Not PC has a blog on “How Faith destroys Knowledge”. The basic line of argument appears to be as follows: three famous thinkers appear to hold that faith and reason are at odds and that faith is the preferable stance. I am tempted to say so what? Does the fact that three people appear to […]
Entries Tagged as 'Faith and Reason'
More Facile Anti-Theism
September 24th, 2007 Comments Off on More Facile Anti-Theism
Tags: Atheism · Faith and Reason · Peter Cresswell · Philosophy of Religion
On Believing Without Proof: Some reflections on Faith and Reason
September 24th, 2007 2 Comments
Recently in correspondence with non believer I have repeatedly meet with the following argument. This is usually touted as a kind of self evident mantra. [1] There is no proof that God exists [2] Its irrational to believe something unless you have proof . Therefore: [3] belief in the existence of God is irrational. Now […]
Tags: Apologetics · Faith and Reason · William Alston
Perigo on Faith, Reason, and Tertullian
September 21st, 2007 1 Comment
In a recent issue of Salient Lindsay Perigo laments the “power wishful thinking”. Predictably he cites Christianity as a paradigm of such thinking. However, like many in the media who take swipes at orthodox or conservative expressions Christianity his analysis is superficial. Perigo writes. Two thousand years of Christianity have been based on a lie, […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Christian History · Faith and Reason · Libertarianism · Lindsay Perigo
Praise the Lord – I Can’t be Bothered Thinking
September 4th, 2007 5 Comments
I teach at a theological college. This morning I was on campus checking my mail box when a theological discussion erupted around me. The students were discussing the question of pre-millennial eschatology, specifically whether the Temple needs to be rebuilt in Jerusalem and the levitical priesthood restored before Christ’s Pre-millennial return. I am not a […]
Tags: Bad Reasoning · Faith and Reason
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.
