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Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 3: Ten Commandments

THE “LOCKER ROOM” TALK  EXCUSE There is a videotape of Donald Trump saying this: “I’m automatically attracted to beautiful [women]—I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything … Grab them by the pussy. You Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 3: Ten Commandments

Peter Kreeft’s Case for God

KREEFT’S CASE FOR GOD In September of 2017, I began to analyze and evaluate Peter Kreeft’s case for the existence of God in Chapter 3 of his book Handbook of Christian Apologetics  (co-authored with Ronald Tacelli).  In July of 2018, I finished examining his case for God, which consists of 20 arguments for God. Here are Peter Kreeft’s Case for God

Critiques of Craig

I have previously criticized the case for the existence of God by the Christian philosopher Norman Geisler (When Skeptics Ask) and I have also criticized the case for the existence of God by the Christian philosopher Peter Kreeft (Handbook of Christian Apologetics). The next case for God that I plan to analyze and evaluate is Critiques of Craig

Was Joshua’s Slaughter of Thousands of Men, Women, Children, and Babies Morally Justified? – Part 1

In the view of at least one reader of my posts, Joshua’s MERCILESS SLAUGHTER of thousands of adult men, adult women, teenage boys, teenage girls, elderly men and women, young children, and infants was MORALLY JUSTIFIED because: (a) they were given the chance to flee, and (b) they belonged to a culture where some people Was Joshua’s Slaughter of Thousands of Men, Women, Children, and Babies Morally Justified? – Part 1

Does God Exist? Part 3: Believe Whatever Makes You Happy

In my humble opinion, the question “Does God exist?” is best answered by taking a particular approach: We should answer this question by means of philosophical investigation, especially by critical examination of philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God. However, this is NOT the only way to approach the question “Does God exist?”.  Here Does God Exist? Part 3: Believe Whatever Makes You Happy

Does God Exist? Part 2: Believe What You Were Raised to Believe

In my humble opinion, the question “Does God exist?” is best answered by taking a particular approach: We should answer this question by means of philosophical investigation, especially by critical examination of philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God. However, this is NOT the only way to approach the question “Does God exist?”.  Here Does God Exist? Part 2: Believe What You Were Raised to Believe

Does God Exist? Part 1: How Should We Answer this Question?

ANSWERING THE QUESTION “DOES GOD EXIST?” THROUGH PHILOSOPHY How should we answer the question “Does God exist?” ?  Having studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Sonoma State University, and having studied philosophy as a graduate student at the University of Windsor, and then having studied philosophy for a number of years more at UC Santa Does God Exist? Part 1: How Should We Answer this Question?