Is God Necessary for Morality? William Lane Craig v. Shelly Kagan
Even some Christians think Dr. Craig lost this debate.
Is God Necessary for Morality? from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.
Is God Necessary for Morality? from The Veritas Forum on Vimeo.
And they all lived happily ever after ... oh wait (goes back to reread Revelation...)
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 5 hours ago
We won't get fooled again. https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 8 hours ago
Of course, but ya know what a mean.
Side observation: many if not most Christians picture God saying exactly that, every time we encounter a bible verse that makes no sense...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 8 hours ago
It's worth following the link and reading the whole thing. I like the way, when the various resurrection verses refer to the same thing N times, you get as many as N discrepant versions of it...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 8 hours ago
One way to process the shock is with sarcasm - oh I see you're already there.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 8 hours ago
In antiquarian times, there was no reason why folk should know better.
Today, no such excuse is available.
That's right, no such excuse....
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 8 hours ago
Of course, but ya know what a mean. It was reasonable to believe stuff that what is now deemed to be complete nonsense, because the knowledge to know differently, was not available. It had yet to...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 10 hours ago
"Today, no such excuse is available." Yes there is, one I'm constantly trying to get my ex to understand. Its called the internet - millions believe that just because they use...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
In antiquarian times, there was no reason why folk should know better.
Today, no such excuse is available.
All the things we know today, weren't available to the average Joe of antiquity.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
I'm reminded of the Isaac Azimov essay:- The Relativity of Wrong
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
A concoction need not be deliberate, but a lie does.
Yeah, and sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, since we aren't mind-readers. Like with Trump who...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
1. The book Unbelievable by Rob J Hyndman
Started it today.
Up to part 8 The biblical crystal ball.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 11 hours ago
Right, and before Galileo, probably well over 90% of medieval Europeans believed the Sun goes around the Earth. And that was right across the whole IQ distribution, probably to the very top. Maybe...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 12 hours ago
This is a great example:
To justifiably believe a biblical tale of a miracle requires more than mere human testimony. Just think of what it would take to believe someone who told you...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 12 hours ago
You mean to tell me 'divine inspiration' didn't carry the day until the invention of the printing press? I'm shocked! ;)
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 15 hours ago
One man's heresy is another man's self-evident truth, and around and around we go.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 15 hours ago
Sure, but it doesn't beat: "Once upon a time..." which it should have.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 17 hours ago
I have this nearly sub-conscious 'belief' that I won't die until I finish reading all my books - conditional immortality.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 18 hours ago
I'll raise ya one: Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος ... OK, I'll go away now.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
My father claimed that he received visions that revealed things from God. If he'd been more clever, bless his heart, he could have parlayed them into real money.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
But your first example doesn't seem to be talking about the norms and methods in that discipline. Sure, folk can be bias, and their peers are usually the ones calling out that bias. They are...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
Well, that's where he says he got it, "visions". 11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
And not just in antiquity - antiquarian thinking persists to this day.
Absolutely. I guess what is meant, is the demarcation lines today are less blurred. Belief in ghosts,...
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
A concoction need not be deliberate, but a lie does.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago
I suspect Paul got his information from the voices in his head.
Debunking Christianity: BIBLICAL MIRACLES UNDER THE TEST OF REASON · 1 day ago