An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 10 – God 2 (Atheism) – Part 6: What has God done for you lately?

We keep looking for proof of God, hoping for a sign, a miracle. But miracles always come with alternative explanations—remission, coincidence, intervention, or just plain luck. What we call a miracle often depends more on what we already believe than on what actually happened. If God is acting in the world, why are the miracles so selective, so personal, and so ambiguous? A God who could make things clear, but doesn’t, begins to look indistinguishable from one who isn’t there at all. Atheism, for some, doesn’t come from hostility, but from exhaustion—from waiting, hoping, and hearing nothing back. Why is evidence so hard to find? And if God doesn’t exist, why are humans so good at finding meaning anyway?

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An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 03 – Epistemology – Part 3: Am I dreaming? How would I know?

Epistemology asks us to question not just what we believe, but whether our confidence itself is justified. When Descartes wondered if he might be dreaming, he wasn’t chasing paranoia; he was practicing intellectual humility. Philosophy invites us to test our assumptions gently, to notice when comfort replaces clarity, and to ask what waking up might actually feel like.

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