philosophy

Calculating The Probability That God Exists

August 5, 2010

I came across a tweet today that said, “Either God exists or he doesn’t.  I’m happy with my 50%”  That seems true on its face, but there are multiple possibilities, and each time you add a possibility, the odds of any particular God existing get slimmer. How to Determine Chances for Existence If all we [...]

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The New Problem of Evil

July 30, 2010

The problem of evil has been around for a long time, and it has not evolved over the years.  On the other hand, arguments for the existence of God have evolved, but nobody seems to be holding apologists feet to the fire about the problem their new arguments create for their God. The Problem of [...]

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Why Presuppositional Appologetics Fails

July 29, 2010

I recently ran into someone that claimed that presuppositional arguments for the existence of God were the best arguments.  Gabe, you know who you are.  Anyway, we had some interesting discussions, and he seemed very knowledgeable about apologetics in general, and even seemed to understand that there were no actual proofs of the existence of [...]

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I’ve finally succumbed to YouTube

June 22, 2010

It’s official.  I was avoiding YouTube for a while, and I even intended on doing a podcast before I did any YouTube videos, but I realized that video is the perfect way to explain some things that were difficult with text, and would probably be tough with audio alone as well. So far, I’ve been [...]

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Faith Requires not Questioning

May 25, 2010

I came across a quote by Frater Ravus about faith, and I found it rather funny, but when I posted it to my status on my Facebook page, someone asked me a question that got me thinking. Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. – Frater Ravus The [...]

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Whence Cometh Happiness

May 11, 2010
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I had a Facebook friend post a quote on her status, and I thought it was a very nicely worded quote that gently put religion in the “unnecessary” basket without being offensive, although I seriously doubt the author meant it to tarnish the importance of religion whatsoever. People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking [...]

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The “What is God?” Argument for the Non-Existence of God

May 7, 2010

When we talk to theists, they talk about God being immaterial.  What is immaterial, and how can something exist and be immaterial at the same time? What is Immaterial? I’ve spoken somewhat on this subject before, but I am looking at it in a different manner now. When we speak of immaterial things, we are [...]

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The Reason Libertarian Free Will is Irrational

March 23, 2010

Inevitably the question of free will comes up when you argue with believers.  They claim that God has given them free will, although there are multiple reasons to disregard that as plainly false. What is Free Will? When we think of free will, we generally think of it in the sense that we have complete [...]

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Believers Can’t Know God Exists

March 15, 2010

When talking to believers, they constantly talk about how they know God exists.  This is not a possibility.  The best a believer can rationally say is that they are agnostic. What is God? Nobody really ever spends much time examining this question, and when you think about it, nobody has ever given an answer to [...]

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William Lane Craig’s Paradigm Paradox

March 7, 2010

Wow, I’m sorry to be writing about this again so soon after addressing it the last time, but every time I turn around I am coming up with more problems with the argument from moral authority.  Now, this can be considered to be the explanation of why the suggested third option for the moral dilemma [...]

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