reasonable Doubts, will no longer continue to be. This upsets me because there is no greater podcast on the internet than this one. RD has been with me for a good number of years and has provided ample stimuli for me to p

Biblical Exegesis

Inter-Testamental Moral Relativism

Theists hate moral relativism. They often accuse atheists and secularists of having it. For them, only the pseudo-moral absolutism of Divine Command Theory, where God's commands decree morality, seems to work in defining some sort of objective morality. The problem is, though, that they aren't very

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Good Skeptical Theism links

Skeptical Theism is an approach to the problem of evil that states that we just Index)can't know the mind of God; that such infinite minds are so far beyond our ken that we couldn't possibly conceive as to why such evil exists in the world.

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Reminder of the Virtual Beers on the Problem of Evil

Just a reminder of this fantastic Google Hangout that Counter Apologist, Justin Schieber and myself had on the Evidential Problem of Evil.

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Heaven, hell, and philosophical zombies

In the recent google hangout with Counter Apologist and Reasonable Doubts' Justin Schieber, we were talking about the great argument against hell. I will set this argument out again, as I have done previously, before getting on to my main point. This is an argument brought up by Ray Bradley in a deb

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Evidential Problem of Evil - A highbrow threesome?

Well, it depends on your definition of highbrow, of course. But please check out the video of myself, Counter Apologist and Justin Schieber from Reasonable Doubts discussing the Evidential Problem of Evil, going through a ton of arguments and interesting points. It was really enjoyable and we hope y

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Come hang out with me, Schieber and Counter Apologist and talk Problem of Evil

As mentioned before, myself, Justin Schieber and Counter Apologist will be having a Google Hangout discussing the logical and evidential problem of evil. The chat will be broadcast at 4pm EST in the US and 9pm GMT in the UK. You will need to have a google account to access

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Google Hangout with Justin Schieber and Counter Apologist - come join us!

For those of you who do not know what a Google Hangout is, it is effectively a Skype call with multiple people which is broadcast to the public so that they can watch (though not join in). It can be recorded and posted to You Tube. It's a great feature with good functionality.

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Review of Justin Schieber vs Max Andrews: Does the God of Christianity Exist?

I have recently listened to a really interesting debate between Justin Schieber of the rather excellent Reasonable Doubts podcast and Max Andrews. Andrews writes at Senentias.org and I believe may be some sort of ‘backroom staff’ for William Lane Craig. His bio is:

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The "Case for God" on Trial

Here is my talk to the Dorset Humanists given this last week. It was really well received and got great feedback from audience and organisers alike. The video is of good quality though you may need to turn it up to hear some of the questions a little more clearly. The chops are out and looking might

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The Problem of Non-God Objects

Here is an argument which I have communicated before here and here. Justin Schieber from Reasonable Doubts has worked on this and it has now made it into the Iron Chariots wiki site:

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Why I am an Atheist

Randal Rauser, with whom I have had a radio debate about the Nativity, is running a series on his blog asking atheists why they are atheist (or not Christian). He has asked several atheist bloggers and authors, including myself, to produce a paragraph. Justin Schieber, Counter Apologist and Ed Babin

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The best damned podcast in town

Podcasts are a really useful medium for learning about or engaging with topics because you can listen to them on the fly. In the last week, I have mowed the lawn, sharpened garden tools, walked to the shops, driven in my car, washed carpets and so on, all the while listening to counter-apologetics a

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Argument Against a Perfect Being Creating the World

I was listening to a podcast by bloggers Reasonable Doubts recently whereby one of the contributors, Justin Schieber, formulated a logical argument showing the inconsistency of the classic understanding of God, particularly a God who moves from an eternal (a-temporal) existence, to creating time (and space) and living within the