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Entries Tagged as 'Philosophers'

More on the “Dark Ages” and Other Propaganda

September 27th, 2008 13 Comments

Those of you who have followed my discussions with Peter Cresswell on the history of Christianity and the relationship between faith and reason in the middle ages may find this abridged article by Dr James Hannam interesting. Dr Hannam has recently completed his PhD on the History of Science at the University of Cambridge. UPDATE: […]

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The Bible Tells Me So

July 25th, 2008 2 Comments

Suppose a person upon reading scripture and hearing the scriptures expounded through preaching from the pulpit believes that God has prohibited a certain class of actions. Suppose further that the believer is aware of no conclusive argument either for God’s existence or for the affirmation of the command in question. Nor is he or she […]

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Kant and the ZoneAlarm Update

July 12th, 2008 4 Comments

On Tuesday despite being able to connect, we discovered we could not download or send email and we could not access the web at all. After doing battle with the automated ISP Help Desk computer that claims to understand english and in fact frequently does not, we heard a recorded message that they were experiencing […]

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William Lane Craig, Raymond Bradley and the Problem of Hell. Part Two.

June 23rd, 2008 13 Comments

In a previous post I mentioned Professor Raymond Bradley’s (Bradley) contention that, [3] The bible teaches that God will torture people endlessly for their beliefs. In his article he cites several scriptural passages in support of this contention. I think his exegesis is problematic; I cannot go into huge detail in a blog post but […]

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Is God a Delusion? The Auckland Craig v Cooke Debate Online

June 21st, 2008 10 Comments

Dr William Lane Craig and Dr Bill Cooke debated the moot “Is God a Delusion?” at Auckland University on 17 June 2008. The debate was chaired by Professor John Bishop and was organised by New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists and Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship with MandM. High quality DVD copies of the debate […]

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William Lane Craig, Raymond Bradley and the Problem of Hell Part One

June 21st, 2008 5 Comments

During the Q & A at the recent Auckland Cooke – Craig debate, Professor Raymond Bradley (Bradley), Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Auckland University, offered an argument, which he has laid out in more detail in his article A Moral Argument for Atheism, as follows: Christians accept that: [1] Any act that God commits, causes, […]

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Just in – the Palmy Debate

June 20th, 2008 1 Comment

I have an initial report from the Palmerston North Bill Craig v Bill Cooke debate held last night: There was a massive turnout of 1399 exactly in attendance. The word is that Cooke stepped it up and performed better than in Auckland but that Craig still won. Feedback from those in attendance was that it […]

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