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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Fred Edwords Ingersol
Visit the Birthplace of Robert G. Ingersoll (1993) Frederick Edwords After years of planning and restoration, the Robert G. Ingersoll Birthplace Museum opened its doors to the public on June 2, 1993. It is now regularly open to receive visitors June through October. The hours of operation are Wednesday through Sunday, Noon to 5:00 PM. […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap2
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 2 – How Do We Read? THERE was a time when it was believed that the best way to read the Bible was to begin at Genesis and read straight through. Today we know that the Bible was not written in the sequence in […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap5
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 5 – The Land AS the land-bridge between Africa and Asia, Palestine early became a thoroughfare for wandering peoples, tradesmen, and armies. Over its highways came products and ideas from Egyptians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Aegeans and desert nomads. In itself, the land gave […]
Gordon Stein Jesus
The Jesus of History: A Reply to Josh McDowell Gordon Stein, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: The following essay was written by the late Gordon Stein in 1982. It is a slightly-modified version of an article that appeared in the July/August 1982 issue of The American Rationalist under the same name. In this essay, Stein claimed that […]
Graham Oppy Panth
Mereological Ontological Arguments and Pantheism (19??) [1] Graham Oppy Mereological ontological arguments are–as the name suggests–ontological arguments which draw on the resources of mereology, i.e. the theory of the part-whole relation.[2] An instance of arguments of this kind is the following: 1. I exist. (Premise, contingent a priori) 2. (Hence) Some–i.e. least one–thing exists. […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum08
Din Adami Insanlarimizi “Dünyevi” (Akilci) Nitelikteki Ahlak Anlayisi Ile Degil Fakat “Uhrevi) (Dinsel) Nitelikteki Seriat Ahlaki Ile Yetistirir. I) Din adami’nin elinde, hile, yalan, rüsvet ve benzeri eylemleri “günah” olmaktan çikarici ya da Islam’in hayrina olarak geçerli kilici seriat malzemesi bulunur ki müslüman kisilerin egitiminde is görür: II) Din adami’nin elindeki seriat verileri yalan, zina, […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Giris
G i r i s Din hocalarinin bollugu ile taninan Konya’ya yapmis oldugu gezilerinden birinde Atatürk, yaninda bazi yabanci elçiler bulundugu halde Kent’in görülmege deger yerlerini gezer. Bu arada sarikli bazi hoca’lar kendisinden medrese’leri de ziyaret etmesini isterler. Her ne kadar din adamlarindan pek hoslanmaz olmakla beraber, nezaketsizlik olmasin için teklifi kabul eder. Kendisini, yanindakilerle […]
James Still Gospel John
Library: Modern Documents: James Still: Gospel John The Gospel of John and the Hellenization of Jesus James Still In John we find the culmination of Greek philosophy that has created the Jesus that we are the most familiar with today. A fully-formed Hellenized Jesus has emerged to become an equal with God. The Gospel of […]
James Still W Why
The Mental Discomfort of “Why?” James Still * I do not believe in dead things and cannot distinguish between being no more and never having been. -André Gide. Abbreviations 1. Preliminaries 2. Wittgenstein and God 3. The Expression of "Why?" and the Problem of Life 4. “Why?” in Religious Practice 5. "Why?" in the Cosmological […]
Jeff Lowder Jesus Resurrection Biblio
Works Cited Anderson, J.N.D. The Evidence for the Resurrection. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity, 1966. Barker, Dan. Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist. Madison, WI: Freedom From Religion Foundation, 1992. Borg, Marcus J. "Thinking About Easter" Bible Review. April 1994, p. 15 and 49. Bostock, Revd Dr Gerald Boldock. "Do We Need an Empty […]
Jeff Lowder Jury Chap7
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Jim Lippard Scaling
Critique of Moreland’s Scaling the Secular City Jim Lippard The following appeared in The Frontline #27 (March 1990), a special issue on “Christian Books: Our Contributors Read Between the Lines.” Scaling the Secular City: A Defense of Christianity By J.P. Moreland, 1987, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House 267 pp., $12.95 paperback J.P. Moreland, […]
John Rankin Price Rankin Rankin2
Closing Statement John C. Rankin Thank you, Bob, and thank you for a delightful evening. Thank you for all those who asked questions. It’s interesting in Bob’s final comments, when he talked about authority and we just do not accept something because, quote, of an authority. We do not accept a second hand belief. […]
Ken Saladin Saladin Gish2 About Transcript
About this Transcript Jeffery Jay Lowder This transcript is a slightly modified version of the transcript available in print from the National Center for Science Education. In the annotations, I have removed references to pages within this manuscript and replaced them with references to the appropriate speech. Since I was not typing with divine inspiration, […]
Kyle Gerkin Objections Sustained Obj2
Objection #2: Since Miracles Contradict Science, They Cannot Be True (2001) (Interview w/ William Lane Craig, Ph.D.) Kyle J. Gerkin Craig is quite notorious on the Secular Web. If you are interested in the transcript of a debate between Craig and (atheist) Dr. Douglas M. Jesseph on the existence of God, it may be […]
Mark Hutchins Faith And History
Faith and History A Critique of John Warwick Montgomery’s Apologetics Mark Hutchins Introduction This paper will offer a critical view of John Warwick Montgomery’s approach to Christian apologetics, specifically his attempt to show skeptics that history provides a credible basis for belief in the New Testament Jesus. While Montgomery has not been the only Christian […]
Mark Vuletic Myst
The Yoga-Sutras of Patanjali and The Cloud of Unknowing: A Preliminary Step in Assessing the Ontological Accuracy of the Mystical Experience (1996) Mark I. Vuletic [This paper was written for a seminar in mysticism taught by Neal Grossman at The University of Illinois at Chicago in Spring, 1996] Proponents of mysticism sometimes offer the […]
Mathew Arguments Hebrew
אתאיזם: טיעונים נפוצים (1997) mathew המאמר המקורי כאן מבוא המסמך הזהמכילתגובות לטיעונים שעלו לעתים תכופות בקבוצות דיון המוקדשים לדיון באתאיזם.התשובותהמובאות כאן אינן מתיימרות להיות מקיפות או סופיות. מטרת המסמך אינו לסייםאתהדיון, אלא להרים את רמתו. הערה לגירסה העברית חלקמהתשובותהעוסקות בטיעונים שנוגעים רק לנצרות ו\או בארצות-הברית לא תורגמו לעברית,מתוךמחשבה שנושאים אלה לא יענינו את […]
Michael Martin Davis Resurrection
Davis on the Rationality of Belief in the Resurrection (2005) Michael Martin Introduction From 1998 to 2000, I engaged Christian apologist Steven Davis in an exchange on the rationality of belief in the Resurrection in the pages of Philo.[1] Subsequently, I assumed that the debate had ended, but to my surprise Davis recently published […]
Michael Martin Heaven
Problems with Heaven (1997) Michael Martin Introduction Belief in Heaven is an essential part of the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Famous theologians have written about it and ordinary theists hope to go there after death. Unfortunately, atheists have had little to say about Heaven although some atheist writings are indirectly […]
Michael Martin Martinag
On a New Argument for Agnosticism (2001) Michael Martin In a recent Internet paper entitled "A Formal Justification of Agnosticism,"[1] Bill Schultz defends agnosticism by denying the universality of the Principle of Excluded Middle (P v ~P).[2] In addition, he accuses me of using the Principle of Excluded Middle to try to "force agnostics […]
Michael Martin Values
Atheism and Humanistic Value Theory (1996) Michael Martin What is the relation between atheism and humanistic value theory? Can one be an atheist [1] and not accept any humanistic value theories? Can one accept a humanist value theory and believe in God? These are the sorts of questions that I want to address in […]
Michael Moore Total Institution
Religion as a Total Institution (2019) Michael Moore According to sociologist Nicki Lisa Cole, “A total institution is a closed social system in which life is organized by strict norms, rules, and schedules, and what happens within it is determined by a single authority whose will is carried out by staff who enforce the rules” […]
Nontheism Atheism About
About Atheism An Introduction to Atheism (1997) by mathew This is a gentle but thorough introduction to the different varieties of atheism and agnosticism. It covers many common misunderstandings, and defines and explains terms used elsewhere. Recommended for all readers, religious or not. To provide a sense of cohesion and progression, the author has presented […]
Nontheism Atheism How Live
How Should Atheists Live? Atheism and Humanistic Value Theory (1996) by Michael Martin “Atheism and humanistic value theory . . . are distinct and separable positions. . . . [Humanists must] defend their humanistic values without support from either atheism or theism. Since humanistic values can be supported by both camps, both belief and nonbelief […]
Nontheism Naturalism
Naturalism As defined by philosopher Paul Draper, naturalism is “the hypothesis that the natural world is a closed system” in the sense that “nothing that is not a part of the natural world affects it.” More simply, it is the denial of the existence of supernatural causes. In rejecting the reality of supernatural events, forces, […]
Paul Obrien Gentle Atheism14
I want to discuss some emotional issues that religious beliefs serve to address and accommodate. Although it seems obvious that a belief should be concerned with the truth, it is less obvious to some that a belief’s implications help determine its worth. It is even less obvious that a belief needs to conform to one’s […]
Peter Kirby Tomb Assessment
Assessment of the Evidence As the postmodernists would urge us all to do, I will begin with a confession of my interest in this matter, of biases that operate on levels seen and unseen, from the motivation to make my efforts in writing appear worthwhile to my general disbelief in the Christian religion. There […]
Quentin Smith Atheism
Two Ways to Prove Atheism (1996) Quentin Smith [This speech was delivered before the Atheist Alliance convention in Minneapolis, MN on April 6, 1996.] Today I will discuss two ways to prove atheism: that scientific cosmology can prove atheism and that the existence of gratuitous evil proves atheism. I’ll begin with scientific cosmology. Scientific […]
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