Off Topic: President U-Can-Grab-Them-By-The-Pussy
59 million Americans voted for a racist, sexist, bully and IDIOT to be their President. It looks like 81% of Evangelicals voted to put a shit-head in charge of the most powerful military in the world, and to give him control over our potentially world-destroying nuclear weapons. I suppose it is no surprise that Evangelical … Off Topic: President U-Can-Grab-Them-By-The-Pussy
Does Theism Explain the Necessity of Moral Truths?
The book, Does God Exist? The Craig-Flew Debate, contains a transcript of the debate between William Lane Craig and Antony Flew, responses by eight commentators, and final responses by Craig and Flew. Many of the commentators, including some of the theists, sharply criticized Craig’s moral argument for God’s existence because, they argued, some moral truths are … Does Theism Explain the Necessity of Moral Truths?
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 6: Arguments for the Intelligence of the Creator
Here is my version of Geisler’s first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God: ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 2 10a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself (for even just one moment). 11a. There is a being that both (a) created … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 6: Arguments for the Intelligence of the Creator
Pseudo random thoughts on AA and free will
There are some atheists who would like to see references to God or a higher power dropped from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) materials. I think it is clearly desirable for people to have recovery resources available to them that don’t mandate adherence to religious doctrines. But that’s not what I want to focus on. Instead, I … Pseudo random thoughts on AA and free will
How do you Spell “Hypocrite?” B-A-P-T-I-S-T
There was an excellent editorial in this morning’s Houston Chronicle concerning the still-growing sexual assault scandal at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. For anybody who does not follow college football, for decades the Baylor Bears were a laughingstock, a delicious cupcake for the real teams like UT, A & M, and Oklahoma, who would regularly … How do you Spell “Hypocrite?” B-A-P-T-I-S-T
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2
Here is my version of Geisler’s first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God: ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 2 10a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself (for even just one moment). 11a. There is a being that … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 5: The Gap Between Phase 1 and Phase 2