I had a terrific time discussing religious “beliefs”—or religious credences, as I call them—with Josh and Ken recently. One claim I proposed on the show is that religious credence is like make-believe imagining. I want to delve a little deeper into that claim and address something Ken said.
自从最近天主教会爆出一连串丑闻以来，一个问题一直困扰着我。这些丑闻既涉及神职人员性侵年轻人，也涉及教会领导层的掩盖。问题是:犯下这种恶行的神父们相信上帝吗?
For better or for worse, believers and non-believers are unlikely to fully agree about the relationship between faith and humility. Indeed, some non-believers may insist that there is an inherent conflict between the two.
I just listened to the中国伊朗亚洲杯比赛直播episode with Father Andrew Pinsent,Good, Evil, and the Divine Plan. In that show, John and Ken push Father Andrew on the Problem of Evil. What are the implications of the existence of evil for the question of God’s existence?