Farewell to Dr. Richard Paul
I recently received the following email with the sad news that Dr. Richard Paul had died this summer at the end of August. Richard Paul was my favorite professor of philosophy at Sonoma State University. He was a dynamic lecturer, a terrific mentor, and a leading theorist and advocate of critical thinking. Learning from him … Farewell to Dr. Richard Paul
Does William Lane Craig Actually Believe in Evil?
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Taylor Carr republished on The Secular Outpost with permission. The original post may be found on his blog, The Godless Skeptic. If it’s right for someone to permit some event, then his action is just right… On my view, the wrongness of an action is determined by its being forbidden by God. An … Does William Lane Craig Actually Believe in Evil?
Stephen J. Graham Replies to J.P. Moreland on Miracles and Evidence
Stephen J. Graham is a Christian philosopher, so it’s refreshing to find him criticizing J.P. Moreland’s astonishingly low bar for believing miracle claims. LINK
Philosophy of Religion in Secular Philosophy Departments
An unrelated Internet search somehow led me to this online copy of The Blackwell Companion to the Philosophy of Religion (2d ed., ed. Charles Taliaferro, Paul Draper, and Philip L. Quinn). As I skimmed the Table of Contents, I started thinking about the proper place for the philosophy of religion (PoR) in the curriculum of a philosophy department … Philosophy of Religion in Secular Philosophy Departments
The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Part 10
Clay Jones argues that Jehovah commanded the Israelites to slaughter the Canaanites (men, women, and children), but that this command and the obedience of the Israelites to the command was morally justified because the Canaanites deserved the death penalty for various serious crimes or sins which were violations of the laws of Jehovah (see his … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Part 10
Where is the Condemnation from Theists For Zacharias’s Dishonesty?
If a prominent atheist such as Richard Dawkins had exaggerated his credentials in the way Ravi Zacharias has, then we can be sure that theists would have shouted that fact from the mountaintops. So why is it that Zacharias is getting a “free pass” from theists?
Hypocrisy on Moral Arguments, Arguments from Evil, and Logical Inconsistency
Many theists are fond of linking the problem of evil with a moral argument for God’s existence. The idea is that by making an argument from evil against God’s existence, the atheist has supposedly contradicted herself since the the argument from evil presupposes an objective evil and objective evil, in turn, presupposes God’s existence. Since … Hypocrisy on Moral Arguments, Arguments from Evil, and Logical Inconsistency
Craig on Appeals to Common Sense
Here is something written by a reader who asked not to be further identified. I think he makes a good point and raises the interesting question of when appeals to common sense are reasonable and when they are not. The author begins by commenting on a reply made to me by Craig in our 1998 … Craig on Appeals to Common Sense
Belated Summary of 2013 London Talk, “What Apologists Don’t Want You to Know about God”
In March 2013, I was honored to have the opportunity to speak to the Central London Humanists Group. The title of my talk was, “What Apologists Don’t Want You to Know about God.” There was no recording of the talk, but I was just made aware that someone in the audience had taken the trouble … Belated Summary of 2013 London Talk, “What Apologists Don’t Want You to Know about God”
Craig, Koons, and Divine Command Theory
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Taylor Carr republished on The Secular Outpost with permission. The original post may be found on his blog, The Godless Skeptic. In a recent episode of the Reasonable Faith podcast, William Lane Craig offers his thoughts on a 2012 paper by Jeremy Koons, Can God’s Goodness Save the Divine Command Theory from Euthyphro? Koons’ paper is another … Craig, Koons, and Divine Command Theory