the evangelical outpostReflections on culture, politics, and religion from an evangelical worldview.Do Tummy Aches Disprove God- July 1, 2008 My tummy hurts. Ergo, there is no god. This argument may be absurd but it is not intended as a reductio ad absurdum. Although a very simplistic form, this enthymeme encapsulates one of the primary atheological arguments -- the argument from evil. The structure of the argument becomes more obvious once we include the unstated premises: 1. Tummy aches are a form of harm being done to the physical andor psychological well-being of a sentient creature. 2. Harm is evil. 3. God--an omniscient,..http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/2008/07/do-tummy-aches.html |