Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? –Epicurus
The Abrahamic religions claim that an omniscient, omnipotent being of [...]
By the morning of Jan. 29, the university’s campus was completely covered in snow. On the one hand it was a happy, unexpected surprise to see so much snow this far south. However, this also meant that most students could not leave campus because of the dangerous road conditions. While this was discouraging, students found [...]
On Jan. 28, the university had its first Talk with the Trustees event. The event’s main goal was to help students find their career paths. Though it seems like an event like this would be very popular — since we all must graduate from the university at some point and could probably use the advice [...]
As I write this, the snow that pummeled our dear campus on Jan. 29 is melting in the mild afternoon sunshine that usually defines our winters here at the university. However, for several days the weather was a very different story. Some people predicted up to eight inches of snow for the weekend.
Some southerners danced [...]
Socialism, and its even more terrifying grandfather, Marxism, are terms tossed around frequently in contemporary American speech. Health care reform is often referred to as “socialized medicine” and talk of universal health care is often condemned as “socialism” in general. The stimulus package and other forms of government intervention in the economy are often referred [...]
Things are not going well for President Obama at the moment. With his approval ratings falling and Republicans taking key seats in Congress, the president had to act, and act quickly, in order to salvage the reputation of himself, his party and his government.
And, not surprisingly, President Obama took a move right out of the [...]
This is in response to the first two interesting, provocative articles by my colleague Adrian Bardon. I appreciate many things he says but I want to stress that many philosophers differ greatly with him and that there is also much more diversity among religious people than his articles suggest. Bardon says “the theist seems strangely [...]
I was disappointed to see that the editorial staff at the Old Gold & Black chose to focus their efforts on blaming the local Alcohol Law Enforcement agency for the transgressions that occurred on Kiss Night. In reality, we need to recognize that our dangerous and immature decisions as a student body led to a [...]
