C.S. Lewis

Christian Apologists Ignore the Best Objections to the Moral Argument

(Redated post originally published on 2 August 2014) To be precise, there are many kinds of moral arguments for theism. The question in the title is really talking about what we might call “ontological” or “metaphysical” moral arguments, the kind which claim that we need God in order to have an “ontological foundation” for objective Christian Apologists Ignore the Best Objections to the Moral Argument

The Worst of C.S. Lewis

Victor Reppert posted this quote from Lewis on his Dangerous Idea blog: From C. S. Lewis’s essay “Christian Apologetics, ” found in God in the Dock. “I have sometimes told my audience that the only two things really worth considering are Christianity and Hinduism. (Islam is only the greatest of the Christian heresies, Buddhism only the greatest The Worst of C.S. Lewis

How Not to Refute an Argument from Moral Law for God’s Existence

Jerry Coyne just posted an article titled, “Paul Bloom debunks the ‘Moral Law argument for God.’” I found myself getting irritated as I read the article because it’s obvious Coyne doesn’t know what he is talking about. Before we get to Bloom’s findings, what is the “moral law argument”? It’s simply this: human altruism can’t How Not to Refute an Argument from Moral Law for God’s Existence