Why do many people feel that everlasting punishment is unjust? 1.One factor may be social conditioning. In modern penology, there’s a correl...

When Reppert gives links for arguments I give links for counter-arguments. Robert Allen discusses criticisms of Frankfurt counter-examples: ...

“I was also intrigued by Georges Rey's paper ‘Meta-atheism: Religious Avowal as Self-Deception.’ Many of us skeptics have had occasion t...

I propose three brief arguments against the conjunction of some fairly basic, historic, and (mainly) uncontroversial Christian doctrines wit...

victor reppert said... “Second, you mentioned a murderous child molester and you ask if I think it deserves an infinite punishment. The answ...

Victor Reppert: “I must say I don't understand the fuss about Frankfurt's counterexamples…Look, don't these examples all founder...

john w. loftus said... “Some of the most mean spirited people on the web toward us apostates are Calvinists.” Assuming, for the sake of argu...

“I will call no being good who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow creatures; and if such a creature can sentence me t...

(I actually think Arminianism has many problems of evil. This post is meant to take one of their objections to Calvinism and apply it to the...

VICTOR REPPERT SAID: “Is there something wrong with the definition here?” I didn’t bother to take issue with Hasker’s definition. I could qu...

Reppert: Thirdly, while I do understand hell as a possible outcome so long as people continue to disobey and God, out of respect for their ...

Victor Reppert wrote: Here is Hasker's definition of determinism: Determinism: For every event which happens, there are previous events ...

Defining causes and determinism: Does God cause sin? Here is Hasker's definition of determinism: Determinism: For every event which happ...

Modus Ponens and Incompatibilism The argument for incompatibilism is really very simple. 1) I am not responsible for the eternal decrees of ...

Genesis 3:1-5 1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, ...

I know I said my next post would be on statistics that seem to make sense but are really irrational, and I am halfway through that post. But...

Back to Reppert: “I think you are making a mistake. You assume that if I accept Hasker's argument for incompatibilism of free will and d...

It’s difficult to pin Reppert down. That’s because Reppert isn’t from these here parts. If you take the Gamma Quadrant exit, then take the n...

One thing that can be both a blessing and a curse about my nature is that I am often able to find ways to keep myself awake almost all night...

And here the Marquis de Sade was so looking forward to hell. Like any good French Catholic, he knew his way around Dante’s Inferno. The Purg...