Did Jesus Exit? – Part 15
Part of MJH (the Minimal Jesus Hypothesis) is that Jesus was a Jewish male. Jesus was “Jewish” in both senses of the word: he was an adherent of the religion of Judaism, and a male descendant of the Hebrew people, according to MJH. We saw in Part 14 that Mark represents Jesus as both a … Did Jesus Exit? – Part 15
Wielenberg’s Divine Lies, and McBrayer and Swenson’s response – my comments for feedback
Skeptical Theism and Divine Deception: The McBrayer/Swenson response to Wielenberg 1. Skeptical Theism Evidential arguments from evil often[i] take something like the following form: If God exists, gratuitous evil does not exist. Gratuitous evil exists. Therefore, God does not exist Gratuitous evil is evil for which there is no God-justifying … Wielenberg’s Divine Lies, and McBrayer and Swenson’s response – my comments for feedback
Reppert on Theistic Explanation
Victor Reppert has chimed in on my reply to Wintery Knight. This is always an interesting issue. But does it really make sense to ask of an omnipotent being how they did something. For example, I once beat a Grandmaster in a chess tournament. Now, you might ask how I did that, since as someone … Reppert on Theistic Explanation
Intelligent Design Arguments and Cumulative Cases
As we saw in my reply to Wintery Knight, he (like many other proponents of intelligent design or ID) propose that there are multiple, independent lines of evidence which favor intelligent design over its alternatives. Here is a partial summary of the evidence ID proponents offer. “Cosmic Fine-Tuning,” i.e., the initial conditions of the universe and … Intelligent Design Arguments and Cumulative Cases
The Blue Folders Story: How Not to Defend Objective Moral Values
I think I first heard this story while listening to a debate between Michael Horner and Henry Morgentaler, but since then I’ve seen it or heard it repeated many other times. The story is supposed to illustrate that even people who claim to be moral relativists really do believe that objective moral values exist. Here … The Blue Folders Story: How Not to Defend Objective Moral Values
Scientific Discoveries, Theism, and Atheism: Reply to Wintery Knight
I’m going to offer some comments on a recent post by Wintery Knight. He writes: When people ask me whether the progress of science is more compatible with theism or atheism, I offer the follow four basic pieces of scientific evidence that are more compatible with theism than atheism. [italics are mine] The following point … Scientific Discoveries, Theism, and Atheism: Reply to Wintery Knight