A key premise in Swinburne’s (deductive) argument in defense of his inductive version of the Cosmological argument (TCA) goes like this:(TCA9) The probability that there will be a complex physical universe given that God does not exist is low. (EOG, p.151) Based on Swinburne’s explanation of his reasoning in support of this premise (in email … Help Wanted – Part 3

Perhaps you’ve heard of Mason Crumpacker, the 9-year-old girl from Dallas who had a tete-a-tete with Christopher Hitchens last month at the Texas Freethought Convention (details here).  Dallas Morning News reporter Tod Robberson later interviewed her (long version here) and Dallasites were in for a surprise. Yes, there are children who say things like this– … Who’s Being Indoctrinated?

The House of Representatives on November 1 voted in favor of a Congressional resolution reaffirming “In God We Trust” as the national motto and supporting its placement on public buildings, public schools, and other government institutions. This House Concurrent Resolution 13, which passed by a vote of 396 to 9, with 2 voting present, was … ‘In God we trust,’ when politically convenient

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In The Existence of God, 2nd ed. (hereafter: EOG) Richard Swinburne defends the following inductive version of the Cosmological argument (hereafter: TCA): e: There is a complex physical universe.Therefore,g: God exists. A key premise in Swinburne’s (deductive) argument in defense of TCA goes like this: (TCA9) The probability that there will be a complex physical … Help Wanted – Part 2

Glad to see that they are putting the “fun” back in fundamentalism. http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-complete-guide-to-jesusween

A tragedy of life is that the longer the list of things you want to get done grows in inverse proportion to the amount of time left to get it done. Just as my pile of books to read gets bigger the fewer years I have left to sit down with them, so the number … A reluctant humanist

Christian scholar Thom Stark has written a book-length rebuttal to Christian philosopher Paul Copan’s book, Is God a Moral Monster? (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2011).  The title of Stark’s book is, Is God a Moral Compromiser? A Critical Review of Paul Copan’s “Is God a Moral Monster?” (second ed.). Stark’s entire book is available for free … LINK: Is God a Moral Compromiser?

James J. Buchanan of the Christ Life Church in Tempe, Arizona, defrauded 30-40 people out of over $5 million over the last ten years. He claimed to be a financial planner, and took many people’s life’s savings, as well as money from the church. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says it’s hard to tell where … Phony financial planner defrauds churchgoers