RE: Disproving Odin - An Experiment in arguing with a theist with Theist logic
March 7, 2018 at 4:30 pm
(March 7, 2018 at 4:07 pm)SteveII Wrote: However, the same cannot be said for God. There are really no good arguments against the existence of God. The best one is the PoE--but even that has satisfactory philosophical counter-arguments. Hiddeness? Again, that has answers. You might not find them compelling, but the point is there is not any good positive arguments against the existence of God.
Point taken.
(I'm assuming PoE stands for problem of evil, but I'm not sure. If I'm wrong, disregard the rest of this post.)
The problem of evil has very satisfying counterarguments. I no longer use the problem of evil with rational theists because I think it's a bad argument. John Hick put the problem of evil to rest for me a couple years ago. Read his "Vale of Soul-Making Theodicy"-- I couldn't find it free online, though.
. But I did find several summaries. If you think the PoE still holds water, you should give it a read.Quote:Men are not to be thought of on the analogy of animal pets, whose life is to be made as agreeable as possible, but rather on the analogy of human children, who are to grow to adulthood in an environment whose primary and overriding purpose is not immediate pleasure but the realizing of the most valuable potentialities of human personality. (EGL, 258)https://www.iep.utm.edu/hick/#SH3a
It should be noted, however, that Hick's argument doesn't work to support fundamentalist interpretations (it presupposes a non-fundamentalist interpretation of God). But otherwise, Hick puts the problem of evil to rest.
