Debate 101
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Moral Arguments for God and Coining a Name for a Common but Fallacious Objection
In response to Wintery Knight’s recent blog post on the plausibility of objective morality on atheism, I posted a comment in the combox on his site. The comment consisted solely of a link to my YouTube video, “Naturalism, Theism, and Moral Ontology: A Reply to William Lane Craig.” In response to that link, WK wrote … Moral Arguments for God and Coining a Name for a Common but Fallacious Objection
We Don’t Have Father-ist Apologetics; Why Do We Need Theistic Apologetics?
Anyone who has (or had) a loving father in their lives did not spend their time studying abstract, philosophical arguments for the existence of their father. In fact, the whole idea of “father-ist apologetics” as a thing seems weird as soon as you think about it. Compare theistic apologetics. I suspect that many people — or … We Don’t Have Father-ist Apologetics; Why Do We Need Theistic Apologetics?
Naturalism, Theism, and Moral Ontology: A Reply to William Lane Craig
(Reposting since this seems to be so popular. So far as I am aware, neither WLC nor anyone else has responded to this.)Abstract: This paper considers William Lane Craig’s metaethical argument for God’s existence. Roughly, the argument is that the existence of objective moral values provides strong evidence for God’s existence. I consider one by one … Naturalism, Theism, and Moral Ontology: A Reply to William Lane Craig
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 2
If you are meeting someone for the first time, it is a good idea to put your best foot forward, to be polite, kind, positive, and friendly. If you are trying to persuade someone to take the idea that there is a God seriously, it would be a good idea to put your best foot … Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 2
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 1
I was bored one night a few weeks ago and did a Google search on “Does God exist”. One of the top hits that came back was for this webpage: http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html This webpage contains an article written by Marilyn Adamson, called “Is There a God?”, which according to the sub-title presents “six straightforward reasons to … Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 1
A Christian Responds to Harris on the Evils of “Moderates”
I recently had an interesting discussion here at SO on Sam Harris’s views on “moderate” believers. One commentator took me to task for saying that Harris holds that “moderates” are “just as bad” as extremists. I think he may have had a point that this was unfair, but Harris clearly does make some fairly serious … A Christian Responds to Harris on the Evils of “Moderates”
What is Christianity? Part 10
As Ninian Smart points out, there are secular worldviews as well as religious worldviews. According to Smart, a religion is a religious worldview as opposed to a secular worldview. Marxism and Secular Humanism are examples of secular worldviews. Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam are examples of religions or religious worldviews. Smart, however, asserts that … What is Christianity? Part 10
Prof. Pruss on Hell and Free Choice
Prof. Alexander Pruss considers the traditional doctrine of hell and its alternatives: http://alexanderpruss.blogspot.com/2016/04/eternal-nagging-endless-second-chances.html The three salient proposals, then, are these (2 and 3 are quotes from Prof. Pruss’s post): (1) The traditional doctrine: At death there can be no further changes in one’s eternal destiny. (2) Imposition: God imposes moral transformation on those who do … Prof. Pruss on Hell and Free Choice
What is Christianity? INDEX
The primary goal of my Ten Year Plan is to evaluate Christianity, to answer the question “Is Christianity true or is it false?” I have started a couple of series of posts related to this project. One series related to the project is called “What is Christianity?”. Here is a list of the posts in that … What is Christianity? INDEX