He Doesn’t FREAKING Get Us – Part 1: Jesus was a Refugee?
“He gets us. That’s a tagline that’s been popping up in banner ads online, on highway billboards and soon in Super Bowl commercials. The he is Jesus Christ. And the ads say things like Jesus was a refugee and Jesus was sick of hypocrisy, too. And while it’s clear who the marketing campaign is about, … He Doesn’t FREAKING Get Us – Part 1: Jesus was a Refugee?
Analysis of 14 Objections to the Hallucination Theory
In their Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA) the Christian philosophers Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli claim to prove the resurrection of Jesus. Their argument can be summarized briefly: 1. There are only four possible skeptical theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus: Swoon, Hallucination, Conspiracy, and Myth.THEREFORE:2. IF Kreeft and Tacelli have refuted those … Analysis of 14 Objections to the Hallucination Theory
Skeptical Theories about the Resurrection of Jesus
In their Handbook of Christian Apologetics (hereafter: HCA) the Christian philosophers Peter Kreeft and Ronald Tacelli claim to prove the resurrection of Jesus. Their argument can be summarized briefly: 1. There are only four possible skeptical theories about the alleged resurrection of Jesus: Swoon, Hallucination, Conspiracy, and Myth.THEREFORE:2. IF Kreeft and Tacelli have refuted those … Skeptical Theories about the Resurrection of Jesus
Must-Read Paper on the Confusing Terminology in the Philosophy of Religion
Philosopher Dale Tuggy has written an incredibly helpful paper which seeks to help clarify some of the confusing terminology in the philosophy of religion regarding God vs. gods. Key terms defined in this paper include deity, godhood, ultimate, the Ultimate. So far as I can tell, his modest proposal for terminology does not appear to … Must-Read Paper on the Confusing Terminology in the Philosophy of Religion
Reply to William Lane Craig on Evangelical Support for Trump
I’ve published an article on my political blog, Data-Driven Politics, which should be of great interest to many Secular Outpost readers: William Lane Craig on Evangelical Christian Support for Donald Trump On a related note, I’ve also published on that site my Presidential Effectiveness Dashboard, which is a work in progress, and likely also to be of interest. … Reply to William Lane Craig on Evangelical Support for Trump
Links: Two Metaethical Arguments for Atheism from John J Park
Park, John. “The Moral Epistemological Argument for Atheism.” European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7, no. 1 (n.d.): 121. doi:10.24204/EJPR.V7I1.133. Abstract: Numerous supposed immoral mandates and commands by God found in religious texts are introduced and discussed. Such passages are used to construct a logical contradiction contention that is called the moral epistemological argument. It is shown how there is … Links: Two Metaethical Arguments for Atheism from John J Park
Matthew Ferguson on Jack Ritchie on Understanding Naturalism
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Link: “Slavery, Southern Conservatism, and Darwinian Natural Right” by Larry Arnhart
“Some of the opponents of Darwinian moral naturalism insist that morality requires a transcendent source in religious belief. But in this debate over slavery, we see that such religious belief–at least as coming from Biblical revelation–does not provide us reliable moral guidance. Cobb was able to show that the Bible–both the Old Testament and the … Link: “Slavery, Southern Conservatism, and Darwinian Natural Right” by Larry Arnhart
Latest from Paul Draper: “Atheism and Agnosticism” for SEP
Here’s a topic which generates no disagreement at all: how to define the words “atheism” and “agnosticism.” LINK I am honored to have been listed in the acknowledgments. ETA: Comments on this post will be heavily moderated. My goal in having a comments box on this post, as with all posts, is to have informative … Latest from Paul Draper: “Atheism and Agnosticism” for SEP
Announcing New Blog: “Opposing Trump”
I’m going to be spending less time blogging about the philosophy of religion in order to spend more time blogging about President Trump. Since one can be a consistent atheist and a Republican–see, e.g., Robert Price–I am not going to mix anti-Trump politics with the atheistic focus of the Secular Outpost. Instead, I have decided to … Announcing New Blog: “Opposing Trump”