{"id":3062,"date":"2013-07-26T14:27:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2013-07-26T14:27:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:27:16","slug":"new-talk-the-case-for-god-on-trial-went-down-a-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2013\/07\/26\/new-talk-the-case-for-god-on-trial-went-down-a-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"New Talk – “The Case for God on Trial” went down a treat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I gave my first talk of this name this week to Dorset Humanists<\/a>, covering five different arguments (4 against God and 1 for), allowing for audience participation after each argument. Personally, I really enjoyed it – disseminating some quite intricate, at times, philosophical and theological arguments to a popular audience, though with some well-qualified members of the audience, too. I enjoyed talking after the presentation to an ex-professional philosopher (Head of Philosophy at Ontario University or some such place) and an ex-Monseigneur of the Catholic Church! Great.<\/p>\n

What was so fulfilling was the feedback afterwards both from the audience members I talked to and the organisers themselves. Really appreciated.<\/p>\n

I also enjoyed having a to-and-fro between an evangelical fundamentalist in the audience, as Christians were invited to come along too. I love that discursive battling of minds and thoughts and ideas. That floats my boat!<\/p>\n

Anyway, a very great thanks to Dorset Humanists who have invited me back for the third time – long may that relationship continue!<\/p>\n

I am presently being sent the video of the talk which I will submit to Youtube and then embed here for your intellectual edification…<\/p>\n

The arguments i set out were:<\/p>\n

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\u2022The creation of non-God objects \u2013 why would a perfect god create at all?<\/div>\n
\u2022The Kalam cosmological Argument \u2013 why the argument for a prime mover ain\u2019t all that<\/div>\n
\u2022Why don\u2019t we photosynthesise? \u2013 the problem of evil<\/div>\n
\u2022Why create people with more or less likelihood to believe in him?<\/div>\n
\u2022The stupidity of (believing in) the Exodus<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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