Ya boy Seneca has some wise words on suffering and the shortness of life. Let’s study and discuss! Seneca on Suffering and the Shortness of Life Related Blog Post Seneca and the Problem of Pain The Pat Flynn Show If you enjoyed this episode, it would mean the world to me if you could subscribe […]
The Case for Religion (and Catholicism Especially)
Update (5/24/2021): I have updated this post because people have told me how helpful they’ve found it – non-Catholics especially. One person who is (was?) an atheist said they share it in skeptical forums because they thought it was worthy of consideration. That makes me smile. Either way, the updated version includes more links, some […]
Seneca and the Problem of Pain
Seneca and the Problem of Pain That God allows suffering into the world to deliver some outweighing benefit is indeed a distinct, but not exclusively, Christian idea. Many philosophies and religious systems have thought something similar. This is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, it shows the Christian response to the problem of pain […]
Thoughts on a Postmodernist Debate (and Aquinas’s 5th Way)
First, listen to this (somewhat tedious) debate between Thaddeus Russell and Bob Murphy. It’s on postmodernism and libertarianism. OK, back? Let’s discuss. It’s funny – and likely Thaddeus is aware of this, though with Bob I’m unsure — because what’s really at issue is just philosophical essentialism. Now, essentialism itself is sometimes used as a […]
Critiquing Critiques of First Cause Arguments
One should never assume that just because someone is a professional philosopher (or otherwise intelligent) that they’re up to snuff on arguments for the existence of God (or the literature in philosophy of religion generally). Very rarely would that be the case, though I certainly admit to the occasional exception. Of course, there are all […]