Evaluation of Definitions of the Word “Miracle”- Part 3: Aquinas & Hume on Miracles & Nature
BASELINE AND EXCEPTION ELEMENTS I have analyzed eight different definitions of the word “miracle” into seven elements: Two elements found in most definitions are what I call the “Baseline” and “Exception” elements: BASELINE – the ordinary or normal circumstances from which a miracle departs EXCEPTION – the way in which a miracle departs from ordinary or normal … Evaluation of Definitions of the Word “Miracle”- Part 3: Aquinas & Hume on Miracles & Nature
Jesus Is NOT God – Part 2: The Omniscience Argument
THE OMNISCIENCE ARGUMENT There are many good reasons to believe that Jesus is NOT God. One such good reason is that Jesus was NOT eternally omniscient (all-knowing): 1. Something is God ONLY IF it is eternally omniscient. 2. Jesus was NOT eternally omniscient. THEREFORE: 3. Jesus was NOT God. PREMISE (1) IS TRUE Premise (1) … Jesus Is NOT God – Part 2: The Omniscience Argument
Jesus Is NOT God – Part 1: The Omnipotence Argument
THE OMNIPOTENCE ARGUMENT There are many good reasons to believe that Jesus is NOT God. One such good reason is that Jesus was NOT eternally omnipotent (all-powerful): 1. Something is God ONLY IF it is eternally omnipotent. 2. Jesus was NOT eternally omnipotent. THEREFORE: 3. Jesus was NOT God. PREMISE (1) IS TRUE Premise (1) … Jesus Is NOT God – Part 1: The Omnipotence Argument
Message to Herschel Walker and His Creationist Comrades — Why Other Apes Still Exist Along With Us Humans
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker offered up the common creationism pseudoscientific line, stating that “At one time, science said man came from apes. Did it not?…. If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it…. We have an evolution that is — we’ve gotten so intelligent that if that is still true, … Message to Herschel Walker and His Creationist Comrades — Why Other Apes Still Exist Along With Us Humans
How the Suffering and Death of Billions and Billions of Kids Completely Disproves the Existence of a Good and Loving God – Including Wrecking Free Will Theodicy in the Process
This essay is in association with the June 2022 Biblical Studies Carnival you can check out at https://secularfrontier.infidels.org/2022/06/test-post-for-june-2022-biblical-studies-carnival/ Just the Stat’s Ma’am I first got a hint of the facts that — as screamingly obvious as they are have gone shockingly ignored — refute the premise presented in the Bible and other scriptures that there … How the Suffering and Death of Billions and Billions of Kids Completely Disproves the Existence of a Good and Loving God – Including Wrecking Free Will Theodicy in the Process
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 5: More Reasons for Skepticism about 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 … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 5: More Reasons for Skepticism about God
Intelligent Design: Get ready for another round
President Trump’s choice for Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, is very likely a supporter of teaching Intelligent Design (ID) in public schools. Her husband, Dick DeVos, ran for Governor of Michigan in 2006 and explicitly stated his support for ID ( https://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2006/09/21/devos-and-intelligent-design ). It is not unlikely, then, that ID proponents will be emboldened to … Intelligent Design: Get ready for another round
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 10: The Goodness of the Creator
REVIEW OF MY EVALUATION OF GEISLER’S CASE (SO FAR) In Phase 1 of his case for the existence of God, Norman Geisler presents five arguments for five different conclusions: In Phase 2 of his case for the existence of God, Geisler presents more arguments for conclusions about the attributes of “the” being that caused the … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 10: The Goodness of the Creator
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 8: The Design of the Human Brain
The third argument in Phase 2 of Geisler’s case for God is another development of his argument from design, and it has many of the same problems as the second argument in Phase 2. Here is the third argument, sticking closely to the words used by Geisler: ARGUMENT #3 of PHASE 2 26. God … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 8: The Design of the Human Brain
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 7: Argument #2 of Phase 2
Here is the second argument in Phase 2 of Geisler’s case for the existence of God: ARGUMENT #2 of PHASE 2 21. “…the design of the universe is far beyond anything that man could devise.” (WSA, p.26) 22. IF the design of the universe is far beyond anything that man could devise, THEN the designer … Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 7: Argument #2 of Phase 2