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1. Torturing people is evil.
2. God would not do anything evil.
3. Therefore, God would not torture people.
4. The Eternal conscious torment (ECT) theory of hell entails that God tortures people.
5. Therefore, the ECT theory is false.

I thought this tweet deserved to be exposited on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUyl...

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A little over half way through this book and it is excellent.

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Theism's Demand Is it morally wrong to believe in God?

“To dismiss the problem of evil as trivial betrays a moral unseriousness unworthy of small children, and exposes some of the more disturbing and pernicious effects that theism can have on the minds of those who can tolerate no perceived threat to God’s goodness.”

open.substack.com/pub/emersong...

1/ What is the difference between implicit and explicit bias?

At first blush, it seems straightforward: explicit bias is conscious and intentional, while implicit bias operates unconsciously

But let’s examine whether this distinction holds up logically or empirically

We shall find it doesn't

“Theism’s demand: Either close your heart or close your eyes. Stop caring or stop looking. Those are my options when it comes to the suffering on earth.”

Theism's Demand Is it morally wrong to believe in God?

“To dismiss the problem of evil as trivial betrays a moral unseriousness unworthy of small children, and exposes some of the more disturbing and pernicious effects that theism can have on the minds of those who can tolerate no perceived threat to God’s goodness.”

open.substack.com/pub/emersong...

Excellent thread. Thank you.

What can be said of God’s love if it is consistent with God knowingly pushing his beloved well past their psychological breaking point while at the same time ensuring that his now psychologically disintegrated beloved lacks even the assurance of belief in him?

Not much.

“Traditional doctrines of hell go beyond failure to hatred and cruelty by imagining a God Who not only acquiesces in creaturely rebellion and dysfunction but either directly organizes or intentionally "outsources" a concentration camp of which Auschwitz is a pale imitation.”

Marilyn McCord Adams

One example would be those who accept Universal Reconciliation. Those who I’ve interacted with are some of the most loving and gracious people. That doesn’t confirm whether their beliefs are true but it does seem to inform how they treat others.

I don’t think it’s a good reason to become an atheist. It does make one question if their beliefs are true when actions display the opposite. With such a diversity of belief amongst Christians, I’ve found myself more curious to engage with and understand those who truly live their faith.

He Frantically Called 911 to Revive His Infant Son. Now He Could Face 12 Years in Prison. Exonerations and new science continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: “abusive head trauma.” Critics say the name deflects scrutiny whi...

www.propublica.org/article/shak...

Trump nominee Pete Hegseth attends a church in the “CREC”, a denomination founded by Doug Wilson who wrote in 2022 that, “There is no such entity as the Judeo/Christian religion,” & that the “Judeo/Christian tradition” is a “device” used by secularists to undermine Christian governance. Pls read. 1/

The universe is vast, beautiful, and indifferent. I don’t find that depressing. I find it freeing.

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Your point is very clearly stated in the article. This is just one example.

“Still, that danger wouldn’t exist had the American medical establishment been willing to engage with international research, and had it found a way to rein in the most extreme affirmative clinicians.”

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The best explanation for religious disagreement is not that that who you consider outsiders are deeply morally or cognitively flawed.

The best explanation for religious disagreement is that the world is deeply religiously ambiguous.

This fact itself arguably narrows the field.

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Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter Hegseth’s Christian views have been shaped by a 20th-century movement, Christian Reconstruction, which seeks to make America a Christian nation built on biblical law, writes a religion scholar.

I wrote about Pete Hegseth and Religion, it's an analysis I don't think you'll see elsewhere:
theconversation.com/why-the-reli...

😂 so true. Hit the one in a million jackpot with this one.

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Relaunching The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain. A Place for Liberalism to Come to be Resuscitated

Correct. Classical liberal values exist on both left and right. Authoritarian illiberal factions on both sides as well. Helen Pluckrose does a great job expounding on classical liberal values here.

open.substack.com/pub/helenplu...

Added about 10 more philosophers to go.bsky.app/HD7EmpH

I’ll be on Capturing Christianity this evening defending Schellenberg’s argument from divine hiddenness. TUNE IN!

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To be clear for anyone who may read this, not all Calvinists agree with the idea of rejoicing at seeing people in hell.

“God's justice will be fully displayed in the punishment of the wicked and that those in heaven experiencing perfect happiness will not feel sadness or grief at seeing this but instead fully understand and affirm the righteousness of God's judgment, even if it means seeing loved ones suffer in hell”