WHERE WE ARE Sometimes, Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. The core “argument” in Tim Hsiao’s article “A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex” (hereafter: PFA) appears to me to be one such faux argument. Hsiao fails to define or to clarify ANY of the basic terms and phrases in his core “argument”, making it a string… Read more
March 6, 2021
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 8: Legal Definitions
March 6, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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March 1, 2021
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 11: Bad Guidelines
March 1, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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In previous posts I have presented some reasons for rejecting the idea that the book of Leviticus was inspired by God, and for rejecting the view that this book is a reliable source of truth or wisdom. In this post I will discuss, or begin to discuss, two more reasons for rejecting the idea that Leviticus was inspired by God, or that it is a reliable source of truth or wisdom: 5. Leviticus contains bad moral guidelines. 6. Leviticus contains… Read more
February 24, 2021
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 11: The Argument for Premise (2)
February 24, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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WHERE WE ARE Norman Geisler has FAILED to show that premise (1) of his Thomist Cosmological Argument is true, but premise (1) is obviously true. Since premise (1) is obviously true, we should not reject TCA just because Geisler FAILED to prove that (1) is true. Since premise (1) seems to be obviously true, we should accept it, and examine the rest of this argument to see if the other premises are true, and if the inferences in the rest of the… Read more
February 17, 2021
Off-Topic: Three Proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution to Decrease Government Dysfunction
February 17, 2021 By Jeffery Jay Lowder
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The four years of the Trump administration, but especially the events of January 6, 2021 and the ensuing impeachment by the House and acquittal by the Senate, have caused me to go into problem-solving mode. After giving this a lot of thought, I have concluded that various flaws, oversights, and loopholes created structural flaws which contributed to federal government dysfunction. Sadly many of these flaws can only be fixed by amending the U.S. Constitution. The text of these amendments, as… Read more
February 2, 2021
The Unmoved Mover Argument – Part 10: Geisler’s Argument for Premise (2)
February 2, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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WHERE WE ARE In his book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), Norman Geisler presents his general version of a Thomist Cosmological Argument (hereafter: TCA). I analyze this argument in Part 2 of this series. The first premise of Geisler’s TCA is this: 1. Finite, changing things exist. (WSA, p.18) Geisler provides a very brief argument in support of (1) in WSA. In Part 4 of this series I showed that Geisler’s brief argument in support of (1) was a stinking… Read more
January 30, 2021
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 7: Definitions of “Sexual Activity”
January 30, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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In Part 6 of this series, I argued that the phrase “sexual activity” is unclear, and that the meaning of this phrase is NOT obvious. I used examples and information about the use of this phrase in the medical and health arena. I plan to also look at some information about the use of the phrase “sexual activity” in the legal and criminal justice arena. But before I move on to discussing the meaning of this phrase in the legal… Read more
January 28, 2021
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 6: Sexual Activity
January 28, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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HSIAO’S FAUX ARGUMENT Sometimes, Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. The core “argument” in Tim Hsiao’s article “A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex” (hereafter: PFA) appears to me to be one such faux argument. Hsiao fails to define or to clarify ANY of the basic terms and phrases in his core “argument”, making it a string… Read more
January 22, 2021
OFF TOPIC: Fallon’s Fallacy
January 22, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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I wrote and published a post recently in which I argued there is a good chance that someone (including possibly Donald Trump) will attempt to shoot, kill, or seriously harm Donald Trump in the next year or two. I also commented that I would NOT mourn such an event but would instead CELEBRATE such an event by popping open a bottle of champagne. (Note: I have no plan or intention to shoot, kill, or physically harm Donald Trump.) This upset… Read more
January 20, 2021
OFF TOPIC: Farewell Donald Trump (UPDATED 9pm)
January 20, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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The past four years have been a time of division and anger and finger pointing. It is now time to set aside our differences, and to come together in love and harmony and to once again become the UNITED States of America! Excuse me, I just threw up a bit in my mouth. Now that Trump’s fat orange ass is out of the White House, I have just a couple of things to get off of my chest: 1. There… Read more
January 15, 2021
Aquinas and Homosexual Sex – Part 5: From Fake to Real
January 15, 2021 By Bradley Bowen
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WHAT I REALLY HATE I really, really, really fucking hate it when Christian philosophers put forward pieces of crap that they pretend to be philosophical arguments, but that are just word salads that are posing as philosophical arguments. I really, really, really fucking hate having to dig through their bronzed turds to try to make something of intellectual value out of their lazy, sloppy, unclear faux arguments. The core “argument” in Tim Hsiao’s article “A Defense of the Perverted Faculty… Read more
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