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God’s Funeral
When philosophy meets cheap religion
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Is the Concept of God Miraculous?
Is the Concept of God Miraculous?
And could that idea have come only from God?
Benjamin Cain
Feb 6
Why God Can’t Help Us with Moral Choices
Why God Can’t Help Us with Moral Choices
The fallacies of the theistic argument from morality
Benjamin Cain
Feb 3
Did God Design Consciousness to Work in Nature?
Did God Design Consciousness to Work in Nature?
Chance, intelligent design, and the limits of reason
Benjamin Cain
Jan 31
Must God Exist Because Most People are Religious?
Must God Exist Because Most People are Religious?
The many fallacies of the common consent argument
Benjamin Cain
Jan 26
How Monotheists Objectify Nature by Glorifying God
How Monotheists Objectify Nature by Glorifying God
The telltale continuum between prehistoric pantheism and civilized monotheism
Benjamin Cain
Jan 23
Pragmatism and the New Atheist’s Irrelevant Victory
Pragmatism and the New Atheist’s Irrelevant Victory
Religions’ social utility, and where religions still go wrong
Benjamin Cain
Jan 17
The Downsides of American and Chinese Atheism
The Downsides of American and Chinese Atheism
Liberalism, collectivism, and the dream of an existentially honourable society
Benjamin Cain
Jan 16
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Why Would a Loving God have Created the Dinosaurs?
Why Would a Loving God have Created the Dinosaurs?
Pitting maudlin theology against the cosmic horror of deep time
Benjamin Cain
Jan 10
How Flying in Airplanes Makes Nonsense of Religion
How Flying in Airplanes Makes Nonsense of Religion
And how religion’s commonness casts doubt on our hubristic secular self-images
Benjamin Cain
Jan 5
How All Theological Statements Might be Subliminal
How All Theological Statements Might be Subliminal
Making sense of religion’s social power despite the apparent emptiness of religious language
Benjamin Cain
Jan 2
Is the Catholic’s God a Politician?
Is the Catholic’s God a Politician?
Catholic centrism and the ideals of Jewish monotheism
Benjamin Cain
Dec 30, 2022
How Modernity Alienates Us from Nature and from Ourselves
How Modernity Alienates Us from Nature and from Ourselves
Individualism and the downside of secular progress
Benjamin Cain
Dec 26, 2022
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