Author

Horia George Plugaru

1999-2003 Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
Published books: Christianity and Suicide, European Idea Publishing House (2006) (in Romanian), and a Romanian translation of Michael Martin's The Case against Christianity, European Idea Publishing House (2007)

Articles in English published elsewhere: "The Argument from Physiological Horrors," and "Against the Free-Will Defense."

See also Plugaru's author page in the Secular Web Library.

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One of Jesus' "Good Deeds" Examined —( Horia George Plugaru )

There are probably few of us who have never heard the saying, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone"--the words attributed to Jesus in the story told in John 8:1-11 of the adulterous woman who was about to be stoned to death for her crime. This is often taken to show that Jesus possessed great measures of wisdom and kindness. Plugaru believes, however, that this story demonstrates nothing of the kind.

Published: 10/27/2003

An Easy Way of Destroying Cosmological Arguments —( Horia George Plugaru )

Plugaru argues that most versions of the Cosmological Argument are useless as a proof of the existence of God.

Published: 1/29/2004

Why the Abundance Theory of Creation Fails —( Horia George Plugaru )

"How can God be both a perfect being and the creator of the universe? Doesn't the fact that he created the world imply that he had a need or want? Otherwise, why would he bother creating anything at all? But then, if he had a need that implied the existence of the universe in order to be fulfilled, it seems he is not perfect: he lacks something. But by definition, a perfect being could not lack anything. So if the universe exists, God is not perfect, so God does not exist."

Published: 12/28/2011

The Complete Irrelevance of the Fine-Tuning Argument —( Horia George Plugaru )

The Fine-Tuning Argument—the argument that it is so improbable that life in the Universe is just a lucky accident that it is much more reasonable to think that a supernatural being fine-tuned the universe to sustain life—not only does not and cannot, by itself, increase the credibility of a supernaturalistic explanation of the Universe, but is completely irrelevant when it comes to practical considerations.

Published: 10/7/2012