I’ve been blessed by two very smart sons, one of whom has been engaging me on philosophy of mind over the last month or so. Through these discussions, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking through what I really believe about consciousness. I come at it with a trio of prejudices. First, my faith… Continue reading God and Mind
Category: Theism
Here I Go Railing At Atheists Again
One of the main reasons I started this blog is to defend our faith against both materialists and fundamentalists. Christianity is being attacked from without and within by these two camps. Today I felt a need to take up some common atheist arguments. I’ve argued against these before, but they keep coming up in various… Continue reading Here I Go Railing At Atheists Again
Resurrection Arguments Courtesy of N.T. Wright
I very recently wrote about N.T. Wright, “I won’t quote him at length here because while some of his work has been literally life changing to me, I am utterly frustrated by Wright’s intractability around LGTBQ+ dignity and so I’ve generally stopped recommending him outside of some limited cases.” A friend of mine said to… Continue reading Resurrection Arguments Courtesy of N.T. Wright
Of Morality and Reason
Naturalism cannot account for what we typically think of as a ground of morality and reason. This is not an attempt to prove that God exists, nor that morality and reason are universally grounded. It is certainly not an attempt to say that atheists are immoral or unreasonable. God’s existence and creation may be true;… Continue reading Of Morality and Reason
There’s No Single Proof for God’s Existence
The problem with trying to prove whether God exists is that God doesn’t exist, at least not in any way we can understand what it means to exist. God is the ground of all existence. Further, I’ve yet to come across an airtight argument for or against God. Every argument has flaws, holes and in… Continue reading There’s No Single Proof for God’s Existence
Alvin Plantinga’s Free Will Defense
Why would a good God permit evil? Ultimately, I don’t think we can ever get to a proof of God’s existence through logic and the problem of evil in the world is the best argument against God. The problem of evil argues that the existence of an all-powerful and all-good God is incompatible with the… Continue reading Alvin Plantinga’s Free Will Defense
Reading Bart Ehrman Will Not Turn You into An Atheist
I remember one time I was reading Bart Ehrman’s book, Did Jesus Exist? and I left it on my coffee table when a friend came over. The friend was instantly ruffled by the book’s title, and no doubt, the name of the author. “Of course Jesus existed, what a waste of time!” I can understand… Continue reading Reading Bart Ehrman Will Not Turn You into An Atheist
There Are So Many Religions, They Must All Be Wrong
Earlier this year, comedian and outspoken atheist Ricky Gervais debated “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert on matters of religion. Watch these two smart dudes here. When Colbert asserted his belief in the triune God, Gervais replied: