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Dichotomies and Options
Apparently some atheists with whom Matt Slick deals have been accusing him of presenting a false dichotomy. He’s not. Let me explain. Matt has correctly identified the following as a dichotomy: 1) It is the case that God created the universe; or2) It is not the case that God created the universe. Matt has pointed…
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Does Religion Poison Everything?
One of the claims of the new atheists is that “Religion Poisons Everything.” This has been the subject of a number of debates. Typically, the non-atheist will point out folks like Stalin and Mao were not religious and yet were responsible for enormous harm. Thus, while religious people may also cause harm, the harm of…
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The Paradox of Atheism
The Psalms provide us with an interesting paradox about Atheism. On the one hand, God is not at all in their thoughts: Psalm 10:4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Psalm 14:1The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.…
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Response to Rachel Slick
By way of disclaimer, I happen to be a blogger on the team at CARM. I didn’t mention this post to Matt Slick, nor does it represent his position or the position of CARM (well, it may, if they happen to agree). I won’t address everything that Miss Slick said. It is very sad to…
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Why Don’t These Arguments Persuade All the Atheists?
William Lane Craig gave an amusing but persuasive lecture in which he “Eastwooded” Richard Dawkins (embedded below). The argument rehashed arguments for the existence of God, such as the cosmological argument and the ontological argument. Some of these, like the cosmological argument, are so airtight that one really wonders how some atheists continue to reject…
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Response to "The Quick and Easy Guide to God"
The “quick and easy guide to God,” is an image that has been circulating on the Internet in the form of a flow-chart. The flow chart begins with the premise “evil exists.” I suppose that one easy way to address this chart is to point out that “evil” doesn’t exist. “Evil” is an abstract idea.…
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Cardinal George Pell vs. Richard Dawkins – Some Thoughts
Someone directed me to a sort of informal debate between Cardinal Pell and Dawkins, in the form of a moderated Questions and Answers session. Dawkins came across as insecure, accusing the audience of bias (though they routinely cheered for his statements) and repeatedly asking the audience why they are laughing (such as at his comment…
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Response to Bill O’Reilly and Bill Maher
Recently, Bill Maher triumphed over Bill O’Reilly in an interview on Fox news (link to video). Why did Mr. Maher triumph? He triumphed because he exposed Mr. O’Reilly’s inconsistencies. Mr. Maher’s first point was that 60% of Americans believe that the Noah’s ark story is literally true. Mr. O’Reilly stated that he doesn’t know any…
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Dawkins Criticizes Rome and Original Sin
In a recent speech (link), Dawkins has attempted to criticize the Roman Catholic Church. Dawkins began by pointing out that contrary to the implications of Ratzinger in his recent speech in Edinburgh, Adolph Hitler was more Roman Catholic than Atheist, at least by the standard that is used by Rome when saying how many members…
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Converstation Starter – Probabilities and God
Joe Carter at the “Evangel” blog has post up in which he discusses the idea of calculating the probability of God’s existence (link to post). The basic approach is start with some a priori probability of God’s existence and then adjust the probability based on evidence. Here’s the fundamental problem with the approach: in order…