Why “maverick” atheism?
For one thing, I’m not convinced that God doesn’t exist. I suppose I could have instead titled the blog “Devil’s Advocate Atheism” but “Maverick” just sounds cooler.
So why put up a blog arguing for atheism? All too often I’ve seen atheism inadequately defended. Yes, there are some exceptions, but consider the debates between various atheists and prominent Christian apologist William Lane Craig, e.g. the William Lane Craig versus Christopher Hitchens debate (it start at around 13 minutes; and while it is an admittedly extreme example of an atheist presenting an inferior intellectual case for atheism, it illustrates the point well especially since Hitchens was such a huge influence in the New Atheist movement). William Lane Craig is notorious in atheist circles for doing well in his debates, and some will credit Dr. Craig’s large proportion of debate victories to some vaguely described debating skills, but the truth is that Craig usually wins because atheists fail to do atheism the intellectual justice it deserves. Indeed it happens so often I’m surprised more atheists don’t see this. So I want to do my part to show how formidable an opponent atheism is to theistic belief, even though I’ll largely be playing devil’s advocate when doing so in my posts, comments, and elsewhere (e.g. you can find me on Facebook).
But isn’t it true that you copied the “maverick” motif from Maverick Christian Blog?
Yes, that too.
What are some top articles of yours that you recommend?
These:
- 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.
- 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.
- William Lane Craig versus Rosenberg—This is kind of a case study in how to debate William Lane Craig. In this series of blog posts I discuss the debate between Alex Rosenberg and William Lane Craig, detailing what Rosenberg did, why he lost, and how he could have done much better.
I want to write something about you; which pronoun gender should I use?
Use male pronouns.
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Nice email munging! I just might have to copy your technique. :-)
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