Stephen Law

Myself, Peter Atkins, Richard Swinburne, Ard louis,(and Richard Dawkins) in conversation

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Here is a fairly long video of a discussion between myself, Richard Swinburne (philosopher), Peter Atkins (chemist), Ard Louis (physicist), and also Richard Dawkins (who was in the audience) at one point. The theme was Life, The Universe and Everything – The Quest for Truth. My main contribution is at 39 mins 30sec. (nb. Dawkins … Myself, Peter Atkins, Richard Swinburne, Ard louis,(and Richard Dawkins) in conversation

William Lane Craig: “Animals aren’t aware that they’re in pain”

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Recently, some theists have attempted to deal with that part of the problem of evil generated by horrendous animal suffering found in nature – including hundreds of millions of years of animal suffering before we humans even showed up – by saying that animals aren’t aware that they are in pain. They maintain this is … William Lane Craig: “Animals aren’t aware that they’re in pain”

The Tapescrew Letters

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What follows is a cautionary bit of fiction, inspired by C.S. Lewis’s fiction The Screwtape Letters, Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil, which are fantastically entertaining and often very insightful. I don’t claim my mirror letters are as good as Lewis’s, but they are offered in the same cautionary spirit. 9,000 words, This … The Tapescrew Letters

Did Jesus Exist?

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Bart Ehrman has published yet another book on Jesus: Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth. Ehrman is a New Testament scholar who has published many books on Jesus and the New Testament that are aimed at a general audience.  He started out as a fundamentalist, attending Moody Bible Institute, but then … Did Jesus Exist?

Messianic Prophecy – Update

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On my own blog, I have begun examining eight alleged Messianic prophecies, presented by Peter Stoner in his book Science Speaks. I have reached a conclusion about the first of the prophecies and will share that here. For supporting arguments and details, you can read the posts at my blog.http://crossexamination.blogspot.com/ According to Peter Stoner, Micah … Messianic Prophecy – Update

Messianic Prophecy

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Since The Secular Outpost is more focused on naturalism and atheism, and because I’m already making lots of posts here about the resurrection of Jesus, I’m continuing my critique of messianic prophecy on my own blog: http://crossexamination.blogspot.com/2012/03/old-testament-messianic-prophecies.html http://crossexamination.blogspot.com/2012/03/messianic-prophecy-part-2.html http://crossexamination.blogspot.com/2012/03/messianic-prophecy-part-3.html I plan to slowly work my way through the eight messianic prophecies discussed by Peter Stoner in his … Messianic Prophecy

Fine-Tuning Argument: Having and Eating the Cake

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Richard Swinburne adopted the Fine Tuning Argument as the heart of his ‘Teleological Argument from Spatial Order’ (The Existence of God, 2nd ed., p.167-190). The key premise of this argument mentions tuning: “…the universe…[is] tuned–that is, such as to allow and indeed make significantly probable the existence of human bodies.” (EOG, p.188)Here is another statement … Fine-Tuning Argument: Having and Eating the Cake

The Monty Hall Problem – Part 3

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I’m going to make two objections to standard justifications of the correct answer to the Monty Hall problem. The conclusion to an unsound argument can still be true, so if I’m successful at showing that there is a problem with the reasoning supporting the accepted answer to the problem, this will not show that the … The Monty Hall Problem – Part 3