LINK: Steve Lovell Reviews Erik Wielenberg’s God and the Reach of Reason
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LINK: “But Theists Do It Too: An Objection To Plantinga’s EAAN” by Jimmy Licon
Abstract: In this paper, I present an objection to Plantinga’s evolutionary argument against naturalism called the theistic parity reply. Since traditional theism holds there is a great deal about the thoughts/intentions of God that is unknown to his creations, it could be that God desires that his subjects lack doxastic reliability for some good, unknown … LINK: “But Theists Do It Too: An Objection To Plantinga’s EAAN” by Jimmy Licon
LINK: Nate Shannon on Anderson and Welty’s Ambiguous Necessity
“In their argument for the existence of God from the laws of logic,* James Anderson and Greg Welty (AW) claim that the laws of logic exist necessarily. Their claim is that the laws of logic possess de re necessity, the type of necessity—metaphysical necessity—predicated of objects. How do they get there? They don’t, in my … LINK: Nate Shannon on Anderson and Welty’s Ambiguous Necessity
LINK: Why Is There Anything At All? A Response To Stenger
“As someone with sympathies for the Argument from Contingency, and as a non-believer, I am constantly frustrated when I see atheists who should frankly know better completely miss the point of the argument and attack straw-men or simply re-define the word “nothing” so the problem goes away. Philosophers have been quite good at pointing out … LINK: Why Is There Anything At All? A Response To Stenger
John Danaher on Corvino on the Definitional Objection to Same-sex Marriage (Part One)
John Danaher at Philosophical Disquisitions summarizes some interesting portions of Oxford University Press’s book, Debating Same-Sex Marriage. LINK
WOTM: What a Friend We Have in Joshie
This is a brilliant video clip exposing the absurdity and immorality of condemning people to eternal punishment solely based on nonbelief. (HT: PZ Myers)
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Christian Philosopher Michael Sudduth Converts to Vaishnava Vedanta
Bill Vallicella has posted a long letter from Sudduth on his blog, describing what has happened and how. This is not the kind of thing one sees very often, so it makes for fascinating reading.
Horia George Plugaru’s Argument Against the Abundance Theory of Creation
The Internet Infidels just published a new essay by Horia George Plugaru in the Secular Web’s Kiosk, “Why the Abundance Theory of Creation Fails.” From the opening paragraph: How can God be both a perfect being and the creator of the universe? Doesn’t the fact that he created the world imply that he had a … Horia George Plugaru’s Argument Against the Abundance Theory of Creation
Links and News — 19-Dec-11
Housekeeping “Secular Outpost Revamped“ “The Skeptic Awards 2011“ Miscellaneous “Bellingham Lectures in Philosophy of Religion“ “Schieber’s Objections to the Kalam Argument” by John Danaher “PhilPapers Survey Results“ “A Bayesian Approach to Absent Evidence Reasoning” by Christopher Stephens “Air Force Academy Dogged by Anti-Christian Pressure” by Baptist Press When Are Supernatural Claims Worth Investigating? Should … Links and News — 19-Dec-11