Platonism vs. Divine Aseity: A Deductive Argument for the Non-Existence of God
The purpose of this post is to sketch an argument for the nonexistence of God based upon the logical incompatibility of divine aseity and the existence of God. In Martin’s and Monnier’s taxonomy of arguments for atheism (see The Impossibility of God, Buffalo: Prometheus, 2003), this argument would be classified as a “deductive disproof of … Platonism vs. Divine Aseity: A Deductive Argument for the Non-Existence of God
Criminalizing sex
A poster put out by one of the Islamist political parties in Turkey. On top of the image of people turned to stone, with hints of Sodom and Gomorrah, the slogans are “Criminalize adultery” and “Homosexuality is immorality.” They may eventually get their way as well. There’s considerable public support for enforcing religious morality through … Criminalizing sex
Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 5
The first phase of Swinburne’s case for God is in his book The Coherence of Theism, where he argues that the sentence ‘God exists’ is a meaningful declarative sentence that makes a coherent statement. The middle section of this book covers his concept of a ‘contingent’ God, which is basically the God of traditional theism … Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 5
Zombie Ayn Rand
Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 3
This is an excerpt from Part 17 of my Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus posts:=================================Doubting the Doubting Thomas Story Why doubt the Doubting Thomas story? There are three different kinds of considerations that support a skeptical view of the Doubting Thomas story.1. General Problems with the Gospels – including the Fourth Gospela. It was written by a … Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 3
Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 2
This is an excerpt from Part 17 of my Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus posts:=================================Doubting the Doubting Thomas StoryWhy doubt the Doubting Thomas story? There are three different kinds of considerations that support a skeptical view of the Doubting Thomas story.1. General Problems with the Gospels – including the Fourth Gospela. It was written by … Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 2
THE HYPERBOLE EXCUSE
Check this out: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pastor-sean-harris-beat-gay-children-sermon_n_1474510?ref=gay-voices Typical. Whenever an extremist is called out for making violent and hateful remarks, the response is always the same: “Just kidding. Hah hah. I was only using hyperbole to make a point.” OK, well, I guess sauce for the goose… I think a 320 pound, heavily tattooed, leather-clad gay biker should … THE HYPERBOLE EXCUSE
Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 1
A comment by ‘Pulse’ on one of my recent posts about the resurrection, has sparked an idea: the need for a checklist of historical criteria for claims about Jesus. One purpose for such a checklist is to enable others to think critically about claims about Jesus. Another purpose would be to enable one (myself included) … Checklist: Evaluating Claims about Jesus – Part 1
Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus: INDEX
PART 7https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2011/12/argument-against-the-resurrection-of-jesus-part-7/ I think the best way to make a case for my skeptical view of the resurrection, is to develop a dilemma, following the lead of the great Enlightenment skeptic David Hume. The main question at issue is: Did God raise Jesus from the dead? But at the crux of my skeptical argument will be the … Argument Against the Resurrection of Jesus: INDEX
New Chick Tracts
Jack Chick celebrates hell, and shows that his version of the Christian God is a seriously nasty character. The sheer obnoxiousness of the divine moral order as envisioned by Chick may even call into question atheistic attempts to use evil to argue against the existence of an omnibenevolent God. If someone can endorse this sort … New Chick Tracts