Terahertz

Chris at the Teapot Atheist has compiled an excellent list of things to be shown before any theism will be considered.  This is especially amazing since he sounds exceptionally busy.  Check his site out for the full explanations but here’s the gist:

1. The deity must be clearly defined.
2. Criteria must be rigorously established for determining what could even in principle qualify as evidence for the existence of at least one deity.
3. How exactly the deity intervenes must be both defined and evidenced.
4. Is this being necessary or contingent?
5. Dualism must first be evidenced, and then shown to be evidence for theism.
6. Provide criteria by which theism might be falsified.
7. Provide criteria by which the evidence for theism might be distinguished from evidence for polytheism.
8. Describe a means by which we might verify a predicate whose contents are in principle wholly unfamiliar from any of our verifiable experience by an order of infinity.

Chris and I also write for Edger, which is still in pre-launch mode (hence why I haven’t plugged it fully yet), but check it out if you’re looking for some more atheist, humanist and sceptical writings.