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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Richard Carrier Resurrection 4b
This file has been relocated: it is now Section II of Rebutting Lesser Arguments.
Richard Carrier Theory
Proving a Negative (1999) Richard Carrier I know the myth of “you can’t prove a negative” circulates throughout the nontheist community, and it is good to dispel myths whenever we can. As it happens, there really isn’t such a thing as a “purely” negative statement, because every negative entails a positive, and vice versa. […]
Robert Price Beyond Born Again Chap1
________________________________________ 9 Beyond Born Again Section I– The Born Again Experience: A Brave New World? ________________________________________ 10 Chapter 1: A Might Fortress Is Our Mentality “Hey, wouldn’t you like to be born again Live a new life that’s free Without sin, no ties to philosophy.” — Anne Herring and Matthew Ward, “Learn a Curtsey” “You’ll […]
Robert Price Hamblin
Reply to Professor Hamblin (2004) Robert M. Price This article was originally published in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Fall 2004). Reprinted with permission. I am gratified and delighted that my modest piece “Prophecy and Palimpsest” was of sufficient interest to call forth the remarks of Professor Hamblin in Dialogue […]
Robert Price Son
A Rejoinder to Josh McDowell’s Evidence That Demands a Verdict "Jesus– God’s Son" (1997) Robert M. Price Introduction | Commentary on McDowell’s Introduction | Trial of Jesus | Equality with the Father? | "I Am" | "He Who Has Seen Me" | "I Say Unto You" | Bibliography | Related Resources This chapter is […]
Shlomi Tal Saga
Genealogical Saga of Judaism (2001) Shlomi Tal Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One, it is written in Deuteronomy 6:4. Judaism is essentially the story of the relation between one human race and their deity. The tragic consequences of racial hatred in the past century do not retract from the […]
Steven Conifer Ar
The Argument from Reason for the Nonexistence of God (2001) Steven J. Conifer [The following essay is derived from my forthcoming book, The Plausibility of Atheism: Eight Essays in the Philosophy of Religion, which shall be available via amazon.com by June of 2001.] 1. Prefatory Comments I shall herein propound an evidential atheological argument which […]
Testimonials Daniels
From Missionary Bible Translator to Agnostic (2003) Ken Daniels Contents 1. Purpose of this testimonial 2. Life as an Evangelical Christian 2.1 2.1 Early years: Unquestioned faith 2.2 Crisis #1 2.3 Crisis #2 2.4 Marriage and missions 2.5 Crisis #3 2.6 Crisis #4: Return from the mission field 2.7 A brief recovery of […]
Theism Bible Scientology
Argument from Holy Scripture: Scientology Aleister Crowley (Off Site) by Jeff Jacobsen “Hubbard had connections with the occult. He was, at one time, Aleister Crowley’s pal. It shows in his work, too. Apart from that, the idea put forward in the OT’s–to have control over matter, energy, space and time–is very much indebted to gnosticism.” Dianetics […]
Theism Christianity Resurrection
Resurrection The Argument from the Bible (1996) by Theodore Drange “Almost all evangelical Christians believe that the writing of the Bible was divinely inspired and represents God’s main revelation to humanity. They also believe that the Bible contains special features which constitute evidence of its divine inspiration. This would be a use of the Bible […]
Theism Experiences
Religious Experience Craig’s Holy Spirit Epistemology (1998) by Michael Martin “In Reasonable Faith, William Lane Craig makes a sharp distinction between knowing that God exists and being able to show this. He maintains that one knows that Christianity is true ‘by the self-authenticating witness of God’s Holy Spirit.’ … I will argue that Craig fails […]
Theism Ontological
Ontological Arguments Ontological arguments contend that we can know that God exists in the same way that we know that 2 + 2 = 4: through reason alone. In other words, they claim to show that God exists without ever consulting experience or observation. Anselm provided the first ontological argument for the existence of God […]
Travis Denneson Power
Society and the Individual in Nietzsche’s The Will to Power (1999) Travis J. Denneson I. Introduction In The Will to Power, specifically the section entitled "The Will to Power as Society and Individual," Nietzsche’s ideas concerning how his doctrine of the will to power is manifested in both societies as a whole and in individuals […]
Vic Stenger Schrev
Fitting the Bible to the Data (1998) Victor J. Stenger Review of The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdom by Gerald L. Schroeder. New York and London: The Free Press, 1997. How can both the Bible and science be right? Israeli physicist Gerald Schroeder says he can show us how. Let’s […]
Anachronist Why I Believe 3 God
Chapter 3: Why I Believe in God (Non Causa Pro Causa) The first two chapters dealt with Biblical history as it relates to prophecy and archaeology. This chapter veers away from history and enters the realm of theology, a much more nebulous subject. As theology, I cannot address the main thrust of this chapter: that […]
Anthony Garrett Esct
Evolution Science and Creation Theology Anthony J. M. Garrett 63 High Street, Grantchester Cambridge CB3 9NF England (This paper is dedicated to the memory of David Stove.) In writing an article on the theology of human evolution I must first declare that I have no expert knowledge, either as theologian or as evolutionary scientist (I […]
Balgrim Ragoonanan Induced
Induced Religious Conversions: An Affront To Hindus (2002) Balgrim Ragoonanan After reading the Rev. Pat Robertson’s appeal for converting Hindus to Christianity, the information below was developed. It is most important for Hindus to respond with correct information when disparaging comments are made about their religious beliefs. Hindus must also be prepared to increase […]
Religion And The U. S. Supreme Court – Cases (3 of 4)
Religion And The U. S. Supreme Court – Cases (3 of 4) by Bill Schultz From 1961 through 1980 Table of Contents Main Text The Law as Things Stand Now Links To Supreme Court Opinions, Etc., Founding-1942 Links To Supreme Court Opinions, Etc., 1943-1960 Links To Supreme Court Opinions, Etc., 1961-1980 (this file) Links To […]
Corey Washington Craig Washington About
About This Transcript Jeffery J. Lowder This is a transcript of a debate on the existence of God, between Dr. William Lane Craig and Dr. Corey Washington, which took place on 9 February 1995 at the University of Washington, before an audience well over 1500 people. I have taken the time to transcribe this […]
Dave Matson Hanlon
Rejoinder to Cliff Hanlon’s “Three R’s” Dave E. Matson August 3, 1998 Cliff Hanlon, President The Berea Foundation Dear Mr. Hanlon, Your rebuttal of my article relating to the speed of light was forwarded to me via the Internet Infidels, a fine organization which carries a web copy of my book “How Good Are […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Carbon 14 Equilibrium
Dr. Hovind (R1): The atmospheric C-14 is presently only 1/3 of the way to an equilibrium value which will be reached in 30,000 years. This nullifies the carbon-14 method as well as demonstrating that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. The above is offered as a simple fact of research. Knowing how faulty […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments History
Young-earth "proof" #28: The oldest historical records go back less than 6000 years. 28. What does the age of the oldest known historical records have to do with the age of the earth? If, in fact, they go back 6000 years, what of it? Records couldn’t be kept until writing was invented. Of course, we […]
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Salt
Young-earth "proof" #24: Given the rate of salt influx to the oceans, they should be much saltier than they are if the earth were billions of years old. 24. Dr. Hovind is assuming that salt cannot be removed from the oceans. The more sophisticated creationists, such as Melvin Cook, know better than to make that […]
Debates Secularist Abortion Carrier1
Abortion is not Immoral and Should not be Illegal by Richard C. Carrier Introduction This opening argument against the immorality and illegality of abortion is simple, short and largely unoriginal: the arguments have all been voiced and heard a thousand times before. As will become apparent, the present argument leaves numerous fundamental assumptions as […]
Debates Secularist Capital
On The Issue of Capital Punishment: Capital Punishment is still used in the US Penal System as punishment for serious crime. Great controversy exists on whether it is a just solution, a moral one, and an effective one. Arguments are many and varied both for and against capital punishment. It is often assumed that the […]
Debates Secularist Iq
On The Issues Involved in Intelligence and IQ: The Intelligence Quotient has been under scrutiny for decades yet it continues to be used in testing within our educational institutions. What is intelligence? How advanced is our understanding of the concept and how applicable are IQ tests in generating worthwhile results? Many people believe intelligence is […]
Debates Secularist Vegie
On The Issues Involved in Vegetarianism: Vegetarianism is a chosen lifestyle for a variety of reasons. Common among those reasons is the opposition to the meat industry and the techniques and treatment involved. Other reasons include health and nutrition, the cost of meat and meat by-products, the humane alternative, and more. Critics also employ a […]
Doug Krueger Krueger Mchugh Mchugh3
The Krueger-McHugh Debate: Theism or Atheism (2003) Christopher McHugh Second Rebuttal by Christopher McHugh In this second rebuttal, I will offer refutations (limited by the length restrictions) of Krueger’s objections to the version of the ontological argument that I have presented. It will be shown that Krueger’s comments are nugatory because they are based […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Ch5
CHAPTER 5 The Editing Process That there was no one writer of "A Humanist Manifesto" becomes clear as one reviews the editing process. Following the receipt of Dr. Sellars’ first draft and some initial correspondence, the meetings of an editorial committee-Curtis Reese, A. Eustace Haydon, Raymond Bragg, and myself-were convened by Bragg and held in […]
Farrell Till Horner Till Horner2
Okay., this concept of extraordinary proof that’s required here is critical, and so I’m going to touch on that first. This statement, "extraordinary events require extraordinary evidence," creates a phantom standard that virtually nothing could meet. It amounts, as Dr. Till… [Turning to Till] Dr. Till, I just gave you an honorary doctorate. As Mr. […]