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Theism, Atheism, and the Significance of our Lives

  POSTED: May 1, 2010
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): atheism • human significance • the meaning of life • theism

One of the traditional complaints about atheism is that it offers no grounds for believing that life is meaningful in any significant sense.  Many old school atheists seemed to acknowledge this point.  For example, Bertrand Russell grants that the eventual … Continued

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Solving the Euthyphro Problem

  POSTED: February 23, 2010
  AUTHOR: Jim Spiegel
  TOPIC(S): Philosophy
 TAG(S): atheism • divine command ethics • Euthyphro • Socrates • theism • Thomas Aquinas

Among the issues debated between theists and atheists is the question of God’s relation to ethics.  Many theists, including myself, maintain that without God there is no foundation for ethics.  Not only does atheism fail to provide any ultimate motivation … Continued

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