Why Not Take Pascal’s Wager?
In one conversation, a non-religious friend told me he thought both sides of an atheist-theist debate defended a rational position. He said this in response to the book An Atheist and a Christian Walk into...
Author: John DeRosa
“The Bible Supports Slavery!” – How to Respond
The Bible supports Slavery. This slogan provides atheists with an easy reason to dismiss the Bible. They will say: “How can you support the Bible when it supports slavery? It’s an immoral book that...
Evil is a Problem for Atheism
In a previous post, I explained how various tenets of the Catholic Christian worldview fit with the facts of evil and suffering in the world. In this post, I consider how the facts of...
Answering Atheist Memes (Part 2)
On the Facebook page for Classical theism, the atheists only seem to interact through memes. So, I’ve decided that I will answer any memes they post! In the future, I can simply respond, “I’ve...
Why is God Hidden? 3 Replies to the Atheist
In our time, the two biggest objections leveled by atheists against theists are: The Problem of Evil The Problem of Divine Hiddenness I answer the Problem of Evil in a series of posts starting...
A Brief Catholic Christian Reply to Charlottesville
Racism, Charlottesville, and Christianity In case there was any doubt about the Christian view of racism: 1) Tim Keller explains how the bible firmly stands against racism. (source) 2) Libertarian Christian Bob Murphy has...
Davies Responds to the Problem of Evil (Part 1)
Davies and Theodicy Brian Davies O.P. wrote The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil (2006), and it is the best book I have ever read on the subject. Drawing upon the work of...
Answering 3 Atheist Memes
I ran across some atheist memes recently. Here are some quick answers. Of course, the full answer to a meme sometimes requires an essay. But in the day and age of short snippets of information,...
Evil and the Catholic Christian Worldview
I contend that evil and suffering fit well within the Catholic Christian worldview and do not fit well in atheistic worldviews. This provides yet another reason why the problem of evil fails as an objection to the existence of God.
Facing the Problem of Evil (Part 3)
In part 1, we examined how to situate the problem of evil in conversation. In part 2, we answered the logical problem of evil. We saw that the logical version poses no threat whatsoever...
