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January 13, 2017
The True Cost of Fundamentalism: Women’s Health
In an editorial titled “Women at Risk,” today’s Houston Chronicle presented some very alarming facts:...
January 09, 2017
A Puzzle About Morality and Rationality
NOTE: This post has been edited since it was originally published in light of a...
January 07, 2017
Retributivism, Punishment, and Moral Value
In the comments on another post , the contrast between retributivist and consequentialist models...
January 06, 2017
Graham Oppy: Yes, There Really
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Such a Thing as Expertise in Philosophy of Religion, and, No, You Can’t Get it from Pop Philosophy of Religion Books
Note: The following post is written by Graham Oppy and posted with his permission. Suppose...
January 06, 2017
Words Which Apologists, Counter-Apologists, and Activists Would Do Better Off Without
The field of Information Technology is divided into many specialties. One is "software engineering" which...
January 05, 2017
In Memoriam: Derek Parfit (1942 – 2017)
Very sad news. Derek Parfit was one of the most influential moral philosophers of the...
January 04, 2017
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 13: Existence and Attributes of a Necessary Being
In Phase 1 of his case for the existence of God, Geisler reformulates the argument...
January 04, 2017
Adolf Grünbaum on Determinism and Reason
" The causal generation of a belief does not, of itself, detract in the least...
January 04, 2017
Happy Birthday Mr. Newton
Here are the opening paragraphs about Isaac Newton in Wikipedia (his birthdate in Wikipedia is...
January 04, 2017
Randal Rauser’s Most Excellent Review of the Lowder-Turek Debate
I think this just might be the best review ever written of a debate between...
January 01, 2017
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 12: Is the Creator a Necessary Being?
PHASE 3: THE EXISTENCE OF A NECESSARY BEING Geisler abuses the word “God” yet again...
January 01, 2017
Video of Lowder’s Debate with Frank Turek on Naturalism vs. Theism
Topic: "What Better Explains Reality? Naturalism or Theism" Link: Links to Specific Elements of Debate:...
December 2016
December 28, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 9: Analysis of Reason #9
A KEY PASSAGE FROM PART 2 OF THIS SERIES: It appears to me that just...
December 27, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 8: Religion & Irrationality
Mr. Loftus is on a crusade against "faith", but it is not at all clear...
December 23, 2016
A Very Unscientific Survey of Some Popular Responses to the Problem of Evil
I recently defended Paul Draper's evidential argument from evil (specifically, facts about pain and pleasure)...
December 20, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 7: Two Definitions of “Faith”
The Two Main Definitions of "Faith" in Unapologetic There are seven short statements in Unapologetic...
December 20, 2016
In Defense of an Evidential Argument from Evil: A Reply to William Lane Craig
Abstract: In a popular article about general arguments from evil against the existence of an all-powerful,...
December 16, 2016
Science Matters
Will science matter in the Trump Administration? All signs are that it will not. Indeed,...
December 16, 2016
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 11: The Structure of Geisler’s Case
I'm going to take a step back in this post and look at the overall...
December 14, 2016
Black Holes and the Problem of Evil
Data produced by the Hubble Space Telescope show that the brightest supernova ever recorded was...
December 12, 2016
The Empirical Confirmation of Miracle Claims
Is the empirical confirmation of miracles possible, in principle? Hume has often been interpreted as...
December 10, 2016
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 10: The Goodness of the Creator
REVIEW OF MY EVALUATION OF GEISLER'S CASE (SO FAR) In Phase 1 of his case...
December 08, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 6: Faith as Irrational Trust
Some Key Points from Part 5 Mr. Loftus is on a crusade against FAITH, and...
December 06, 2016
Truth: What Really Matters Now
In the nearly ten years that I have been contributing to Secular Outpost, I have...
December 03, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 5: The Meaning of “Faith”
The Beating Heart of Unapologetic The heart of the book Unapologetic is Chapter 5: "Why...
November 2016
November 30, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 4: More Effort Required
"Communication is Hard" My wife is a very intelligent woman. I enjoy discussing religion, politics,...
November 28, 2016
Consciousness and souls
Substance dualists insist that no matter what goes on in the squishy 3 pound lump...
November 27, 2016
Unapologetic Review – Part 3: The Main Argument
I cannot recommend the book Unapologetic by John Loftus, because I have not carefully read...
November 24, 2016
Ex-Apologist on Epicurean Cosmological Arguments for Matter’s Necessity
Our friend Ex-Apologist recently posted a nice piece on his blog summing up Epircurean cosmological...
November 24, 2016
Geisler’s Five Ways – Part 9: The Supreme Moral Lawgiver
In Phase 1 of his case for the existence of God (in When Skeptics Ask,...
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