By: Bnonn|28 October, 2011|Categories: Creation & Evolution|Tags: Darwinian ethics . darwinism . eugenics . evolution . evolutionary morality . moral objectivism . nazism
Richard Weikart: I have spoken with intelligent Darwinists who admit point-blank that they do not have any grounds to condemn Hitler, so I am not just making this up. Many evolutionists believe that since evolution explains the origin of morality — as Darwin himself argued — then there is no objective morality. The famous evolutionary biologist and founder of sociobiology,…
Read more »By: Jason|28 October, 2011|Categories: Audio|Tags: atheism . debate . existence of God . peter millican . theism . william lane craig . WLC
Premier Christian Radio have posted the audio from the debate between William Lane Craig and atheist Peter Millican: The exchange took place at Birmingham University on October 21 and was organized by the Philosophy Society as a part of the Reasonable Faith UK tour. William Lane Craig is the Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La…
Read more »By: Jason|23 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: atheism . debate . new atheism . public discourse . richard dawkins
Daniel Came: James Barham: HT: Uncommon Descent
Read more »By: Jason|22 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: Edward Feser . evil-god challenge . goodness of God . Stephen Law . theism
In his debate with William Lane Craig, Stephen Law raised the challenge of an evil-god: if we dismiss the existence of an evil-god because of the amount of good in the world, why shouldn’t we dismiss the existence of an all-good god based on the amount of evil in the world? Edward Feser has written a good discussion of the…
Read more »By: Bnonn|22 October, 2011|Categories: Ethics|Tags: Divine Command Theory . moral ontology . morality . Naturalism
I’m reposting a reply to a non-theist friend on Facebook, where he tried to defend a view of morality without God: What grounds my morality is the human condition, and that is all that is required to ground it. But that’s just an assertion that flies in the face of what we know morality is. If moral values have no…
Read more »By: Bnonn|21 October, 2011|Categories: Apologetics . Debates|Tags: Apologetics . character assassination . existence of God . new atheism . propaganda . pure garbage . richard dawkins . smear tactics . spin-doctoring . william lane craig . WLC
Are Dawkins’ reasons for refusing to debate William Lane Craig good enough?
Read more »By: Stuart|20 October, 2011|Categories: Philosophy|Tags: atheism . debate . goodness of God . problem of evil . Stephen Law . theism . william lane craig
Stuart examines Law’s line of argument in the recent debate.
Read more »By: Jason|19 October, 2011|Categories: Audio|Tags: debate . existence of God . Stephen Law . william lane craig
The Reasonable Faith UK tour kicked off yesterday with its first event as William Lane Craig and Stephen Law debated the existence of God. The audio of the debate is now available, courtesy of Premier Christian Radio: The exchange was hosted by Justin Brierley and took place at Westminster Central Hall in London. Be sure to let us know what you…
Read more »By: Jason|18 October, 2011|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Douglas Groothius . Evangelism . Hell . practical apologetics
— Douglas Groothius, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for the Biblical Faith, page 661 (IVP. 2011). [HT: The Emerging Scholars Network]
Read more »By: Jason|13 October, 2011|Categories: Books|Tags: Christian thought . Garry DeWeese . Joseph E. Gorra . Philosophy . wisdom
Joseph E. Gorra interviews Garry DeWeese, Professor of Philosophy of Religion & Ethics at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology and author of the new book, Doing Philosophy as a Christian.
Read more »By: Jason|12 October, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: atheism . John Loftus . Steve Hay
Reformation 21 have posted a shortened version of Steve Hay’s response to The End of Christianity, the third book in a series, edited by John Loftus, against Christianity.
Read more »By: Bnonn|11 October, 2011|Categories: Christianity|Tags: American Atheists . culture . Ethics . islam . new atheism . terrorism
Bnonn responds to an article by the Georgia State Director of American Atheists.
Read more »By: Jason|08 October, 2011|Categories: Ethics|Tags: Divine Command Theory . Glenn Pettigrove . God . John Hare . Mark Murphy . metaethics . theism
Earlier this year, we were involved in hosting a panel discussion on the relationship between religion and morality. The video is now up on YouTube: Moderated by Dr Matthew Flannagan, the panel included Prof John Hare from Yale Divinity School, Prof Mark Murphy from Georgetown University, and Dr Glenn Pettigrove from the University of Auckland. Each speaker addressed a different…
Read more »By: Jason|07 October, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: authority of Scripture . Bible . Credo . inerrancy . inspiration . sufficiency
The October issue of Credo is out and contains plenty of good reading. This issue is focused on the authority of Scripture and includes interviews, articles, and reviews by Thomas Schreiner, Gregg Allison, John Frame, Timothy George, Fred Zaspel, Michael A.G. Haykin, Tim Challies, Matthew Barrett, Tony Merida, Owen Strachan, J. V. Fesko, Robert Saucy, and many others. Read the…
Read more »By: Jason|07 October, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: eternal life . grace . Steve Jobs
With the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, a number of Christian writers have published tributes on the web today (John Dyer, Greg Thornbury, Mike Anderson, Al Mohler, Justin Taylor, and Joseph Gorra, to name a few). For me, Jared Wilson’s thoughts are particularly sobering: This morning I tweeted “What does it profit a man to change the world but…
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