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Of Tempests and Teapots
by: Paul W Sharkey Mr. Petillo has done an admirable job, I think, in using Bertrand Russell’s “Celestial Teapot” piece as an opportunity to clarify… -
Axioms of Existence
While I was writing my first response to Jerry’s God and Geometry, I was wondering how a hypothetical Jerry (let’s call him Jerryh) who actually… -
The most ridiculous argument for God
Esquire has had for some years a running series “What I’ve Learned” in which various celebrities weigh in on what they have learned from their… -
Far from a slam-dunk argument against God being untestable.
by: Will Petillo Interesting passage you have brought up, but far from a slam-dunk argument against God being untestable. There are, as usual, other parts… -
Belief and the problem of evil
In a review of two books on theodicy in a recent Times Literary Supplement[1], John Polkinghorne opened with: We live in an ambiguous world. Reflecting… -
Why?
by: Robert G. Ingersoll from Prose-Poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll, published by C.P. Farrell, New York 1884 IF… -
Is the decision even important?
by: Friar Will Chuck, I believe your way of answering the question is the best. Personally, I would take it a step further, why is… -
Augustine’s Confessions
Several months ago, I read The Confessions of St. Augustine. I’ve had the book[1] in my library for several years, and as it is regarded… -
THE GODS (22)
by: Robert G. Ingersoll Reason, Observation and Experience – the Holy Trinity of Science – have taught us that happiness is the only good ;… -
Of Gods and Laws
by: Paul W. Sharkey The idea that it takes some “person” to promulgate the laws which explain the behavior and unfolding of the universe and…