apologist watch

Guest Post by Cavin on Cavin, McGrew, and the Twin Theory

Greg Cavin asked me to post on his behalf the attached PDF file concerning Timothy McGrew’s claim (that Cavin allegedly requires no mention of the twin theory in his debates on the resurrection because Cavin doesn’t want to be reminded it was once his position). PDF file Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

Please Support the Ultimate Counter-Creationism Resource, Troubles in Paradise (TIP)!

The following is a guest post by James Downard, who is spearheading the Troubles in Paradise (TIP) project. I’ll put the #TIP project into as small a nutshell as possible. I’m assembling the ultimate counter-creationism resource (think Talk Origins Archive on a gigantic updated scale, if you need proof of the scale, open up the Please Support the Ultimate Counter-Creationism Resource, Troubles in Paradise (TIP)!

G&T Rebuttal, Part 6: Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Mother Theresa vs. Hitler In this chapter, G&T present a version of the moral argument for God’s existence which I call the “Moral Laws Require a Moral Lawgiver Argument,” which they formulate as follows. Like the earlier arguments, this argument is deductively valid. Like the earlier chapters about this argument, I plan to G&T Rebuttal, Part 6: Chapter 7

G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6

Chapter 6. New Life Forms: From the Goo to You via the Zoo? Drawing upon the work of sophisticated Intelligent Design (ID) theorists such as William Dembski, Michael Behe, and Jonathan Wells, this chapter uses many of the state-of-the art Intelligent Design (ID) arguments against evolution by natural selection. It also defends ID against various G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6

Another Presuppositionalist Fails

The following appeared in my Twitter feed: check out new #apologetics post “Logic Grounded by God vs. Atheistic Emotional Assertions” http://t.co/xjoMF1mb9K pic.twitter.com/5g0tqtypcM — Applied Apologetics (@Apologetics2020) March 20, 2015 I decided to follow the link to see if anything has changed since the last time I read a presuppositionalist apologist. Atheists get very angry at Another Presuppositionalist Fails

G&T Rebuttal, Part 4: Chapter 5

Chapter 5. The First Life: Natural Law or Divine Awe? In this chapter, G&T defend a design argument focused on the first life. They also present a variety of objections to scientism and materialism. I will provide a very brief summary of their points, before providing my critique. (i) Argument to Design of the First G&T Rebuttal, Part 4: Chapter 5

G&T Rebuttal, Part 3: Chapter 4

Chapter 4. Divine Design G&T provide a brief introduction to what they call ‘the’ Teleological Argument, which they formulate as follows. 1. Every design had a designer. 2. The universe has a highly complex design. 3. Therefore, the universe had a Designer. (95) Like the cosmological argument, this argument is deductively valid. Again, my plan G&T Rebuttal, Part 3: Chapter 4