Author: Simon Brittan
Born in Birmingham, England, in 1959, Simon Brittan was educated all over Europe. He taught English Literature and occasionally Latin at schools and universities in England, mainland Europe, and the United States, including Oxford and the University of Michigan. He has various publications on literature and semiotics as well as the book Poetry, Symbol and Allegory, which contains substantial accounts of writings by Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and medieval exegetes generally.
The Myth of Christian Morality
Today many nonbelievers accept as a matter of course the presumption of atheism, the position that the idea of a creating god is so fantastical that the burden of proof lies with those who believe in such a being. This position has elicited some aggressive responses. The American philosopher Alvin Plantinga, for example, has claimed …
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