Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 8: Legal Definitions
WHERE WE ARE Sometimes, Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. The core “argument” in Tim Hsiao’s article “A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex” (hereafter: PFA) appears to me to be one … Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 8: Legal Definitions
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 7: Definitions of “Sexual Activity”
In Part 6 of this series, I argued that the phrase “sexual activity” is unclear, and that the meaning of this phrase is NOT obvious. I used examples and information about the use of this phrase in the medical and health arena. I plan to also look at some information about the use of the … Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 7: Definitions of “Sexual Activity”
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 6: Sexual Activity
HSIAO’S FAUX ARGUMENT Sometimes, Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. The core “argument” in Tim Hsiao’s article “A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex” (hereafter: PFA) appears to me to be one … Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 6: Sexual Activity
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 5: From Fake to Real
WHAT I REALLY HATE I really, really, really fucking hate it when Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. I really, really, really fucking hate having to dig through their bronzed turds to try to make … Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 5: From Fake to Real
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 8: False Historical Claims
WHERE WE ARE In this present post I will support my fourth reason for doubting the view that we should condemn homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus: 4. Leviticus is NOT an historically reliable account of actual events. God, if God exists, is all-knowing and perfectly … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 8: False Historical Claims
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 6: NOT a message from 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 wisdom … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 6: NOT a message from God
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
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 11: Moral Warrant
CHILD SACRIFICE AS A MORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR MERCILESS SLAUGHTER In the previous post, I examined the following historical question: Did the all of the various peoples who were actually living in the towns of the Promised Land between 1350 and 1250 BCE regularly and frequently practice child sacrifice? I reviewed the first four pieces of evidence provided … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 11: Moral Warrant
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 9: Joshua
MOVING ON FROM MOSES TO JOSHUA The evidence from Numbers and Deuteronomy indicates that Jehovah did NOT demand that advanced warnings be given to towns that Moses and the Israelites were going to attack so that people had the opportunity to leave the town and thus avoid being MERCILESSLY SLAUGHTERED, and that Moses did NOT … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 9: Joshua
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 8: Warnings?
I promised that I would address the question of whether, according to the OT, Moses and Joshua consistently provided advanced warnings before they attacked a town or city, so that people had at least a few days to leave and escape “utter destruction” and “extermination” by the army of Israel, and I will begin to … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 8: Warnings?