RE: Dr. Craig contradiction.
April 1, 2016 at 10:38 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2016 at 10:40 pm by Jehanne.)
(April 1, 2016 at 2:37 pm)athrock Wrote:(March 31, 2016 at 7:35 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Maybe Plantinga considers it to be "refuted", but I certainly do not, and there are atheistic philosophers who do not agree with Plantinga on this. It's a sidebar, yes, but I have listened to Plantinga (on the Closer to Truth series), and I find his arguments wanting, if not somewhat pathetic.
Pathetic? That doesn't seem to be the consensus among professional philosophers.
However, to be fair, what can you tell me about the position of ATHEIST philosophers who have interacted with Plantiga's work on the Problem of Evil?
Are there any websites, blogs or online articles that you recommend from one or more of the "big boys"?
They're out there; I've listened to them being interviewed on the Closer to Truth series. Besides, who gives a shit??? One need look no farther than natural evil, in particular, the sufferings of non-human animals over the course of hundreds of millions years. Take this event, for instance, the impact that created Meteor Crater:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater
According to the article, the blast was estimated at 10 megatons. Here's a web site that predicts the destruction from such a blast:
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Many thousands of animals were incinerated and thousands more suffered from fatal, third-degree burns only to suffer days and weeks of anguish, and then, death. Where is your loving, all perfect god in all of this?! Sorry, but he/she/it does not exist; I do not give a damn what Plantiga and/or Craig say; the latter is such an idiot that he, once upon a time, claimed that non-human animals were incapable of any type of suffering, that a perfect god would never allow such to occur. I do not care to watch animals suffer; plenty of videos exist for that, but here is the exact opposite -- judge for yourself: