Podcast 5: How Should We Evaluate the Christian Worldview?
In Podcast 5, I briefly review some key points from Podcast 3 and Podcast 4, and then I discuss how to evaluate the Christian worldview: http://thinkingcriticallyabout.podbean.com/e/podcast-5-how-should-we-evaluate-the-truth-of-the-christian-worldview/ Some key points in Podcast 5: There is a PowerPoint (in a PDF) available with the content of the podcast: http://thinkingcriticallyabout.podbean.com/e/powerpoint-for-podcast-5-pdf/ My previous podcasts are available here: Thinking Critically About: Is Christianity … Podcast 5: How Should We Evaluate the Christian Worldview?
Hinman’s REMEC Argument: DOA
Joe Hinman has (allegedly) posted a second argument for the “existence of God”: http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2017/07/bowen-hinman-debate-existence-of-god-my.html Although Hinman believes that the claim “God exists” is NOT literally true (but is only “metaphorically true”, whatever that means), he has included the phrase “existence of God” in the title of this latest post, implying that his second argument is … Hinman’s REMEC Argument: DOA
Hinman’s ABEAN & REMEC Arguments: INDEX
1. Joe Hinman’s ABEAN Argument for God http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2017/07/opening-argument-resolved-that-belief.html 2. My Criticism of Hinman’s ABEAN Argument for God 3. Joe Hinman’s Responses to My Criticism of His ABEAN Argument http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2017/07/first-defense-of-god-argument-1.html http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2017/07/bowen-hinman-debate-existence-of-god.html 4. Joe Hinman’s REMEC Argument for God http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2017/07/bowen-hinman-debate-existence-of-god-my.html 5. My Criticism of Hinman’s REMEC Argument for God 6. Joe Hinman’s Responses to My Criticism of His REMEC Argument … Hinman’s ABEAN & REMEC Arguments: INDEX
Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 3: More Objections
ABEAN Contains Twelve Statements Although I cannot provide a comprehensive critique of Hinman’s ABEAN argument in just two blog posts (of reasonable length), I can at least briefly touch on each of the dozen statements in that argument. [NOTE: ABEAN is an acronym that refers to the claim that “some Aspect of Being is Eternal And … Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 3: More Objections
Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 2: Objections to (11) and (1)
I. The Conclusion of the ABEAN Argument is UNCLEAR. (ABEAN is an acronym for: “some Aspect of Being is Eternal And Necessary”, which is premise (4) of Hinman’s argument.) The first thing that I look at when analyzing an argument is the conclusion of the argument. Here is the conclusion of Hinman’s ABEAN argument: 11. … Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 2: Objections to (11) and (1)
Hinman’s Opening Argument for God
Joe Hinman has published his opening argument for God on his blog site: http://metacrock.blogspot.com/2017/07/opening-argument-resolved-that-belief.html Here is his argument in summary form: 1. All naturalistic phenomena are contingent and temporal. 2. Either some aspect of being is eternal and necessary unless or something came from nothing (creation ex nihilo) 3. Something did not come from nothing. … Hinman’s Opening Argument for God
Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 1: “Eternal and Necessary”
Joe Hinman wants me to seriously consider two arguments for the conclusion that “God is real”. I’m going to focus on his ABEAN argument for a number of posts, before I examine his argument from religious experience. I have attempted to summarize Hinman’s first argument in a brief standard form argument: Hinman’s ABEAN Argument 1. … Hinman’s ABEAN Argument – Part 1: “Eternal and Necessary”
Hinman’s Two Ways – Part 1: Outline of Argument #1
Joe Hinman wants me to set aside Mr. Geisler’s pathetic case for God, and to give serious consideration to his case for God, which includes at least two arguments: Argument 1: an Aspect of Being is Eternal And Necessary (ABEAN), and Argument 2: Religious Experience Meets Epistemic Criteria (REMEC). In this first post, I will … Hinman’s Two Ways – Part 1: Outline of Argument #1
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 18: The God of the Bible Exists?
After laying out his case for the existence of God in When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Dr. Norman Geisler attempts to link the God that he thinks he has proven to exist with “the God of the Bible”: Is this the God of the Bible? At the burning bush, God told Moses his name and … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 18: The God of the Bible Exists?
INDEX: Geisler’s Five Ways
Here is my multi-part critical examination of Dr. Norman Geisler’s case for the existence of God in his book When Skeptics Ask (coauthored with Ronald Brooks): Geisler’s First Argument Geisler’s Five Ways Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 2: How Many Arguments for God? Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 3: Just ONE Argument Geisler’s Five Ways … INDEX: Geisler’s Five Ways