By: Bnonn|20 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Ken Perrott . moral epistemology . moral ontology . morality . new atheists . pz myers
Bnonn points out several flaws in the thinking of New Atheists PZ Myers and Ken Perrott in regards to the grounds of morality, and the recent debate between Wiliam Lane Craig and Sam Harris.
Read more »By: Bnonn|20 April, 2011|Categories: Ethics|Tags: evolution . moral ontology . moral realism . morality . new atheism . Sam Harris . science . william lane craig
Bnonn takes New Zealand’s Village Atheist, Ken Perrott, to task for ineptly handling the foundations of human morality.
Read more »By: Jason|14 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Divine Command Theory . metaethics . morality . Sam Harris . william lane craig
There has been some good analysis of the recent debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris and I thought it might be useful to collect some of that commentary here into one post.
Read more »Max Planck, a leading physicist and one of the founders of quantum mechanics, discusses one of the foundational assumptions necessary for the discipline of science.
Read more »By: Jason|10 April, 2011|Categories: Media|Tags: Christianity . Faith . John Lennox . Rationality . Truth
UCLA law professor Daniel Lowenstein interviews Oxford mathematician John Lennox about the truth of Christianity and the grounds for faith.
Read more »By: Bnonn|09 April, 2011|Categories: Humour|Tags: Debunking Christianity . John Loftus . la-la land . new atheism . Sam Harris . william lane craig
Some amused interaction with John Loftus’ contention that “Sam’s arguments were clearly better” in the recent Craig-Harris debate on whether God is the foundation for moral goodness.
Read more »By: Bnonn|09 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Craig-Harris debate . moral argument . moral epistemology . moral ontology . moral theory . Sam Harris . william lane craig
A review of the Craig-Harris debate on whether God is the foundation of goodness, including both summaries for the lazy, and detailed commentary for the curious.
Read more »By: Bnonn|08 April, 2011|Categories: Culture . Practical Engagement|Tags: Apologetics . culture . Hell Pizza . responding to offense . secular attitudes to Christianity
Some thoughts on Hell Pizza’s recent ‘Hell Cross Bun’ ad campaign, and the general outrage being expressed by Christians.
Read more »By: Jason|08 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Divine Command Theory . metaethics . morality . Sam Harris . william lane craig
Just a reminder that today’s debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris at the University of Notre Dame will be streamed live at 7pm local time (11am for those of us in New Zealand). You will be able to watch the feed here. UPDATE: Brian Auten at Apologetics315 has posted the audio from the debate. UPDATE: The video of…
Read more »By: Jason|07 April, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Bible . D. A. Carson . exegesis . exegetical fallacies . Hermeneutics . r.c. sproul
In this video, two scholars sit down for a short discussion about hermeneutics, problem Bible passages, and exegetical fallacies.
Read more »By: Bnonn|07 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: ad hominem . argument from contingency . argument from morality . argument from the resurrection . debate . Divine Command Theory . existence of God . Kalam Cosmlogical Argument . Lawrence Krauss . new atheism . science . scientism . secularism . william lane craig
Some reflection on Lawrence Krauss’ recent comments on William Lane Craig, and the debate they did on whether there is evidence for the existence of God.
Read more »By: Jason|05 April, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: Crucifixion . Easter . evidence for the resurrection . Jesus' trial . reliability of the Bible . Resurrection . Talmud
Tyndale House, a Christian community dedicated to researching all the primary evidence relevant to the study of the Bible, has produced three short introductory films on the evidence for the central events of the Easter narrative. Evidence for Jesus’ Trial Dr Dirk Jongkind, a Research Fellow at Tyndale House, pieces together the earliest manuscript evidence for the New Testament and…
Read more »By: Jason|05 April, 2011|Categories: science|Tags: Bible . J P Moreland . moral teaching . science . sexual promiscuity
A good post by J.P. Moreland on how new research about the health dangers of sexual promiscuity confirms the truth of the Bible’s teachings.
Read more »By: Jason|01 April, 2011|Categories: About . Video|Tags: debate . evidence for God . God . Lawrence Krauss . theism . william lane craig
If you missed the debate yesterday between William Lane Craig and Lawrence Krauss on the topic “Is there Evidence for God?”, the media from the event is now available. Video: visit the official debate website here (it has also been uploaded to YouTube). Audio: download it here from Apologetics315. Timothy and Michael live-blogged the event, and their post presents a…
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