Calvinists Needed!
I was raised a Presbyterian, and I think that debating predestination with my Sunday School teachers was one of the main things that pushed me towards an interest–and finally a career–in philosophy. However, there are still many things about the doctrine that I do not understand. I am presently teaching a graduate-level survey of the … Calvinists Needed!
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 5: More Reasons for Skepticism about God
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 5: More Reasons for Skepticism about God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 4: Skepticism about God
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 4: Skepticism about God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 3: No Messages from God (continued)
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 3: No Messages from God (continued)
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 2: No Messages from God
REASON FOR DOUBT #1 Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 2: No Messages from God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 1: Outline of My Reasons for Doubt
Recently, I posted a meme on my personal Facebook page that challenged the Christian argument that sex between two men is morally wrong because this is allegedly prohibited in the Old Testament book called Leviticus.The basic objection in the meme is that there are several things that Leviticus prohibits that Christians seem to have no … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 1: Outline of My Reasons for Doubt
New Book Published on Feser, Thomism, and Natural Law Theory of Ethics
I recently wrote the Foreword for a new book that takes a skeptical look at Edward Feser’s views, Thomism, and the Natural Law Theory of Ethics. The book is called The Unnecessary Science: A Critical Analysis of Natural Law Theory. Here is the final paragraph of the Foreword that I wrote for the book: In … New Book Published on Feser, Thomism, and Natural Law Theory of Ethics
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 8: 2nd Argument for Changing Things
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 8: 2nd Argument for Changing Things
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 7: 1st Argument for Changing Things
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 7: 1st Argument for Changing Things
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 6: More on Something Exists
In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I … The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 6: More on Something Exists