Paul Draper’s Chapter, “Christian Theism and Life on Earth”
Keywords: Christian theism and life on earth; arguments against Christian theism, CT and IN; comparing Christian theism (“CT”) to “indifference naturalism”; IN, a form of naturalism and CT, supernaturalism; evolution, on special creationism as false; implication of God’s “rationality,” creating a universe; theistic objections to special creationism; methodological naturalism, in the physical sciences; IN and … Paul Draper’s Chapter, “Christian Theism and Life on Earth”
Interesting Reference to The Empty Tomb
Since the resurrection is the central event of Christian history, Plantinga at the very least should make the effort to weigh the evidence for and against this event. Swinburne believes the evidence is quite high that the biblical accounts of the resurrection are literally true; others who have investigated the matter sharply disagree.[35]———————–[35] See, for … Interesting Reference to The Empty Tomb
Paul Draper’s Essay, “Darwin’s Argument from Evil”
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NBC: See Jesus in toast? Elvis on a chip? Science tells who sees faces in objects
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A Red-winged Blackbird
My daughter is a freshman philosophy student who is currently writing her second-ever essay in philosophy. The topic is Descartes Meditations. We have been discussing the deceptive god and evil genius skeptical arguments for the past week. So, my disagreement with Stephen Law about the relevance (or irrelevance) of the Kalam cosmological argument to the … A Red-winged Blackbird
Atheist Prayer Experiment
Justin Brierley reviews the results of an experiment in which atheists pray for 40 days for God to reveal himself to them. Go here. Thanks to The Atheist Missionary for drawing attention to this on twitter. This is a win-win experiment to set up for the purposes of evangelizing of course. Reasons why you should … Atheist Prayer Experiment
Marriage Equality in the state of Washington
I’m proud to be a citizen of one of the first states to pass a Marriage Equality act (Referendum Measure No. 74 in Washington).70% of the ballots in the state have now been tallied, and Referendum 74 is currently ahead by about 6 percentage points (53% to 47%). There are a little over 370,000 more ballots … Marriage Equality in the state of Washington
Darwin Gets Write-In Votes in Georgia
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Video Commentary on my debate with William Lane Craig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mVVOGP0izY Someone was kind enough to take the trouble to make this video going through some of the exchanges between myself and Bill Craig in our debate. There is an error. The creator of the video says that the subject of the debate was the existence of the Christian God. In fact, the question before … Video Commentary on my debate with William Lane Craig
Pre-Op MTF TS Nudity in a Women’s Restroom?
In an earlier post, I mentioned Lydia McGrew’s team blog, What’s Wrong with the World. I’ve been reading several of the articles there and came across this. “There is no bottom of the hill“ Dr. McGrew blogs about a recent case in American state of Washington, where a pre-operative (“pre-op”)* Male-to-Female (M2F) transsexual named Colleen … Pre-Op MTF TS Nudity in a Women’s Restroom?