October 2011
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Richard Dawkins's refusal to debate William Lane... →
This is a criticism of Dawkins’ open refusal to debate Craig in Oxford this Tuesday posted on The Guardian’s Comment is Free: Belief-section. For more anti-intellectual cynicism of the a-theist variety, have a look at the comments. There is a lot.
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GeoChristian on "Free thinkers" →
Why do “free-thinkers” all come to the same conclusions?
Is it permissible for a skeptic to be skeptical about skepticism?
Is it rational to believe that “In the beginning nothing created everything?”
Can science prove that science is the only way to know anything?
How can an atheist know that God doesn’t exist without being omniscient?
If an atheist steals from a fellow atheist, have they...
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Chad Meister on Atheist's Quest for Objective... →
Truly marvelous piece by Chad Meister about the distinction between moral epistemology (i.e. moral knowledge) and moral ontology (i.e. foundational existence of morality), and the arguments for the latter made by atheist philosophers like Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Richard Dawkins among others. What it boils down to is this:
1. If moral notions such as good and evil exist objectively, then...
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Excellent Essay on "Grounding" @ Atheism Analyzed →
Good stuff pouring out of Atheism Analyzed. This one takes a metaphor from electrical engineering and, from there, discusses the idea of “grounds” in logic. This is an important topic if we want to discuss important philosophical matters, such as morality: does there exist such a thing as Good or Evil?
Interestingly, Philosophers in general reject the existence of grounding Truths....
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A Beautiful Mess: Ravi Zacharias on creation,... →
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Dr. Zacharias is one of the premier Christian apologists among academic and intellectual circles today. He has a formidable mind, a quick wit, an engaging personality with the ability to explain difficult subjects in simple, logical ways. He believes, and most feel, convincingly proves there are…
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Letter to a Friend @ Atheism Analyzed →
Stan at Atheism Analyzed published an excellent “Letter to a Friend” last week, but have been too busy recently to keep things prompt around here. Anyway: a wonderful approach to truth among different worldviews. What it comes down to is the inappropriate truth that the denial of absolutes implied by materialism pure and simple leaves it without a leg to stand on:
One of the outcomes...
