He rejected the traditional arguments for the existence of God. However, the eighteenth century philosopher Immanuel Kant believed that God was necessary in order to explain ethics. While he dismissed many of the classical arguments for God, he felt that without God morality would be meaningless. Kant’s position is well summarized in the Ethical Theory

Nihilism says that nothing matters. Easter says that everything matters. Nihilism is the atheistic philosophy that recognizes the lack of an objective basis for morality or purpose apart from the existence of God. If nihilism is true, we should eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die; Dust to dust, and all that jazz. 

Can God create a stone that is too heavy for him to lift? That, and other questions, still elicit enthusiasm & excitement from sophomore philosophy students. Unfortunately, they possess little argumentative ability for meaningful dialogue outside the undergraduate classroom. A false dilemma by any other name is still a false dilemma. Plato presents us with

Jesus is the Amen of God. The word amen has an interesting history. Its usage in the church is curious, to say the least. To some it has become nothing more than banter for a religious pep rally. It’s more than that. Amen is one of the few Hebrew words to evade translation when used

The only problem with the American church is that it is filled with self-absorbed, self-focused, self-ish prigs. What does this say about the church? It simply says that the church is in dire need of the gospel. More specifically, believers are in desperate need of the gospel. Even more specifically, I am absolutely lost without