Square circles and the Trinity, part 3: the law of identity
« continued from ‘Square circles and the Trinity, part 2: the nature of the Trinity’ This article has been heavily revised as of July 4, 2008, in response to a detailed critique from Mike, which can be...
View ArticleSquare circles and the Trinity, part 4: Steve’s argument
« continued from ‘Square circles and the Trinity, part 3: the law of identity’ Having now looked in a little detail at being and identity, and argued that, for a Christian, these terms must be at least...
View ArticleEducation and child abuse
Ken Perrott, a kiwi blogger, recently made some critical comments about teaching creationism to children. Now, since he’s an atheist scientist, I expect him to be agin it; no one who believes evolution...
View ArticleAn atheistic greater good argument
As a filler between more complicated theological posts about God’s desires, here’s an atheistic argument against God’s existence, borrowed from Debunking Christianity. The argument is attributed to a...
View ArticleThe Chronological Priority Objection revisited
I recently received the following email from my friend David Parker: I’m sure you are busy these days, but I’ve been reading your book, The Wisdom of God. In the process I have been engaged in a 3...
View ArticleOccam’s Razor
This article was originally published on Thinking Matters Talk, and is in the public domain » Every now and again, some atheist will claim that Christianity is falsified by Occam’s Razor. Occam’s Razor...
View ArticleOn dogmatism
This article was originally published on MandM under the title ‘The Virtue of Christian Dogma’, and discussion should take place there ⇒ Damian over at ‘And Slaters Go Plop’ has recently written on...
View Article“No one is righteous”…metaphorically speaking
Today I received an email from a reader named Ryan, who writes: I’m in a discussion with a guy regarding free will, and in our discussion, we’ve come to a point where he is asking how we know when to...
View ArticleA bit of proof that men are not basically good
Yesterday I had a bit of a dispute with a couple of non-Christian friends. They didn’t believe me when I told them I’d read somewhere that one in four men admit they’d rape a woman if they could be...
View ArticleWhy won’t Randal Rouser answer some simple questions?
Professor Randal Rauser, systematic theologian and self-confessed “progressive evangelical Christian”, has been tossing his toys for the past few days after discovering that some people believe that...
View ArticleIs Yahweh made in man’s image?
In a Facebook discussion about God’s reasons for creating and acting in the world (for his own glory), an unbelieving friend made the comment: Seems like a very human trait to desire glory. Along with...
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