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[Taken from the program handed out at the debate] I.) There are good reasons to affirm the Resurrection. A.) The writings about the Resurrection are too early for legend to prevail over the truth. B.) The tomb was empty. C.) Jesus appeared to many witnesses. D.) The origin of the Christian movement is inexplicable apart […]

Reply to Robert Turkel: Concluding Postscript Farrell Till I must say that I am flattered. After assuring his readers that I was not worth any further comment from him, Turkel has posted a 240K article in reply to my rebuttal of his attempt to reconcile the approval of Jehu’s massacre at Jezreel (2 Kings 10:30) […]

FAQ The Supreme Court and Prayer at Football Games  The U.S. Supreme Court has heard a major case involving school prayer. The legal controversy, Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, was argued before the high court on March 29, 2000, and a decision is expected by early July. This is an important case that […]

Review of Robin Le Poidevin’s Arguing for Atheism (1997) Finngeir Hiorth   Robin Le Poidevin: Arguing for Atheism, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion Routledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE, UK and 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001, USA, 1996, 159 pp., glossary, bibliography, index, paperback.   As in so […]

Life Is To Be Lived Now A Vital, Personal Humanism (1986) Frederick Edwords When one hears the word Humanism, one thinks of that philosophy spelled out in documents called “Manifestos,” a philosophy critical of traditional religion and which advocates reason, science, and civil liberties. What one too often does not think of is a philosophy […]

  Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue   Chapter 12 – Solomon Read I Kings 2:13-11:43 UNDER Solomon, national and religious self-consciousness, encouraged by the king and the temple priesthood, resulted in the production of a great body of literature, of which the Davidic record was but a part. Unfortunately, no biographical […]

  Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue   Chapter 27 – The Early Hellenistic Period THE Hellenistic period in Palestine technically begins with the defeat of the Persian empire by Alexander the Great (334-323). Greek influence had entered the Persian world much earlier, for Greek mercenaries fought in Persian armies and Greek […]

  Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue   A Word to the Reader TO get the most from this book, you will need a Bible, preferably in modern translation. Keep the Bible at hand, for few passages are quoted and the writer has assumed that you will read the biblical references. The […]

Craig, Mackie, And The Kalam Cosmological Argument (1991) Graham Oppy   [This article was originally published as Religious Studies 27 (1991): 189-97.] In “Professor Mackie And The Kalam Cosmological Argument” (Religious Studies, 1984, Vol.20, pp.367-375), Professor William Lane Craig undertakes to demonstrate that J. L. Mackie’s analysis of the kalam cosmological argument in The Miracle […]

Inverse Operations With Transfinite Numbers And The Kalam Cosmological Argument (1995) Graham Oppy   [This article was originally published as “Inverse Operations With Transfinite Numbers And The Kalam Cosmological Argument” International Philosophical Quarterly, 35, 2, pp.219-221] In “Reply To Smith: On The Finitude Of The Past”[1], Professor William Craig writes:   I reiterate that Smith […]

Profesor Ilhan Arsel’in Özgeçmisi Prof. Dr. Ilhan Arsel, Cenevre (Isviçre) Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi’nde doktorasini yaptiktan sonra, otuz yildan fazla bir sure boyunca üniversite ögretim üyeliginde bulundu; Ankara Hukuk Fakültesinde “Anayasa Hukuku” dersleri verdi. 1960 Ihtilali’nin ardindan yeni bir anayasa tasarisi hazirlamakla görevli on kisilik Istanbul Komisyonu‘na, ve daha sonra Kurucu Meclis Öntasarisi‘ni olusturan bes kisilik […]

Din Adami’nin Insanlarimiza Bellettigi Tanri Anlayisi Olumsuz Nitelikte Olup, Tanri’nin “Yüceligi” Fikriyle Bagdasmaz I) Din adami, “Tanri” anlayisina egemen olmak gereken “yücelik” fikrinden habersizdir: A) Tanri’nin “Tek” oldugu fikrini belletmek için din adami, her isin tek sayilara göre görülmesi hususundaki seriat verilerine sarilir: örnegin “istinca” sirasinda (abdest’ten sonra temizlenirken) tek sayida tas kullanmanin seriat emri […]

Library: Modern Documents: James Still: Reasons Skeptics Should Consider Christianity Critique of "Reasons Skeptics Should Consider Christianity" by Josh McDowell and Don Stewart James Still Josh McDowell, organizer and minister to the Campus Crusade for Christ, co-wrote with Don Stewart, the infamous book Reasons Skeptics Should Consider Christianity. The introduction states that Reasons was "written […]

A Secular Case Against Abortion By Jennifer Roth   Introduction First of all, I’d like to thank Richard Carrier for agreeing to this debate, and the Internet Infidels for sponsoring it. I hope to find that this format will allow us to go beyond the soundbites and emotionalism that characterize all too many discussions of […]

Preface Kenneth Saladin This is a transcript of my second debate with Duane Gish, which took place on 10 May 1988 at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, before an audience of about 800 people. (My first debate with him was at the Montgomery campus of Auburn University on 24 March 1984.) I have taken the time […]

An Agnostic Theology (2010) Kile Jones 1. Introduction For years now we have thought that agnosticism and theology were incompatible, for lack of better reasons, because theology was thought to entail revelation. Revelation, in turn, was considered by some theologians as an adequate source of knowledge, and claims to knowledge of God were not considered […]

MessiahGate A Tale of Murder and Deception by Larry A. Taylor Originally printed in HUMSIG newsletter, Number 7, August 1987; Larry A. Taylor, ed. Lecture delivered at Humanist Society of Friends (Los Angeles), August 27, 1987. Larry A. Taylor 5671 S. Newlin Ave. Whittier, CA 90601 Copyright HUMSIG, 1987. Jerusalem; it’s a tough town, but […]

A Representative Example of Intellectual Dishonesty in the pathlights.com Creation-Evolution Encyclopedia (1997) Mark I. Vuletic   The pathlights.com Creation-Evolution Encyclopedia may very well have the dubious honor of being the worst piece of creationist literature ever written. In this paper, I will examine a passage representative of the lack of integrity and low intellectual caliber […]

Columns for Massimo Pigliucci Rationally Speaking (Off Site) A monthly column of thoughts about skepticism, humanism, science, and pseudoscience.

More on Einstein and Quantum Mechanics mathew [ Traducción al Español / Spanish translation ]   There is nothing inherent in Quantum Theory which requires randomness. In the 1950s, Bohm developed a deterministic nonlocal theory which is consistent with all the predictions of quantum mechanics. Einstein sought a theory which was “locally causal” or “locally […]

I am grateful to Dr. Fernandes for the courteous tone he has adopted in this debate and his thoughtful attempt to answer my criticisms. Response to Misunderstandings of Atheism In my opening statement I said that Dr. Fernandes misunderstood atheism because he claimed that atheism is committed to materialism, epistemological relativism, epistemological skepticism, ethical relativism, […]

Does Logic Presuppose the Existence of the Christian God? (2000) Michael Martin   The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God (TAG)–the argument that logic, science, and objective ethical standards presuppose the existence of the Christian God–has been repeatedly used by a small group of Christian apologists operating within the Orthodox Presbyterian tradition. In the […]

Reply to Butler, Ventrella, and Fields (1996) Michael Martin   Introduction On the evening of October 26, 1994 a debate on the existence of God was scheduled between the late Greg Bahnsen and me at Rhodes College. This debate was canceled when SCCCS and I could not agree on whether the debate was to be […]

God Doesn’t Punish? (2019) Michael Moore The claim that “God doesn’t punish” appears about 100,000 times on Google; another 150,000 hits can be found when French, German, Russian, and Spanish equivalents are also added. Haven’t the authors of this phrase heard of the Flood (Genesis 6:7): “So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the […]

A Critique of Miracles by C. S. Lewis (2000) Nicholas Tattersall   Introduction More than thirty years after his death, C. S. Lewis is still world-famous as a literary critic, as an author of children’s fiction and as a Christian apologist. His works have been translated into many languages and they are widely read and […]

Evidentialism Do Atheists Bear a Burden of Proof? A Reply to Prof. Ralph McInerny (1997) by Keith M. Parsons Parsons rebuts Prof Ralph McInerny’s claim that the burden of proof should fall on the unbeliever. Is Atheism Presumptuous? A Reply to Paul Copan (2000) by Jeffery Jay Lowder Lowder refutes Paul Copan’s claim that Antony […]

On the Nonexistence of God and Proving a Negative A common objection to atheism is that it is impossible to “prove a negative.” This objection is exposed as a myth: it is possible to prove a negative, and several examples are provided in the articles by Carrier, Lowder, and Vuletic. It is therefore illegitimate to […]

Addressing Those Colossal Misunderstandings: A Response to Doug Krueger (1999) Paul Copan Ravi Zacharias International Ministries   Having read Doug Krueger’s critique[1] of Ravi Zacharias’ book A Shattered Visage,[2] I was shocked at his vitriol and unwarranted sarcasm. However, I am grateful to the powers that be at the Secular Web/Internet Infidels website, who have […]

A Tribute to Steve Allen By Dr. Paul Kurtz With the death of Steve Allen, American culture has lost a unique Leonardo, an exceptional man of thought and action – and the humanist and skeptical movements in particular have suffered the grievous loss of an heroic supporter. Steve Allen’s talents were many-dimensional. He has been […]

Let me assess James’ conclusion about theism and elaborate upon which points we disagree upon. I want to show why some atheists, like me, might see Godlessness as preferable to theism under the light of serious doubts and criticisms. I will find faults with theism, but they are not conclusive or irreparably damaging. They are […]