According to Richard Dawkins, New Zealand apologetics blog, Thinking Matters Talk, “makes for some interesting browsing.” The recommendation of Rob Ward’s blog post, Sarfati reviews Dawkins’ ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, has seen a deluge traffic arrive. (This pleases us because we are part of Thinking Matters and are listed as contributors to Thinking Matters […]
Entries Tagged as 'Atheists'
Richard Dawkins on Thinking Matters
November 13th, 2009 44 Comments
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Contra Mundum: God, Proof and Faith
October 1st, 2009 11 Comments
Since the 17th century one of the most common sceptical objections to the Christian faith is the claim that belief in God is irrational because his existence has never been successfully proven. For centuries theologians and philosophers have proposed a range of arguments for the existence of God; sceptics not only contend every one of […]
Tags: Antony Flew · Contra Mundum · Faith and Reason · Investigate Magazine · John Mackie · Kai Neilsen · Roy Clouser
Tekton E-Book: John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted Feat. MandM
September 17th, 2009 5 Comments
Tekton Education and Apologetics ministries have released an online book, John Loftus’ Why I Became an Atheist Refuted, as a special edition for their E-Block Online Journal. While most of the book is authored by JP Holding, Chapter 2 is not completely, Chapter 2: “The Christian Illusion of Rational and Moral Superiority” — Two part […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · E-Book · God and Morality · John Loftus · JP Holding · Tekton Apologetics Ministries
Darwinian Evolution, God and Ockham’s Razor
September 11th, 2009 31 Comments
In a previous post, Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design, I argued that the contention that Darwinian evolution occurs by chance does not entail that it shows the world was not designed. Once one sees how the concept of chance is defined in evolutionary theory one can see that it does not rule out design. It […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Charles Darwin · Evolution · Faith and Reason · Ockham’s Razor · Philosophy of Religion · Science and Religion
Darwinian Evolution, Chance and Design
August 28th, 2009 39 Comments
In a previous post, God, Darwinian Evolution and The Teleological Argument, I argued that evolution does not refute the teleological argument. Also, even if it did, a lot more significant philosophical work over and above any appeal to natural selection would be needed to infer from this that theism is rationally untenable. There is, however, […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Charles Darwin · Del Ratzch · Faith and Reason · Philosophy of Religion · Science and Religion
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on God, Morality and Arbitrariness
July 17th, 2009 21 Comments
Is morality independent of religion? One common argument for this position is that denying it makes God’s commands arbitrary. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues, Let’s assume that God commanded us not to rape. Did God have any reason to command this? If not, his command was arbitrary, and then it can’t make anything morally wrong. On the […]
Tags: Atheist · Divine Command Theory · God and Morality · Philosophy of Religion · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong · William Wainwright
See William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens debate: Does God Exist?
July 14th, 2009 3 Comments
You are invited to a Thinking Matters Auckland, God, Morality and Society, DVD screening: What: William Lane Craig v Christopher Hitchens debating Does God Exist? When: Tuesday 21 July – 7:00pm Where: Lecture Room 2, Laidlaw College, 80 Central Park Drive, Henderson, West Auckland Format: DVD followed by discussion. Cost: Free – donations appreciated. If […]
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A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
