Please Welcome Eddie Tabash to the Secular Outpost
The Secular Outpost blog team keeps growing! Eddie Tabash has accepted our invitation join The Secular Outpost as a contributor. Eddie chairs the national legal committee of Americans United for Separation of Church and State; chairs the First Amendment Task Force for the Council for Secular Humanism; a lifetime member of American Atheists; and a … Please Welcome Eddie Tabash to the Secular Outpost
LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 2 of 2)
For a transcript of the debate (including other topics discussed), follow this link: http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/copleston.htm You can download the audio here:http://www.archive.org/details/DebateOnTheExistenceOfGodBertrandRussellV.Fr.F…
LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 1 of 2)
This is an excerpt from the famous BBC Radio debate between Father Frederick C. Copleston and Bertrand Russell. In this section, they discuss Leibniz’s Argument from Contingency, which is a form of the Cosmological Argument. It differs from other Cosmological arguments (e.g. Kalam) in that it is consistent with an eternal universe, as it doesn’t … LINK: Audio of Russell-Copleston Debate on God’s Existence (Part 1 of 2)
LINK: Gianluca Di Muzio on Theism and the Meaning of Life
Abstract Theists are inclined to assert that human life would be meaningless if there was no personal immortality and God did not exist. The present paper aims to evaluate the truth of this claim. The author first explores the conception of meaning that is at the roots of the theistic position. After pointing out some … LINK: Gianluca Di Muzio on Theism and the Meaning of Life
LINK: Tim Mawson’s Review of Divine Motivation Theory by Linda Zagzebski
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LINK: Andrew Wohlgemuth’s Review of The Resurrection of God Incarnate by Richard Swinburne
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LINK: Mikael Stenmark on Evolution, Purpose, and God
A number of biologists maintain that the recent developments in evolutionary biology have profound implications for religion, morality and our self-understanding. The author focuses on the issue whether evolutionary biology has any relevance for a religious understanding of the meaning of life. First, the question about the meaning of life is clarified. Second, the argument … LINK: Mikael Stenmark on Evolution, Purpose, and God
LINK: Mark Wynn’s Review of The Non-Existence of God by Nicholas Everitt
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LINK: Nicholas Everitt’s Review of God? A Debate Between a Christian and an Atheist
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LINK: Brian Garvey on Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence, and the Atheist’s Teapot
Abstract Atheists often admit that there is no positive evidence for atheism. Many argue that there is nonetheless a prima facie argument, which I will refer to as the ‘teapot argument’. They liken agnosticism to remaining neutral on the existence of a teapot in outer space. The present paper argues that this analogy fails, for … LINK: Brian Garvey on Absence of Evidence, Evidence of Absence, and the Atheist’s Teapot