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October 04, 2016
The Damnable Thing about Damnation
Do you ever read the reviews on Amazon Books? Many are a waste of time,...
October 04, 2016
Recursive Humor #4: Changing Your Mind
I thought about changing my mind, but then I reconsidered. (Brian Haynes)
October 03, 2016
Recursive Humor #3: Perfectionism
I used to be a perfectionist, but I am trying to improve. -Fray Pascual
October 03, 2016
Worldviews as Problem-Solving Proposals
Can a worldview be true (or false)? I have been thinking of a worldview as...
October 02, 2016
Is Christianity True?
As indicated in a previous post, for the next four or five years I plan...
October 02, 2016
Recursive Humor #2: Procrastination
Don't procrastinate. Put if off NOW. -Unknown
October 01, 2016
Quibbling over Semantics While Missing the Point
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I'm a linguistic relativist. I don't...
October 01, 2016
The VICTIMs of Christian Apologetics
My latest video, "The VICTIMs of Christian Apologetics: The Things Apologists Falsely Say Depend on God,...
October 01, 2016
Recursive Humor #1: Confirmation Bias
So it turns out "confirmation bias" means exactly what I expected it to mean. -Unknown
September 2016
September 30, 2016
Was The Buddha Enlightened? (Part 1)
Asking whether the Buddha was enlightened may seem like asking whether the Pope is Catholic....
September 25, 2016
One Christianity or Many Christianities?
I know this is a controversial topic for the people who frequently comment on blog...
September 24, 2016
My Twelve-Year Plan
In October of 2013, I came up with the idea of a Ten-Year plan to...
September 23, 2016
Old but Fascinating: Mother Teresa Did Not Feel Christ’s Presence for Last Half of Her Life, Letters Reveal
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September 23, 2016
My Debate with Dr. Frank Turek
Last night I had the privilege of debating the question, "What Best Explains Reality? Naturalism...
September 23, 2016
Off Topic: Trump is an IDIOT – Part 1
I realize that many atheists and skeptics are not liberals, so there is no liberal...
September 21, 2016
Skepticism and Conjunctions
Belief in God and belief in the Christian faith are both vulnerable to skepticism in...
September 18, 2016
Ethical Subjectivism and the Argument from Outrage
In arguing for the superiority of theistic ethics over secular ethics, apologists sometimes present some...
September 15, 2016
Omnipotence and the Actual Infinite
According to William Craig’s defense of the kalam cosmological argument, an actual infinite cannot exist....
September 13, 2016
Debate: External Evidence for Jesus – Wrapping up the Debate
Josh McDowell and various life events have distracted me from the debate with Joe Hinman...
September 10, 2016
Repost: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence (ECREE), Part 2: Is ECREE False? A Reply to William Lane Craig
(This article was originally published on this blog on June 21, 2012. I am reposting...
September 09, 2016
McDowell’s Trilemma – Part 5: The Creator of the Universe
McDowell's Trilemma Argument (hereafter: MTA), can be found in The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict...
September 07, 2016
What Does Philosophy of Religion have to Offer Today?
PhilosophyOfReligion.org has posted a series of short essays on the question of what the philosophy...
September 06, 2016
Our Knowledge of Gratuitous Evil
How do we know that some instance of evil is gratuitous? I think that there...
September 04, 2016
McDowell’s Trilemma – Part 4: An Eternally Perfectly Morally Good Person
McDowell's Trilemma Argument (hereafter: MTA), can be found in The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict...
August 2016
August 30, 2016
LINK: “Ethics and Evolutionary Theory” by Erik J. Wielenberg
I haven't read this, but I'm posting the link because (1) I respect the author;...
August 28, 2016
McDowell’s Trilemma – Part 3: An Eternally Omniscient Person
McDowell's Trilemma Argument (hereafter: MTA), can be found in The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict...
August 26, 2016
Gratuitous Evils: What are the Chances?
Gratuitous evil is evil that God would not permit. In Alvin Plantinga’s terms, God would...
August 25, 2016
McDowell’s Trilemma – Part 2: An Eternally Omnipotent Person
McDowell's Trilemma Argument (hereafter: MTA), can be found in The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict...
August 21, 2016
McDowell’s Trilemma – Part 1: An Eternally Bodiless Person
Here are the basic premises of McDowell's Trilemma Argument (hereafter: MTA), from The New Evidence...
August 21, 2016
An Evidential Argument from Evil: Natural Inequality
I want to quickly sketch an evidential (aka "explanatory" aka "abductive" aka "F-Inductive") argument from...
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