The Six Kinds of Unbelievers
According to a recent study by UT-Chattanooga, one in five Americans are now non-believers. They have identified six categories: I wonder if they are not missing another very large segment, what I would call the “de facto unbeliever.” The de facto unbeliever attends church, often regularly. He (they are mostly men, in my experience) might … The Six Kinds of Unbelievers
Really Handy Survey of Metaethics
I have no idea if the site posting this actually has the copyright permissions to do this or not, but there is a site with the entire copy of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s book, Moral Skepticisms, available as a PDF file. For those of you with an interest in learning more about metaethics–such as the distinction between “moral metaphysics” … Really Handy Survey of Metaethics
Trent Dougherty’s Review of Probability in the Philosophy of Religion
Excellent review of what appears to be a very interesting book. LINK
Ex-Apologist on WLC’s Critique of the Existence of Actual Infinities (Part 1)
Here.
Bob Enyart’s Ten Caricatures of Atheism
I recently stumbled across a webpage by Pastor Bob Enyart which claims to disprove ten atheist clichés in “eight seconds or less.” All that he actually accomplishes, however, is tearing down ten strawmen of his own creation. To see why, let’s stipulate that atheism is the belief that God does not exist. Atheist Cliché Enyart’s Caricature of … Bob Enyart’s Ten Caricatures of Atheism
Louise Antony on Divine Goodness
I’m reading Debating Christian Theism, based on Keith Parsons’s recommendation. I just finished reading the essays by Paul Copan and Louise Antony debating moral arguments for God’s existence. Antony’s essay ends with a very interesting point. In a way, it’s puzzling why, of all God’s attributes, moral goodness is the one held to be constituted merely by … Louise Antony on Divine Goodness
Is Atheism Presumptuous? A Reply to Paul Copan
My reply to Copan was published in 2000. To the best of my knowledge, Copan has neither published a reply nor issued a retraction of his claim. LINK
My 1998 Article: William Lane Craig: Christian Theism’s Hired Gun
On April 3, 1998, Christian philosopher William Lane Craig debated Oxford chemist Peter W. Atkins (pictured at right) on the existence of God at the chapel of the Carter Presidential Center in Craig’s hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. According to one of the Christian organizers of the event, former President Carter had shown interest in introducing … My 1998 Article: William Lane Craig: Christian Theism’s Hired Gun
Christianity Today asks, “Are Birth Defects Part of God’s Plan?”
LINK If Christianity is true, then, of course, the answer has to be, “Yes.” But is it true? The philosophically significant question, however, is this: “Does naturalism or theism, including Christian theism, provide the best explanation for birth defects?” Here is an excellent by Paul Draper, taken from a lecture he recently gave at the … <I>Christianity Today</I> asks, “Are Birth Defects Part of God’s Plan?”
Did Jesus Exit? – Part 9
The current version of the Minimal Jesus Hypothesis (MJH) has five parts:=======================There was a flesh-and-blood person who was…1A. named Yeshu’a, and2A. an adherent of Judaism, and a male descendant of the Hebrew people, and3A. living in Palestine as an adult (in his twenties and/or thirties) in the 20s C.E., and4A. known to be a preacher … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 9