Here is my version of Geisler's first argument in Phase 2 of his case for God:ARGUMENT #1 OF PHASE 210a. Only a being with great power could create the whole universe by itself, and only a being with great power could sustain the existence of the whole universe by itself (for even just one moment).11a. There is a being that both (a) created the whole universe by itself (in the distant past), and that (b) sustains the existence of the whole universe by itse … [Read more...]
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 6: Arguments for the Intelligence of the Creator
November 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The VICTIMs of Christian Apologetics
October 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
My latest video, "The VICTIMs of Christian Apologetics: The Things Apologists Falsely Say Depend on God, But, if God Exists, God Depends on Them," is now available on YouTube. It is a narration of some of the many hundreds of PowerPoint slides I created in preparation for my recent debate with Frank Turek on naturalism vs. theism.This video presentation is a (roughly) 2 hour 30 minute critique of Frank Turek's latest book, Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case. T … [Read more...]
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 7
May 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
There are more pathetic arguments given by Marilyn Adamson in the section of her web article that she characterizes as her first reason (out of six) for believing that God exists: The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today. After her crappy argument based on the size of the Earth and it's distance from the Sun, she gives another crappy argument based on the properties of water:Water...colorless, odorless and … [Read more...]
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 6
May 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Cosmic pluralism, the plurality of worlds, or simply pluralism, describes the philosophical belief in numerous “worlds” in addition to Earth (possibly an infinite number), which may harbour extraterrestrial life. (from Wikipedia article “Cosmic Pluralism“)In my criticism of Adamson’s initial argument for the existence of God, I pointed out that cosmic pluralism is an idea that has been around since the beginning of Western philosophy about 2,500 years ago (the pre-socratic philosopher Anax … [Read more...]
William Lane Craig Admits that His Fine-Tuning Argument is Based Upon Speculation
May 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In my last post, I reported that WLC has reached the same conclusion I have regarding the scale of the universe as evidence against theism. After re-reading his article, I realized I missed an even more important announcement. Although he would deny it, in the same article he also admits that his fine-tuning argument is based upon speculation. Here's the money quote: Indeed, once we launch into speculating about universes operating according to different laws of nature, then we have completely … [Read more...]
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 5
May 9, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Cosmic pluralism, the plurality of worlds, or simply pluralism, describes the philosophical belief in numerous "worlds" in addition to Earth (possibly an infinite number), which may harbour extraterrestrial life. (from Wikipedia article "Cosmic Pluralism")In my criticism of Adamson's initial argument for the existence of God, I pointed out that cosmic pluralism is an idea that has been around since the beginning of Western philosophy about 2,500 years ago (the pre-socratic philosopher An … [Read more...]
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 4
May 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Campus Crusade for Christ sponsored a website called EveryStudent.com, a site that targets college students as its primary audience. The director of the website is Marilyn Adamson. Adamson wrote a key article for the website called "Is There a God?" which provides six reasons in support of the claim that God exists. Adamson completely destroys her own credibility in the opening paragraphs of the article where she presents an obviously bad argument that constitutes the first of the six reas … [Read more...]
Adamson’s Cru[de] Arguments for God – Part 1
April 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
I was bored one night a few weeks ago and did a Google search on "Does God exist". One of the top hits that came back was for this webpage:http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.htmlThis webpage contains an article written by Marilyn Adamson, called "Is There a God?", which according to the sub-title presents "six straightforward reasons to believe that God is really there." According to the "About" page the EveryStudent.com website is sponsored by "an interdenominational C … [Read more...]
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