Summary of the Craig-Price Debate on Jesus’ Resurrection (1999)
(Redated post originally published on 16 October 2011) This is yet another old debate summary from my archives. I’m not sure when I wrote this, but I’m guessing it was between 1999 and 2002. THE CRAIG-PRICE DEBATE: DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD? The Veritas Forum Ohio State University, 1999 Curiously, the audiocassettes do not … Summary of the Craig-Price Debate on Jesus’ Resurrection (1999)
The Empty Tomb: Reply to Josh and Sean McDowell
(Redated post originally published on 20 November 2012) A friend informed me that Josh and Sean McDowell, in the new (revised?) edition of More Than a Carpenter (MTAC) on page 134, have offered a critique of the relocation hypothesis, which I defended in The Empty Tomb (TET). I have reviewed what they wrote. Here is … The Empty Tomb: Reply to Josh and Sean McDowell
Summary of the Craig-Parsons Debate, “Why I Am/Am Not a Christian”
(Redated post originally published on 14 October 2011) This is a repost of a debate summary I wrote a long time ago. (I think I wrote this in 1998.) While I tried to be accurate, I don’t claim this summary is perfect. If anyone identifies any errors, omissions, or anything else that requires editing, please … Summary of the Craig-Parsons Debate, “Why I Am/Am Not a Christian”
Botched Response to The Empty Tomb
(Redated post on 24 October 2011) (This article was written in 2005 or 2006, but sat in my Drafts folder while I was inactive.) Robert M. Price and I are the co-authors of a skeptical anthology on the alleged historicity of the resurrection of Jesus entitled The Empty Tomb: Jesus Beyond the Grave. Steve Hays … Botched Response to The Empty Tomb
Review of Craig-Law Debate on God’s Existence
(Redated post originally published on 24 October 2011) SUMMARY AND ASSESSMENT OF “DOES GOD EXIST?” (2011) WITH WILLIAM LANE CRAIG AND STEPHEN LAW 17 October 2011 Westminster Central Hall Storeys Gate, London SW1H 9NH by Jeffery Jay Lowder CONTENTS About This Summary and Assessment Debate Summary Debate Assessment Other Reviews of the Debate ABOUT THIS SUMMARY … Review of Craig-Law Debate on God’s Existence
Reply to Wintery Knight’s Review of the Craig-Law Debate
(Redated post originally published on 26 October 2011) I recently submitted the following feedback to WinteryKnight’s review of the Craig-Law debate. Wintery Knight — You must have listened to a different debate than the one I did. For example, in summarizing Stephen Law’s first rebuttal, you write: “Craig thinks that you need an objective standard … Reply to Wintery Knight’s Review of the Craig-Law Debate
Darwinian Morality and Rape?
(Redated post last published on 3 November 2011) According to Nancy Pearcey and biologist Jeffrey Schloss (see here), Darwinian evolution implies there is nothing ethically wrong with rape. Why? Pearcey argues that Darwinian evolution and moral realism are logically incompatible: In the words of sociobiology’s founder, E.O. Wilson, “the basis of ethics does not lie in God’s will”; … Darwinian Morality and Rape?
Is God’s Existence Obvious to Everyone?
(Redated post originally published on 26 October 2011) As a ‘friendly atheist,’ I believe that theists can be fully rational in believing that God exists. I know that some theists are ‘unfriendly theists’ in the sense that they believe (1) The existence of God is obvious to everyone. But why believe (1) is true? I’m … Is God’s Existence Obvious to Everyone?
Do Proponents of the Argument from Evil Try to Have it Both Ways? A Reply to David Wood
(Redated post originally published on 26 October 2011) According to David Wood (see here), atheists who appeal to the argument from evil are logically inconsistent. Why? Wood offers the following explanation: For instance, atheists seem to be arguing (1) that human beings are so good that God shouldn’t allow us to suffer, and (2) that … Do Proponents of the Argument from Evil Try to Have it Both Ways? A Reply to David Wood
Hostility of the Universe to Life: Understated Evidence about Cosmic Fine-Tuning?
(Redated post originally dated 22 January 2013) I’ve blogged before about the fallacy of understated evidence. Here I want to explore further how it applies to fine-tuning arguments. Let us define the “general fact of cosmic ‘fine-tuning’” as follows. FT: some universe or other has the initial conditions, laws, and constants which make the existence … Hostility of the Universe to Life: Understated Evidence about Cosmic Fine-Tuning?