Can There Be Bad Reasons to Reject a False Belief? A Reply to John Loftus
According to John Loftus, “There isn’t a bad reason to reject the Christian faith.” Now such a claim seems to me not only false, but obviously false. Anyone who has taken an introductory course in logic knows that you can have invalid deductive arguments and logically incorrect (or weak) inductive arguments for a true conclusion. … Can There Be Bad Reasons to Reject a False Belief? A Reply to John Loftus
Cat: Jewish Zombie can make you live forever?
HT: AtheistSoup.com
Priest Plans to Defy Vatican Orders
“The Rev. Tony Flannery, 66, who was suspended by the Vatican last year, said he was told by the Vatican that he would be allowed to return to ministry only if he agreed to write, sign and publish a statement agreeing, among other things, that women should never be ordained as priests and that he … Priest Plans to Defy Vatican Orders
Thomas Paine on the Immorality of the (Alleged) Virgin Birth
The story, taking it as it is told, is blasphemously obscene. It gives an account of a young woman engaged to be married, and while under this engagement she is, to speak plain language, debauched by a ghost, under the impious pretense (Luke, chap. I., ver. 35), that “the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, … Thomas Paine on the Immorality of the (Alleged) Virgin Birth
Empty Defense of an Empty Tomb: A Reply to Anne A. Kim’s Misunderstandings
I finished this essay many years ago, but due to my hiatus never got around to publishing it until now. It will be announced on the Secular Web’s “What’s New?” page very soon. It can be accessed immediately by using the link below, however.Abstract: William Lane Craig has argued for the historicity of Jesus’ empty … Empty Defense of an Empty Tomb: A Reply to Anne A. Kim’s Misunderstandings
Must Read: One of the Main Reasons Ex-Apologist Thinks Christianity is False
This was posted in 2007, but I just saw it for the first time today. EA defends an inference to the best explanation that Jesus was a failed eschatological prophet. The combox includes an exchange with “Tim,” who I think is Tim McGrew. LINK (HT: Wes)
The Pope’s Tweets are Official Church Doctrine
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Church of England Rejects Female Bishops
One of the comments at the following link pretty much sums it up: I find it amusing that a woman can be the Queen of England and the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, yet a woman cannot be a Bishop in that same church. LINK
Paul Draper’s Chapter, “Christian Theism and Life on Earth”
Keywords: Christian theism and life on earth; arguments against Christian theism, CT and IN; comparing Christian theism (“CT”) to “indifference naturalism”; IN, a form of naturalism and CT, supernaturalism; evolution, on special creationism as false; implication of God’s “rationality,” creating a universe; theistic objections to special creationism; methodological naturalism, in the physical sciences; IN and … Paul Draper’s Chapter, “Christian Theism and Life on Earth”
Atheism and the Case Against Christ by Matt McCormick
I’ve spent a great deal of time reading and researching the (a)theism debate. When asked for reading suggestions, I usually stick with either Arguing about Gods by Graham Oppy, and Logic and Theism by Jordan Howard Sobel. While these books are great at examining the arguments for theism in general, they usually seem far removed … Atheism and the Case Against Christ by Matt McCormick