Skeptical theists purport to undermine evidential arguments from evil by appealing to the fact that our knowledge of goods, evils, and their interconnections is signi cantly limited. Michael J. Almeida and Graham Oppy have recently argued that skeptical theism is unacceptable because it results in a form of moral skepticism which rejects inferences that play an important role in our ordinary mo...

Does God exist? This is a question that philosophers have sought to answer for centuries. But consider the following: What value impact of God's existence? Would existence be good or bad? Should we want These are questions only very recently garnered attention from philosophers. To date, they mostly been tackled by comparing world where exists another as similar it possible but doesn't exist. T...

Historically, most mathematicians have believed that mathematical truths such as "2+5=7" exist independently of human minds, being universally and eternally true. Mathematicians believe they are discovering properties of, say, prime numbers, rather than merely inventing them. This view of mathematics dates back to Pythagoras (500 BC) and Plato (400 BC). It is often called “Platonism”. In order ...

The cognitive science of religion (CSR) indicates that belief in supernatural agents, or “gods”, is underpinned by maturationally natural biases and systems (Natural Religion). It unclear, however, whether theism natural. Does the god concept our give rise to approximate theism? In other words, Natural Religion “theism-tracking”? As Christian theologians have different views what God like, we a...

A common argument put forth by naturalists (including the prominent philosopher Graham Oppy) in support of naturalism as a worldview over theism, is to claim that simpler hypothesis. Theism posits existence everything does, plus theistic realm. Thus, all things being equal, via Ockham's Razor, should be preferred theism. In this essay, we argue Classical Theist need not worry about naturalist's...