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Entries from August 3rd, 2007

Religion and Public Life: A Response to Russell Brown and Paul Litterick

August 3rd, 2007 11 Comments

Paul Litterick was recently interviewed by Russell Brown on Public Address. The topic predictably is his criticism of conservative Christian groups whom Russell appears to have no time for. Here I will make to criticisms of this broadcast, first one of Russell Brown and the second of Litterick. Turning first to Russell Brown; Brown mentioned [...]

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Abortion and Capital Punishment: No Contradiction

August 2nd, 2007 1 Comment

One argument I frequently hear is that opposition to feticide, the killing of a human fetus, is inconsistent with support for capital punishment. Some times this argument is pushed even further. It’s alleged that this inconsistency shows that what really motivates opponents of feticide is not opposition to killing, but good old fashioned misogyny. An [...]

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Caricature at no god zone

August 1st, 2007 No Comments

As a person who studies theology and philosophy I have, over the years, read some brilliant skeptics; John Mackie and Paul Draper come to mind. I also have become reasonably informed about the debate over theism in the literature. Consquently, I have a good idea when the issues are being caricatured. Unfortunately rebuttal of a [...]

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