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This is a formal debate between myself and Cameron Bertuzzi on whether horrendous suffering disproves God. This is my second rebuttal.
Citations:
1. There is a distinction between 100% certainty and certainty simpliciter. Certainty is just a firm conviction that something is the case.
2. J.L. Schellenberg (2007), The Wisdom To Doubt: A Justification Of Religious Skepticism, Cornell University Press, p. 255
3. Elie Wiesel (2006), Night, Hill and Wang, p. 6
4. Peter Van Inwagen (2006), The Problem of Evil, Oxford University Press, p. 30
5. Stephen Maitzen (2019) “Normative Objections to Theism”, A Companion To Atheism And Philosophy, Wiley Blackwell, p. 208 (Kindle)
6. Ibid, in reference to Eleonore Stump
7. David Lewis (2007), “Divine Evil”, Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations On Atheism And The Secular Life, Oxford University Press, p. 231 (Kindle)
This is a formal debate between myself and Cameron Bertuzzi on whether horrendous suffering disproves God. This is my second rebuttal.
Citations:
1. There is a distinction between 100% certainty and certainty simpliciter. Certainty is just a firm conviction that something is the case.
2. J.L. Schellenberg (2007), The Wisdom To Doubt: A Justification Of Religious Skepticism, Cornell University Press, p. 255
3. Elie Wiesel (2006), Night, Hill and Wang, p. 6
4. Peter Van Inwagen (2006), The Problem of Evil, Oxford University Press, p. 30
5. Stephen Maitzen (2019) “Normative Objections to Theism”, A Companion To Atheism And Philosophy, Wiley Blackwell, p. 208 (Kindle)
6. Ibid, in reference to Eleonore Stump
7. David Lewis (2007), “Divine Evil”, Philosophers Without Gods: Meditations On Atheism And The Secular Life, Oxford University Press, p. 231 (Kindle)
