RE: Dr. Craig is a liar.
April 4, 2016 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2016 at 11:03 pm by Mystic.)
(April 4, 2016 at 9:42 pm)Jehanne Wrote: He has stated in several of his debates that the "Argument of Evil" is a "dead argument," abandoned by "philosophers everywhere." I used to believe his shit; no more:
http://www.closertotruth.com/series/does...sprove-god
You're find several distinguished philosophers in the above list (such as Tooley & Smith) who explicitly invoke the argument of evil against the existence of god.
Don't believe Criag; he is a conscious liar.
He also states that there is a stronger argument made by philosophers in the form of "If benevolent God exists, then evil would not exist to the extent it does in the real world". He is right most philosophers don't defend the argument that if evil exists at all, even to a minuscule bit, that it definitely proves a good creator doesn't exist, because no one has been able to show the link between that statement with disproving God.
I remember watching that video, you have to see all that he says. He doesn't say philosophers don't argue that this world is incompatible with God due to the evil in it. He is saying the classical Greek argument, if God exists, and evil exists, then there is a necessary contradiction, is abandoned.
And he is right. If you can show me anyone arguing for that, then do so. What people argue now for is a different version of the problem of evil than the classical one.
And regarding that one, he is even humble enough, on some days, it rattles his faith.
I won't say you were dishonest, but rather, it's one of those things I find common in many Atheists, in that they take what Theists say out of context and accuse them without understanding but just out of haste to attack the Theists or their arguments.