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How Intellectuals Found God

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 5958 implied HN points • 28 Dec 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Theism Philosophy Intellectualism Conversion Religion
  1. Many intellectuals, who once questioned or rejected God, are now finding faith. It's interesting to see a change in perspective among respected thinkers.
  2. One example is Matthew Crawford, who felt lost in his early life but experienced a spiritual transformation through personal connections and discussions about faith.
  3. The journey to finding God can often feel like a personal story of searching and discovery, rather than a simple acceptance of religious beliefs.

A Theistic Theory of Everything

Bentham's Newsletter • 196 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Theism Cosmology Evil Miracles
  1. The article presents a compelling argument for the plausibility of theism based on probability and explanatory power.
  2. The concept of an indifferent universe theodicy is introduced to explain the existence of evil within a theistic framework.
  3. The theistic theory discussed is said to be simple, able to explain a wide array of data, and posits unlimited perfection as its fundamental aspect.

Why I Don't Buy The Moral Argument

Bentham's Newsletter • 196 implied HN points • 29 Jan 24
📖 Philosophy Ethics Theism Atheism Morality Existence
  1. The traditional moral argument for the existence of God is not convincing because the premise that without God, objective moral values do not exist is not plausible for all.
  2. Having God as the source of morality does not provide a satisfactory grounding for morality as it creates more questions and issues.
  3. Explaining the existence of moral facts by positing God as the source is as arbitrary as positing other explanations like pleasure being good.
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The Evidence For And Against Theism

Bentham's Newsletter • 176 implied HN points • 21 Jan 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Theism Atheism Philosophy Miracles
  1. The evidence for theism includes physical existence, useful interactions, finely tuned constants, and psychophysical laws.
  2. The evidence against theism consists of factors like the presence of evils, divine hiddenness, lack of clear miracles, and potentially inconsistent divine attributes.
  3. The problem of evil is highlighted as a significant argument favoring theism.

The Evil God Challenge

Bentham's Newsletter • 117 implied HN points • 31 Jan 24
📖 Philosophy Debate Theism Evil God
  1. There are two versions of the Evil God Challenge, one questioning a good God's likelihood and another flipping the Problem of Evil.
  2. The Evil God Challenge presents compelling arguments, but there are counterarguments to consider for theism.
  3. The idea of an Evil God is intuitively less believable, and there are logical reasons why a Good God is more plausible.

Three Niche Philosophical Objections To Christianity

Bentham's Newsletter • 98 implied HN points • 16 Jan 24
📖 Philosophy Theism Immortality Creation
  1. Studying philosophy reveals arguments both for and against theism, particularly in relation to Christianity and the trinity.
  2. Considerations of immortality and the afterlife present interesting puzzles for theism, but they are not decisive arguments against it.
  3. The timing of creation and existence challenges can be addressed by considering concepts such as preexistence or skipping through time.

Dialogues on Psychophysical Harmony, Part 1

Going Awol • 239 implied HN points • 22 Jan 23
📖 Philosophy Metaphysics Theism Naturalism Consciousness Harmony
  1. Psychophysical harmony is the observation that our mental states match up with the external, physical world in rationally appropriate ways.
  2. The existence of psychophysical laws, like gravity, governs the relationship between mental states and physical states, leading to harmony.
  3. On naturalism, the surprising nature of psychophysical harmony provides evidence against naturalism and potentially in favor of the theory that God exists.

Freud's Last Session: A Review

The Worldview Bulletin Newsletter • 78 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Philosophy Christianity Apologetics Religion Theism
  1. Freud and C.S. Lewis had contrasting worldviews and the film explores their debate.
  2. The film delves into themes of religion, sexuality, and philosophical arguments between the two characters.
  3. It highlights Freud's projection objection to theism and Lewis's philosophical defense of Christianity against evil and yearning.

Dialogues on Psychophysical Harmony, Part 2

Going Awol • 159 implied HN points • 28 Jan 23
📖 Philosophy Naturalism Evolution Theism
  1. Merely positing that the psychophysical laws are necessary doesn't predict psychophysical harmony - a theory needs to predict the actual data to be less surprising.
  2. The theory that the laws of physics are necessary and give rise to specific outcomes, like psychophysical harmony, can make the theory vanishingly improbable due to low prior probabilities.
  3. Evolutionary theory addressing psychophysical harmony might overlook the possibility that it could have not been selected for due to limitations in psychophysical laws.