2012 Year in Review

It’s only been about four months since I started this blog (the first entry was August 29, 2012), but a review of what’s been done so far with the Maverick Atheism Blog seemed like a good idea anyway.

The Argument from Evil

One of the best arguments for atheism is the argument from evil.

• The Argument from Evil (in a nutshell)—A brief but convincing argument from evil against theism. Related articles:
  • The Free Will Theodicy Attacking Itself—Showing how the free will theodicy against the problem of evil shoots itself in the foot.
  • William Lane Craig's Failed Defense: Suffering Helps People Know God—One of William Lane Craig’s defenses against the problem of evil is that suffering helps people know God; I argue such a defense fails.

Rebutting Arguments for Theism

I’ve also attacked arguments for God this year:

• The Ontological Argument—A devastating critique of this major argument for theism.
• The Moral Argument and William Lane Craig—The moral argument is a popular argument for theism, and here I critique a version of it popularized by William Lane Craig.
• Rebutting the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument—The Leibnizian cosmological argument (LCA) is another well-known argument for theism, and again I attack a version popularized by William Lane Craig.

I was hesitant to put the last one on the list because I also responded to the Maverick Christian article on the Leibnizian cosmological argument. Maverick Christian in turn responded to my article, and I haven’t written a counter-response to that yet; looks like that’ll happen next year.

Still, all in all hasn’t been a bad year (or rather four months) arguing for atheism and thinking independently. I look forward to continuing that tradition next year.