On Gratitude

Since Thanksgiving is coming up tomorrow, I thought I'd share Bill Vallicella's meditation on the topic of gratitude, especially on whether atheists can be grateful for the existence of the world despite disbelieving in God.

Gratitude, of course, is one of the virtues of justice by which we give what is due (worship) to God as Creator of the world, for "in him we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). We also we give thanks, to a lesser extent, to our parents, friends, and others who have helped us.

On Nothing - Addendum

I forgot to mention that, in addition to Ed Feser's latest takedown of Lawrence Krauss' attempt to pull a universe out of nothing, there are also the many posts Bill Vallicella devotes to Krauss and co’s "bait and switch." Here's Vallicella's pithy review of AUFN:

I had fun back in January pilloring the scientistic  nonsense  Lawrence M. Krauss propagates in his recent book, A Universe From Nothing.  Meanwhile the book has shown up at the local library and tomorrow I will borrow it.  I would never buy a piece of crap like this, though, to be fair, I will first have to read it to be sure that it is crap.  That it is crap is an excellent bet...

Translated into internet meme:

HT: Mike Liccione