apologetics

William Craig’s Response to My Objections on the Resurrection

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I just found out (purely by accident) that William Craig has read one or more of my posts criticizing his case for the Resurrection and responded to some of my objections: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/establishing-the-crucifixion-of-jesus So, now I need to take a look at his responses, and see whether they are clear, relevant, accurate, etc. Here are the … William Craig’s Response to My Objections on the Resurrection

The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 3

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“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” Carl Sandburg, in The People, Yes (1936) One response to my sixty objections against Clay Jones’s attempt to defend Jehovah’s command to the Israelites to … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 3

What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 5

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In this post I will examine the presentation of the kalam cosmological argument (KCA) found in Chapter 23 of  Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (hereafter: PFCW) to see whether it supports my view that the conclusion of KCA is: GOD EXISTS, as opposed to the less specific conclusion: THE UNIVERSE HAS A CAUSE. Philosophical Foundations of … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 5

The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 2

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“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” Carl Sandburg, in The People, Yes (1936) One response to my sixty objections against Clay Jones’s attempt to defend Jehovah’s command to the Israelites to … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 2

An Example of Why Atheists Need to do Effective Counter-Apologetics and an Example of How Not to Do That

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1. An Example of Why Atheists Need to do Effective Counter-Apologetics You could call this post a sequel to my earlier post, “On Caring about Whether Other People Become Naturalists.” Christian apologist Greg Koukl has released a video arguing that, yes, atheists suppress the truth in unrighteousness. For those of us who are familiar with … An Example of Why Atheists Need to do Effective Counter-Apologetics and an Example of How Not to Do That

The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Principles of Justice

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Clay Jones argues that Jehovah commanded the Israelites to slaughter the Canaanites (men, women, and children), but that this command and the obedience of the Israelites to the command was morally justified because the Canaanites deserved the death penalty for various serious crimes or sins which were violations of the laws of Jehovah (see his article “Killing the Canaanites”). … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – Principles of Justice

What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part4

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In the Cambridge Companion to Atheism, there is an article by William Craig in which he presents some arguments for the existence of God. One of the arguments Craig presents is the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA).  In this post I will examine that article to see whether it supports my view that the conclusion … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part4

What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 3

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I will now examine William Craig’s book Reasonable Faith, to see whether this book supports my view that the ultimate conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA) is: GOD EXISTS (as opposed to the conclusion: THE UNIVERSE HAS A CAUSE). Since Reasonable Faith is an updated and revised version of Craig’s earlier book Apologetics, most … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 3

What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 2

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In the previous post on this topic, I argued that William Craig’s book The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe (Here’s Life Publishers, 1979) provides a good deal of evidence supporting my view that the ultimate conclusion of the kalam cosmological argument (hereafter: KCA) is: GOD EXISTS, and that book also provides evidence … What is the Conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument? – Part 2