Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Drange Debate (1997)
(This is yet another old debate summary and assessment from my archives. I think I wrote this around 1998. I am posting it here unchanged.) On February 26, 1997 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, William Lane Craig debated Theodore Drange of West Virginia University. The topic was, “Does God exist?” Note: video of … Summary and Assessment of the Craig-Drange Debate (1997)
LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
This is another one that falls into the “not new, but new for me” category. Bradley Monton is an atheist philosopher at the University of Colorado at Boulder who specializes in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science (especially physics), probabilistic epistemology, and philosophy of time. Secular Outpost readers will be interested in Monton’s interesting essay … LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
In Defense of William Lane Craig
After my last post on William Lane Craig and debating, I decided to do several web searches related to William Lane Craig and debating. While I obviously disagree with his arguments, I have no problem with him as a person. I suspect the majority of atheists (who know who he is) also do not. But … In Defense of William Lane Craig
LINK: Matt McCormick’s Atheism Blog
His blog isn’t new, but I just discovered it and wanted to mention it here. LINK For those of you who do not know who Matt McCormick is, he is an atheist philosopher of religion at California State University at Sacramento.
Some (Very Incomplete) Thoughts on Luke Muehlhauser’s “How to Debate William Lane Craig”
After writing a post about William Lane Craig and John Loftus debating, I remembered that Luke Muehlhauser (Common Sense Atheism) posted an article in April 2009 about debating William Lane Craig. (LINK) Here are some very incomplete thoughts about Luke’s article.
LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
While web browsing, I stumbled across two sites related to nontheistic and/or Darwinian ethics. Pretty much anyone interested in The Secular Outpost will probably be interested in both of these sites and for the same reasons.1. The website for the late James Rachels. For those of you who do not know who James Rachels was, … LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
Why Won’t William Lane Craig Debate John Loftus?
On the Debunking Christianity website, John Loftus has recently posted an article, “Let’s Recap Why William Lane Craig Refuses to Debate Me.” The article even includes a picture of Craig’s face digitally edited into the picture of a chicken, with the caption, “Is William Lane Craig Chicken to Debate John Loftus?” According to Loftus, in … Why Won’t William Lane Craig Debate John Loftus?
Public Reason
There’s a popular (I’m tempted to say “standard”) secular liberal argument in support of a secular public sphere. Appeals to faith, the argument goes, might have purchase on the faithful, but not on those outside a particular sect. The Bible interpretation of a certain denomination or the pronouncements of popes and rebbes may legitimately persuade … Public Reason
Adam Lee: Conservatives Want America to be a “Christian Nation” — Here’s What That Would Actually Look Like
Adam Lee compares “Rick Perry’s version of ‘Christian values’ to what the Bible really dictates.”LINK
LINK: Frank Turek Asks, “Why Are Atheists so Angry?”
In an audio file uploaded to YouTube by “DrCraigVideos,” Turek reviews the YouTube comments on the Craig-Hitchens Debate and describes the apparent name-calling used by atheists against Dr. Craig. He then asks the question, “Why are atheists so angry?” LINK