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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Theism Design
Argument to Design According to the argument from design, or teleological argument, the design or order found in the universe provides evidence for the existence of an intelligent designer (or orderer) usually identified as God. A classic version of this argument appears in William Paley’s 1802 Natural Theology, where Paley compares the complexity of living […]
Theism Mormonism
Mormonism Book of Abraham Book of Mormon Joseph Smith Blacks Receive LDS Priesthood (1978) (Off Site) by Jerald and Sandra Tanner (Evangelical Christians) “Since we have probably printed more material critical of the Mormon antiblack doctrine than any other publisher, the new revelation comes as a great victory and a vindication of our work.” The […]
Todd Pence Scout
Not Practicing What You Preach The Boy Scouts of America’s Refusal to Recognize Atheism (1993) Todd M. Pence The Boy Scouts of America is an organization that was established to better the quality of life in America through having its members perform service for their respective communities and the nation as a whole, as […]
Anachronist Why I Believe
Commentary on D. James Kennedy’s book Why I Believe “Anachronist” D. James Kennedy is the founder of Coral Ridge Ministries in Florida. A television show exists by the same name, although I have not seen it. Dr. Kennedy is an evangelical Christian who has written several books, including Evangelism Explosion and Why I Believe. […]
Bill Schultz O Hair A
O’Hair vs. Huxley – Appendix A The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia – Agnosticism ***The Project Gutenberg Etext of The Gutenberg Encyclopedia*** !!!Remember. . .the information contained herein is OLD. . .!!! *!!!It reflects the mindset of the turn of the last century!!!* **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** **Etexts Readable By Both […]
Charles Echelbarger Hume Atheism
Hume’s Tacit Atheism (1975) Charles Echelbarger This article was originally published in Religious Studies, Vol. 2 (1975), pp. 19-35. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press. For more information, see Cambridge Journals Online. 1. INTRODUCTION A recent paper, ‘Hume’s Immanent God’, (in (1)* by George Nathan, contains an insightful interpretation of Hume’s Dialogues Concerning […]
Dan Barker Barker Horner
“Did Jesus Really Rise From The Dead?” Debate between Michael Horner and Dan Barker. This debate transcript is copyrighted. © Copyright 1996 by Dan Barker and Michael Horner. All rights reserved. Please do not make copies of this transcript for distribution in any form without permission from the copyright owners. The debate was transcribed by […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Carbon 14 Accurately Measure
Dr. Hovind (R5): The C-14 cannot be accurately measured. It makes up less than one part per million in the atmosphere, and claiming to be able to measure accurately to 7 decimal places is not reasonable. This is similar to an argument put out by Harold Slusher (1981, p.45). Dr. Hovind adds the bizarre […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Comets
Young-earth "proof" #3: The existence of short-period comets means that the universe is less than 10,000 years old. Comets and meteoroids only last from 10,000-15,000 years before they are blown apart by the solar wind. In his debate with Dr. Hilpman, Dr. Hovind stated that comets lasted 10,000-15,000 years before being blown apart by the […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Population Growth
Young-earth "proof" #25: The current population of Earth (5.5 billion) could easily be generated from 8 people in less than 4000 years. If the earth were really billions of years old, the human population would have gone through the roof! 25. Yes, and by the same reasoning 8 germs could populate every cubic inch of […]
Dean Stretton Oconnor
Book Review: David O’Connor, God and Inscrutable Evil: In Defense of Theism and Atheism, Lanham/London, Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, pp. xiii + 273, $28.95 paper, $78.50 cloth. (To purchase the book, click on the image of the book cover to the right.) “There is a great deal of evil in the world, much of […]
Debates Secularist Adaptation
On The Evolutionary Adaptation of Religious Belief: Does religious belief have survival value? Was it naturally selected for in the environment of our ancestors or is it an example of cultural selection? Some people claim that if religion were completely maladaptive and useless, it never would have stuck around so long and became a dominant […]
Debates Secularist Guns
On The Issue of Gun Control: The subject of Gun Control captures the interest of many Americans, not to mention other people living in our global community.. The diversity of laws, or the lack of law enforcement in the United States, surrounding the issues of gun control are being questioned by government and the public, […]
Debates Secularist Space
On The Subject of Space Exploration: Space exploration is affording us a window into the universe. Governments are spending a lot of money on the research and construction of space vehicles and instruments. Some people argue that the money is wasted and we should concentrate more on the problems in our societies like hunger and […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Ch17
CHAPTER 17 Twenty Years Later: Symposium-Parts I and II While the first manifesto was never revised, debate over the need for revision or for a new document continued. So much so, that twenty years later, a symposium was published containing the views of the twenty-seven surviving signers (John Dewey, Bernard Fantus, William Floyd, Maynard […]
Farrell Till Geisler Till Till3
I’ll use this time to refer to some things that I didn’t have the oppurtunity to refer to during the regular speeches. Dr. Geisler made the statement that the pagans saviors were not like Jesus because they did not experience bodily resurrection. But I want to assure you, my friends, that that is not so. […]
Farrell Till Index Twilight
Articles: Journeys to the Twilight Zone "Journeys to the Twilight Zone" was the name of a regular column authored by Farrell Till for The Secular Humanist Bulletin from 1995?-1997. Given that some articles refer to the previous article, articles are listed in chronological order. Pioneers of Loophole Religion (1995/1996) (Off Site) Even in the heyday […]
Features 2000 Au2
Christian Coalition Grills Judicial Candidates The Idaho Christian Coalition’s religiously based survey of judicial candidates is an "outrageous stunt that smacks of the Inquisition," according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. The Coalition, the state affiliate of TV preacher Pat Robertson’s political group, has distributed a 31-question survey that asks candidates for […]
Is Creationism Science? Zindler/Gish Debate
Is Creationism Science? Jim Bleikamp, host: I would suspect that a few fireworks may find their way into the skies over us in the next hour – if I might be permitted that prediction. We’re going to talk about one of those subjects that keeps coming up again and again and again, no matter how […]
Fred Edwords Promise
The Promise Of Humanism (1989) Frederick Edwords Every religion has its promise, the special reward it offers to the faithful. Such a promise is often the main feature that attracts outsiders in. As such, it can become a primary selling point and motivator. The ancient promise of Christianity is eternal life in heaven. I can […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap1
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 1 – What Is the Old Testament? THE Old Testament is a collection of selected writings composed and edited by members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the twelfth century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era. It includes such diverse materials as […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap24
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 24 – Life and Literature of the Early Period ONLY limited information is available concerning the Jews in the Persian period. Apart from Biblical sources and a few Persian inscriptions, contributions coming from archaeological studies or literary documents from other parts of the […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chart
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chart of Central Events in the Ancient Near East CHART XVIII. Chart of Central Events in the Ancient Near East Aegean and Greece Egypt Asia Minor Syria and Palestine Assyria Babylonia Iran 2800 Egyptian writing Early Bronze Walled Cities Cuneiform writing 2800 2600 Old […]
Graham Oppy Godel
Godelian Ontological Arguments (1996) Graham Oppy [This article was originally published as “Godelian Ontological Arguments” Analysis 56, 4, October 1996, pp.226-230] There is now a considerable secondary literature on Godel’s ontological arguments; in particular, interested readers should consult Sobel (1987), Anderson (1990) and Adams (1995). In this note, I wish to draw attention to […]
Graham Oppy Smith2
Book Review: THEISM, ATHEISM, AND BIG BANG COSMOLOGY (1996) Graham Oppy Recent scientific research into the cosmological origins of the universe has prompted a flood of philosophical speculations about the consequences of that research for views which invoke supernatural causes for the existence of the universe. Much of this speculation has come from people […]
Ibn Al Rawandi Review
Review of "Why I Am Not a Muslim" Ibn al-Rawandi [This review was originally published in the New Humanist, Bradlaugh House, 47 Theobald’s Road, London, England WC1X 8SP. Reproduced with permission.] In one of his early works the traditionalist writer Frithjof Schuon makes an acute observation about the mentality of Muslims: `The intellectual – and […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum14
Türk’ü “Türk’e” ve “Türk” ile Ilgili Her Seye Karsi Yabanci, Hatta Düsman Yapan Seriat Emirlerinin Insafsiz Uygulayicisi Olarak Din Adami I) Türk’ü Kendi Atalarina ve Geçmisine Düsman Yapan Din Adami: II) Insanlarimizi Arap Ruhu ve Zihniyeti ile Yetistirir Din Adami: III) Kur’an’i Arapça okutma konusunda din adami’nin kurnazligi! Batili din adami kendi insanini ve mensup […]
James Still Absurd
The Absurd Life: Barabbas and Christ James Still There is a certain Faustian conflict in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus says, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father."[1] Just as Mephistopheles tells Faust that the darkness gives birth to the […]
James Still Kalam
Library: Modern Documents: James Still: Eternity and Time in William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument Eternity and Time in William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument James Still * The clocks were functioning, thus someone must have set them in motion, even if their winding had been designed to last a long time. -Umberto Eco […]
Jeff Lowder Jury
The Jury Is In The Ruling on McDowell’s “Evidence” Jeffery Jay Lowder (editor) Introduction (1997) by Jeffery Jay Lowder Josh McDowell’s Evidence That Demands a Verdict (hereafter, “ETDAV“) is arguably one of the most influential Christian apologetic books today. The purpose of Jury shall be to evaluate how well it does. Chapter 1. The Uniqueness […]