The Harm of a Harmless World

The problem of moral evil challenges theistic belief by questioning how an all-powerful, good God can exist alongside moral wrongdoing in the world.

Oct 7 • 

Justin Oliver

September 2025

Can Freedom Exist Without Sin?

The paper "Salvation in Heaven?" presents a significant challenge to theodicies that use free will to justify the existence of evil. The argument…

Sep 24 • 

Justin Oliver

July 2025

Notes: When Goodness Meets Limitation: Unpacking the "Limited God"

Contributor: Christopher Cloos

Jul 8 • 

Justin Oliver

June 2025

The Creature Whom God (Possibly) Couldn't Create

Purdue philosophy professor Michael Bergmann's critique of Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense (FWD) highlights the limits of what we can know through…

Jun 24 • 

Justin Oliver

A Bayesian and Abductive Approach to Evil

The evidential argument from evil contends that the existence of evil (or unnecessary suffering or gratuitous evil in some versions of the argument…

Jun 17 • 

Justin Oliver

Explaining 'Best Possible World'

Philosophers reflect on whether our world is the best it could be.

Jun 10 • 

Justin Oliver

To Whom More Is Given, More Is Forgiven

"From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required, and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded" (Luke…

Jun 3 • 

Justin Oliver

May 2025

Notes: Is Evil Evidence?

Mike Almeida of the University of Texas at San Antonio aims to deliver a blow to the evidential argument from evil.

May 27 • 

Justin Oliver

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Notes: Modal Challenge to Necessary Theism

Philosophy professor Robert Bass presents a challenge to philosophical theism in his 2015 paper by targeting the common belief that God exists…

May 25 • 

Justin Oliver

One Philosopher’s Case for a Flawed Universe

In a 2016 article, Ghasem Pourhasan explores Suhrawardi’s metaphysics of light.

May 17 • 

Justin Oliver

April 2025

Against a One-Size-Fits-All Problem of Evil

Authors David and Randall Basinger argue that the GENERIC PROBLEM of evil fails to present a serious challenge to theistic belief.

Apr 30 • 

Justin Oliver

God's Permission of Evil

Not all absences are problems.

Apr 26 • 

Justin Oliver