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August 2016

August 15, 2016
Joe Hinman's fifth argument for the existence of Jesus based on external evidence is presented...
August 11, 2016
The following are recent statements by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and the explanations of...
August 09, 2016
I am linking to this, but not endorsing it. In fact, I haven't even read...
August 08, 2016
As an entrepreneur, a heroin pusher has a big advantage. His customers become addicts; they...
August 07, 2016
Some of Hinman's discussions about his five principles of historical investigation provide needed clarification of...
August 04, 2016
Joe Hinman's fifth argument for the existence of Jesus is presented in three sections: 5A....
August 04, 2016
In honor of the apotheosis of idiocy that was the nomination of Donald Trump, I...
August 02, 2016
From "Late Night with Seth Meyers" I thought the GOP had always tried to position...

July 2016

July 30, 2016
In his very enjoyable PBS series and the accompanying book, The Brain: The Story of...
July 21, 2016
QUESTION 1: What is Hinman's Central Claim about Josephus? There are two famous passages in a...
July 19, 2016
I have been working on understanding and evaluating Joe Hinman's fourth argument for the existence...
July 19, 2016
The Trump team was quick to deny the Melania Trump’s latest speech was plagiarized. They...
July 16, 2016
I've heard privately from several philosophers that they submitted articles and heard nothing for months....
July 15, 2016
Background: In the context of a review of Dan Barker's book, Godless, Randal Rauser had a very...
July 13, 2016
A comment on the Friendly Atheist site had a marvelous quote from C.S. Lewis. I...
July 12, 2016
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July 10, 2016
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July 10, 2016
The introduction to my post, "Are Atheism and Moral Realism Logically Incompatible?", probably gave readers...
July 09, 2016
In the book Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there is a funny scene in which an artificial...
July 09, 2016
Question 1: What are Hinman's Central Claims about Polycarp? As with his discussion about the external...
July 09, 2016
(Note: I've titled this post "A Layman's Thoughts" to reinforce the fact that I am...
July 07, 2016
As I explained on page 25 of my Primer in Religion and Morality I think...
July 07, 2016
I just became aware of this website: "Secular Safe Zone." Why are secular safe zones needed?...
July 07, 2016
I am working on Part 3 of this series of posts about external evidence for...
July 06, 2016
Yesterday (7/5/16) The Houston Chronicle published my letter below: The 5-3 Supreme Court ruling against...
July 06, 2016
I am a regular reader of Victor Reppert's blog, Dangerous Idea. In the combox for one of...
July 05, 2016
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July 03, 2016
Abstract: The traditional problem of evil sets theists the task of reconciling two things: God...
July 03, 2016
Abstract: Here I discuss some theistic responses to the problem of animal pain and suffering...
July 03, 2016
Abstract: In this paper, I argue that there is a kind of evil, namely, the...
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