“Some comparisons for where an average household spends its money: purchases of tobacco make up 2.5 per cent of average household consumption, the same as electricity. Spending on meals out and take away foods accounts for 5.5 per cent; alcohol … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2013
This book review of Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed gives a good overview of the basic issues of ‘the problem of evil’. |Difficulty: Light Philosophical |Tag: Evil, Apologetics | Time:13.7 min | … Continue reading
“When you say there’s too much evil in this world you assume there’s good. When you assume there’s good, you assume there’s such a thing as a moral law on the basis of which to differentiate between good and evil. … Continue reading
If reductionism is right then evil is a meaningless word. If reductionism is wrong then it is an evil doctrine because it leads people to believe that evil is meaningless (and so too is everything else.) Does it matter? Yes! … Continue reading
Apparently there has been an interesting development in the opposition to gay marriage in France. When the debate moved to focus on children’s welfare the opposition increased tenfold (going by numbers of demonstrators). And yes, you read it correctly, some … Continue reading