During the series addressing Michael Egnor's Eight Questions for Atheists, I spent a post discussing why there was regularity in nature, and whether that regularity had any implications about a possible design for the world or the existence of a Designer. Three commenters got into a lengthy argument/discussion in the comments section, and, this week, I've invited each of them to write a guest post explaining their take on the issue. The discussion in the comments section was free … [Read more...]
Justin replies to my reply to Justin’s reply to my reply to…
September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Justin Martyr has posted a reply to my critique of his interpretation of my position on reproductive morals. Whew. These headings are getting ridiculous. I'll get around to a reply at some point soon, but, since Justin seems to mainly want me to write up an academic critique of the papers he's citing, and I already have about six papers I need to critique for classes at school, it'll be a couple days before I get to his. The real reason I'm posting in the meantime is that Justin has … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Social Science Raise Your Children (debating Justin Martytr)
September 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
It's finally time to return to my argument with Justin Martyr over procreation policy. [Quick recap of the story so far: Justin was debating gay marriage, I butted in, Justin responded (twice), I answered his challenge, he responded. Though you can certainly follow along by clicking only those last two links.] My procreation rubric The last time we spoke, I was outlining why I though four hypothetical possible procreation plans were moral or immoral. Using my responses, Justin … [Read more...]
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