Team God Stuff

Here are some links to articles that could help the group presenting on god stuff.

One big argument for the existence of god is the design argument.

• Here's a nice rundown of the design arg (along with a weirder god arg) by an excellent philosopher.
• Here is a radio interview on David Hume's criticisms of the design arg.
  
• Here is an article on evolution versus intelligent design.
• A fancy version of this arg is about how fine-tuned the universe is to support life. Or is it?
  
• If the universe is designed, what's with all the "design flaws" in nature?
  
• The classic "design flaw" example is the appendix ("It serves no purpose!"). But recent research suggests the appendix serves a purpose!
  

One big argument against the existence of God is the problem of evil.

• Here is a collection of resources all about the problem of evil, including criticisms of several different responses to the problem. I mean, wow.
• One response to this arg is to say that "God works in mysterious ways." Do we have enough evidence to believe that there is a reason for all the suffering in the world, but humans aren't smart enough to understand what that reason is?
• The NPR program Fresh Air has an audio interview with Bart Ehrman on the problem of suffering.

Fresh Air also ran a pair of interviews with two scientists on god stuff: Richard Dawkins pushing atheism, and Francis Collins pushing theism.

Also, there's some interesting research in psychological impediments about the widespread belief in gods.

Finally, is appealing to a personal experience you had ("I felt God's presence") a good arg for god?