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J. Howard Sobel on the Kalam Cosmological Argument
Introduction J. Howard Sobel devotes seventy pages of his wide-ranging analysis of theistic arguments to a critique of the cosmological argument. [1] The focus of that critique falls on the argument a contingentia mundi; but he also offers in passin...
The Problem of Evil
The problem of evil is certainly the greatest obstacle to belief in the existence of God. When I ponder both the extent and depth of suffering in the world, whether due to man’s inhumanity to man or to natural disasters, then I must confess that I find i...
Talbott's Universalism Once More
Introduction In my No Other Name, [1] I asserted that detractors of Christian exclusivism are, in effect, posing a soteriological problem of evil, to wit, that the proposition 1. God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent is inconsistent ...
The Problem of Miracles: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective
Nineteenth Century Collapse of Belief in Miracles There are two steps to follow in establishing that a miracle has occurred, according to the Göttingen professor of theology Gottfried Less in his Wahrheit der christlichen Religion (1758): first, one must...
The Special Theory of Relativity and Theories of Divine Eternity
Introduction Although studies of divine eternity written during the previous generation--such as Nelson Pike's standard work, God and Timelessness [1] --paid scant attention to the nature of time insofar as it plays a role in physical theory, c...
Divine Foreknowledge and Newcomb's Paradox
Undoubtedly the most provocative and elucidating illustration of the problem of theological fatalism is what has come to be known as Newcomb's Paradox. Originally the brainchild of William Newcomb of the University of California's Lawrence Livermore La...
"Sobel’s Acid Bath for Theism." Review Article: <em>Logic and Theism: Arguments for and against Beliefs in God</em>, by Jordan Howard Sobel.
This is an impressive book, a truly extraordinary achievement. I can think of no other treatment of theism, whether by theist or non-theist, comparable to it. Its combination of wide-ranging scope and penetrating analysis makes it a unique contribution to phil...
God, Time, and Eternity
It's a delight to be here, and I'm particularly gratified that Walter mentioned the Evangelical Philosophical Society. God has been doing a remarkable work in the field of philosophy in the Anglo-American realm, and the growth in the Evangelical Philos...
The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus
Until recently the empty tomb has been widely regarded as both an offense to modern intelligence and an embarrassment for Christian faith; an offense because it implies a nature miracle akin to the resuscitation of a corpse and an embarrassment because it is n...
God, Time and Eternity
God is the 'high and lofty One who inhabits eternity', [1] declared the prophet Isaiah, but exactly how we are to understand the notion of eternity is not clear. Traditionally, the Christian church has taken it to mean 'timeless'. But...