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<\/a><\/p>\nChristopher Hitchens (1949-2011): one of the most famous of the \u201cnew atheists\u201d; image by Surian Soosay (12-16-11)<\/span> [Flickr <\/a>\/ CC BY 2.0<\/a> license]<\/p>\n * * * * *<\/p>\n Alphabetical by Author<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n ATHEISM,\u00a0CRITIQUES OF\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Atheist Demands for \u201cEmpirical\u201d Proofs of God<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n Atheism: More Rational & Scientific than Christianity?<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n On Critiquing Atheist \u201cDeconversion\u201d Stories<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n The Atheist Obsession with Insulting Christians<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n Atheism: the Faith of \u201cAtomism\u201d<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n The Atheism of the Gaps<\/a> (Stephen M. Barr, 1995)<\/p>\n The Presumptuousness of Atheism <\/a>(Paul Copan, 1997)<\/p>\n Cosmology \u2013 A Religion for Atheists?<\/a> [Hawking] (William Lane Craig)<\/p>\n Theistic Critiques Of Atheism <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2007)<\/p>\n Is Unbelief Culpable?<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2010)<\/p>\n Straw men and terracotta armies<\/a> [atheists & the cosmological argument]\u00a0(Edward Feser, 2009)<\/p>\n Grow up or shut up<\/a> [atheists & the cosmological argument] (Edward Feser, 2011)<\/p>\n The road from atheism<\/a> (Edward Feser, 2012)<\/p>\n Clarke on the stock caricature of First Cause arguments<\/a> \u00a0[atheists & the cosmological argument]\u00a0(Edward Feser, 2014)<\/p>\n Repressed Knowledge of God<\/a> (+ Part II<\/a>) (Edward Feser, 2015)<\/p>\n There\u2019s no such thing as \u201cnatural atheology\u201d<\/a> (Edward Feser, 2015)<\/p>\n My Pilgrimage from Atheism to Theism: A Discussion between Antony Flew and Gary Habermas<\/a> (2004)<\/p>\n Answer to an Atheist: Are Humans Nothing More Than Bodies?<\/a> (Hank Hanegraaff, 2000)<\/p>\n Christianity and Pagan Literature <\/a>(James Hannam, 2003)<\/p>\n Ten quick responses to atheist claims<\/a> (John Lennox, 2014)<\/p>\n Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality<\/a> (Chad Meister, 2010)<\/p>\n God on the Brain<\/a> (Angus Menuge, 2010)<\/p>\n Ghosts for the Atheist<\/a> (Robert Velarde, 2009)<\/p>\n The Psychology of Atheism<\/a> (Paul C. Vitz)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CONCILIATORY EFFORTS\u00a0\/ COMMON GROUND<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Secular Humanism and Christian Humanism: Seeking After Common Ground<\/a> (Dave Armstrong and Sue Strandberg, 2001)<\/p>\n Can Atheists be Saved? Are They All \u201cEvil\u201d?<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2003)<\/p>\n Constructive, Enjoyable Atheist-Christian Discussion Perfectly Possible <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2007)<\/p>\n 16 Atheists \/ Agnostics and Me: Sounds Like a Good Ratio! Further Adventures at an Atheist \u201cBible Study\u201d Group<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2010)<\/p>\n Clarifications re: Atheist \u201cReductio\u201d Paper<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n NT on God-Rejecters vs. Open-Minded Agnostics<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n Legitimate Atheist Anger <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n My Enjoyable\u00a0Dinner with Six Atheist Friends<\/a>\u00a0(Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n EVIL, PROBLEM OF\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Treatise on the Problem of Evil<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2002)<\/p>\n Some Christian Replies to the Problem of Evil as Set Forth by Atheists <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2006)<\/p>\n Dialogue #2 with an Atheist on the Problem of Evil <\/a>(Dave Armstrong vs. \u201cdrunken tune\u201d, 2006)<\/p>\n Dialogue #3 with an Atheist on the Problem of Evil<\/a> (Dave Armstrong vs. John W. Loftus, 2006)<\/p>\n \u201cLogical\u201d Problem of Evil: Alvin Plantinga\u2019s Decisive Refutation<\/a> [Dave Armstrong, 2006]<\/p>\n Is the \u201cStrong\u201d Logical Argument From Evil Largely Discredited If Not Dead, Or Alive & Well? (Atheist Confusion)<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2006)<\/p>\n Why Did a Perfect God Create an Imperfect World? <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n How Can God be Just and Ordain Evil?<\/a> (John A. Battle, 1996)<\/p>\n The Connection-Building Theodicy<\/a> (Robin Collins, 2012)<\/p>\n Debate: God, Morality, and Evil<\/a> (William Lane Craig vs. Kai Nielsen, Feb. 1991)<\/p>\n Freedom and the Ability to Choose Evil<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2008)<\/p>\n Animal Suffering<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2009)<\/p>\n The \u201cEvil god\u201d Objection<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2011)<\/p>\n Problem of Evil without Objective Moral Values<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2011)<\/p>\n Molinism and the Soteriological Problem of Evil Once More <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2011)<\/p>\n On the Goodness of God<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2012)<\/p>\n The Problem of Evil Once More <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2012)<\/p>\n Gratuitous Evil and Moral Discernment <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2013)<\/p>\n God\u2019s Permitting Natural Evil <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2013)<\/p>\n God\u2019s Permitting Horrific Evils<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2014)<\/p>\n Law\u2019s \u201cevil-god challenge\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(+ Part II<\/a>) (Edward Feser, 2010-2011)<\/p>\n The Logical Problem of Evil: Mackie and Plantinga<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder)<\/p>\n How an Unsurpassable Being Can Create a Surpassable World<\/a> (Daniel and Frances Howard-Snyder, 1994)<\/p>\n The Real Problem of No Best World<\/a> (Frances and Daniel Howard-Snyder, 1996)<\/p>\n Transworld Sanctity and Plantinga\u2019s Free Will Defense<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder & John O\u2019Leary-Hawthorne, 1998)<\/p>\n Is Theism Compatible with Gratuitous Evil?<\/a> (Daniel and Frances Howard-Snyder, 1999)<\/p>\n God, Evil, and Suffering<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder, 1999)<\/p>\n On Rowe\u2019s Argument from Particular Horrors<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder, 2001)<\/p>\n Grounds for Belief in God Aside, Does Evil Make Atheism More Reasonable than Theism?<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder & Michael Bergmann, 2001)<\/p>\n Theodicy<\/a> (Daniel Howard-Snyder, 2006)<\/p>\n The Magnitude, Duration, and Distribution of Evil: A Theodicy<\/a>\u00a0(Peter van Inwagen, 1988)<\/p>\n The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence<\/a> (Peter van Inwagen, 1991)<\/p>\n Probability and Evil<\/a>\u00a0(Peter van Inwagen, 1997)<\/p>\n The Argument from Particular Horrendous Evils<\/a> (Peter van Inwagen, 2001)<\/p>\n The Problem of Evil: Preliminaries<\/a>\u00a0(Robert C. Koons, 1998)<\/p>\n Tough-minded and Tender-hearted Responses to the Problem of Evil<\/a>\u00a0(Robert C. Koons, 1998)<\/p>\n The Free Will Defense<\/a>\u00a0(Robert C. Koons, 1998)<\/p>\n God\u2019s Answer to Human Suffering<\/a>\u00a0(Peter Kreeft, 1986)<\/p>\n Evil <\/a>(Peter Kreeft, 1988)<\/p>\n Does the savagery of predation in nature show that God either isn\u2019t, or at least isn\u2019t good-hearted? <\/a>(Glenn Miller, 1999)<\/p>\n Theodicy <\/a>(+ Part II<\/a> \/ Part III<\/a> \/ Part IV<\/a> \/ Part V<\/a>) (Glenn Miller, 2000)<\/p>\n Christian Theism and the Problem of Evil <\/a>(Michael L. Peterson, 1978)<\/p>\n The Perfect Goodness of God<\/a>\u00a0(Alvin Plantinga,\u00a01962)<\/p>\n The Probablistic Argument from Evil<\/a>\u00a0(Alvin Plantinga, 1978)<\/p>\n Degenerate Evidence and Rowe\u2019s New Evidential Argument from Evil\u00a0<\/a>(Alvin Plantinga, 1998)<\/p>\n A New Free Will Defense<\/a>\u00a0(Alexander R. Pruss, 2002)<\/p>\n Limiting God to solve the problem of evil <\/a>(Alexander R. Pruss, 2012)<\/p>\n The argument from partial theodicy <\/a>(Alexander R. Pruss, 2015)<\/p>\n Why Does God Allow Suffering? <\/a>(Lee Strobel, 2001)<\/p>\n The Problem of Observed Pain: A Study of C. S. Lewis on Suffering<\/a> (Robert Walter Wall, 1983)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cGOOD: PROBLEM OF\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dialogue w an Atheist on the \u201cProblem of Good\u201d <\/a>(Dave Armstrong vs. Mike Hardie, 2001)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n HELL: \u201cPROBLEM\u201d OF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Friendly Discussion on Presuppositions and Basic Differences (Particularly, Hell), With an Agnostic<\/a> (Dave Armstrong vs. Ed Babinski, 2005)<\/p>\n Dialogue on Hell and God\u2019s Justice, Part II<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2009)<\/p>\n Debate: Can a Loving God Send People to Hell?<\/a> (William Lane Craig vs. Ray Bradley, 1994)<\/p>\n Bradley on Hell<\/a> (William Lane Craig, 2007)<\/p>\n Do the Damned in Hell Accrue Further Punishment? <\/a>(William Lane Craig, 2008)<\/p>\n Reasonable Damnation: How Jonathan Edwards Argued for the Rationality of Hell <\/a>(Bruce W. Davidson, 1995)<\/p>\n Hell <\/a>(Peter Kreeft, 1988)<\/p>\n What kind of a choice is THAT?!: \u201cLove me or Burn\u201d?<\/a> (Glenn Miller)<\/p>\n A Traditionalist Response to John Stott\u2019s Arguments for Annihilationism<\/a> (Robert A. Peterson, 1994)<\/p>\n Fallacies in the Annihilationism Debate?<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(Robert A. Peterson, 2007)<\/p>\n The Dark Side of Eternity: Hell as Eternal Conscious Punishment <\/a>(Robert A. Peterson, 2007)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n HIDDENNESS: DIVINE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Why Isn\u2019t the Evidence Clearer?<\/a> (John A. Bloom, 1994)<\/p>\n The Argument from Divine Hiddenness <\/a>(Daniel Howard-Snyder, 1996)<\/p>\n Hiddenness of God <\/a>(Daniel Howard-Snyder, 2006)<\/p>\n Why Doesn\u2019t God Make Christianity Clearer?<\/a> (+ Part II <\/a>\/ Part III <\/a>\/ Part IV<\/a> \/ Part V<\/a>) (Glenn Miller, 2000)<\/p>\n Coercion and the Hiddenness of God<\/a> (Michael J. Murray, 1993)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n INQUISITION AND CRUSADES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [see many links on my\u00a0Inquisition, Crusades, and \u201cCatholic Scandals\u201d<\/a> Index Page]<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n MORAL \u201cDIFFICULTIES\u201d OF GOD\u2019S\u00a0(OR HIS FOLLOWERS\u2019) BEHAVIOR IN THE BIBLE \/ \u201cDIVINE GENOCIDE\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The Judgment of Nations: Biblical Passages and Commentary<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2001)<\/p>\n Debate on the\u00a0Supposed Irrationality and Immorality of the Psalms<\/a> (+ Part II<\/a> \/ Part III<\/a> \/ Part IV<\/a>) (Dave Armstrong vs. Ed Babinski, 2004)<\/p>\n Did God Harden Pharaoh\u2019s Heart, or Positively Ordain Evil?<\/a> (Dave Armstrong vs. \u201cDagoodS\u201d, 2006)<\/p>\n Reflections on Original Sin and God\u2019s Prerogative to Judge and Kill as He Wills (Sometimes, Entire Nations)<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2007)<\/p>\n \u201cHow Can God [in the OT] Order the Killing and Massacre of Innocents?\u201d [Amalekites, etc.] <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2007)<\/p>\n Did Moses (and God) Sin In Judging the Midianites (Numbers 31)?<\/a>\u00a0(+ Part II<\/a>) (Dave Armstrong, 2008)<\/p>\n Difficulties in Understanding God\u2019s Judgment on Heathen Nations (and other \u201cProblem Passages\u201d in the OT) <\/a>(Dave Armstrong, 2009)<\/p>\n Jephthah\u2019s Burnt Offering Sacrifice of His Daughter (Judges 11:30-40): Did God Command or Sanction It?<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2009)<\/p>\n Exodus 20:5: God\u2019s \u201cPunishing\u201d or Descendants \u201cto the Third and Fourth Generation\u201d: Proof of an \u201cUnjust\u201d God?<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2010)<\/p>\n Israel as God\u2019s Agent of Judgment<\/a> (Dave Armstrong, 2015)<\/p>\n