By: Bnonn|22 April, 2013|Categories: Ethics|Tags: abortion . Capital Punishment . Death Penalty . Ethics
In a previous post on abortion on my own blog, a reader named Matthew Lee raised the issue of how many pro-abortion advocates bring up the death penalty. By doing so, they hope to show that Christians are inconsistent in saying we should never take human life. Now, in one sense I think this is a non-issue. The objection doesn’t…
Read more »By: Bnonn|08 February, 2012|Categories: Epistemology|Tags: burden of proof . Miracles . skeptical hypocrisy . Skepticism . skeptics . standards of evidence
We had a spirited debate on miracles in a previous thread. And during that debate, I noted how even in cases where all the evidence is against naturalistic explanations, skeptics simply cannot entertain a supernatural explanation instead. They just have to hold that there is a naturalistic one, despite the evidence. The very definition of blind faith. In reply, “Tom…
Read more »By: Bnonn|09 November, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: new atheism . problems with The God Delusion . refuting Richard Dawkins . richard dawkins . The God Delusion . william lane craig
As he said he would, Richard Dawkins refused William Lane Craig’s invitation to debate him at the Sheldonian Theater in Oxford. So Craig went ahead and ripped his book apart without the distraction of having to respond to petulant ad hominem (entertaining as that would have been). The video is up; watch it below.
Read more »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: 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: 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: Bnonn|29 July, 2011|Categories: Resources|Tags: apologetics groups . other apologists . twitter
If you’re on Twitter and you’re looking for more good apologetics tweets, check out Eye on Apologetics’ comprehensive list of the best of the best apologetics twits. Or whatever they’re called. Tweeters. Twitterers. Who can keep up? Crazy kids.
Read more »By: Bnonn|29 June, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: Epistemology . Faith . John Loftus . new atheism . OTF . Outsider Test for Faith . Paul Manata
Paul Manata puts John Loftus’s Outsider Test for Faith in the ground once and for all.
Read more »By: Bnonn|16 May, 2011|Categories: Culture|Tags: Debates . new atheism . richard dawkins . science . william lane craig
Archbishop Cranmer on Dawkins’ drive to promote himself, at the expense of his scientific credibility and contributions.
Read more »By: Bnonn|05 May, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: benevolence . common grace . God . hate . love . omnibenevolence . sin . sinners
A response to Stuart’s assertion that God’s wrath and hatred is exclusively reserved for sins, rather than sinners.
Read more »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: 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.
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