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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Doug Jesseph Jesseph Craig Intro
On behalf of the sponsors: Campus Crusade for Christ, Athletes in Action, and Priority One Associates, welcome to a critical thinking event. A university should be more than simply a place of learning about things, but a place to grapple with issues of truth, who we are, where we come from and where we are […]
Doug Shaver Jesus
Review of Jesus After 2000 Years (2006) Doug Shaver Review: Gerd Lüdemann. 2001. Jesus After 2000 Years: What He Really Said and Did. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 695 pp. Reading Gerd Lüdemann’s Jesus After 2000 Years is intellectual exercise—good for you, and for some people even enjoyable, but probably not the average person’s idea […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Bib
Bibliography Ames, Edward Scribner. 1949. Religion. Chicago, IL: John O. Pyle (also, New York, NY. Henry Holt and Company, 1929). -. 1919. The Psychology of Religious Experience. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Ames, Van Meter (editor). Prayers and Meditations. 1970. Chicago, IL: The Disciples’ Divinity House, University of Chicago. Applying Basic Principles. 1983. Oak Brook, […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Ch7
CHAPTER 7 Critiques from Humanists Who Did Not Sign Several important individuals did not sign "A Humanist Manifesto" but contributed substantially through their criticisms. The following four men are of varied backgrounds and professions and, precisely for that reason, the manifesto editors made concerted efforts to obtain their endorsements. We very much wanted the manifesto […]
Farrell Till Geisler Till
The Geisler-Till Debate Did Jesus of Nazareth Bodily Rise from the Dead? (1994) Norman L. Geisler and Farrell Till Participants and Format of the Debate Dr. Norman L. Geisler’s First Speech (twenty minutes) Mr. Farrell Till’s First Speech (twenty minutes) Dr. Norman L. Geisler’s Second Speech (ten minutes) Mr. Farrell Till’s Second Speech (ten […]
Farrell Till Horner Till Horner4
Well, tonight I made two main claims. One, there are good reasons to affirm the resurrection, and two, there are no good reasons to deny the Resurrection. I argued that the tomb was empty, Jesus physically appeared to many witnesses, and that the origin of the Christian religion is inexplicable apart from a real resurrection. […]
Reply to Robert Turkel
<<< Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 >>> TURKEL > 1) He asks how it is that this nuance I have >pointed out managed to "escape the hundreds of linguistic >scholars who were involved" in the translations he >quotes. We will give some reasons for this shortly; TILL Just out of curiosity, I […]
“Secular” Does Not Mean “Atheistic”
onday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in a Texas case that public schools cannot allow student-led prayer before high school football games. Reaction to this ruling among believers has been mixed. While some believers (especially those who belong to minority faiths) welcomed the ruling as a reinforcement in the wall of separation of state […]
Finngeir Hiorth Norway
Church and State in Norway (1997) Finngeir Hiorth The present Norwegian state church system goes back to 1536 when the Reformation in Europe led to the establishment of Lutheranism in Norway. The Norwegian Lutheran State Church, often simply called the Norwegian Church, is led by and largely financed by the state. In practice the […]
Fred Edwords Creation
Dealing With “Scientific” Creationists (1994) Frederick Edwords An effective response to the political, social, and educational aspirations of so-called “scientific” creationists requires first an understanding of the creation model and of creationist aims. Only with this knowledge can one have some chance of success. One should, in fact, go to great lengths to avoid misrepresenting […]
A Resurrection Debate
A Resurrection Debate The New Testament Evidence in Evangelical and in Critical Perspective Revised Edition*, 2000 G.A. Wells Introduction The Reliability of the Gospels The Question of Miracles Non-Christian Evidence The Resurrection in the Gospels Paul’s Account of the Resurrection Epistles and Gospels as Different Strata of Tradition Notes 1 Introduction In 1987 the New […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap16
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 16 – Prophecy and the Earliest Prophets DURING the eighth century, utterances of a class of men known as "prophets" were recorded in Israel and Judah. The Hebrew prophetic movement appears to have begun during the early years of the occupancy of Canaan […]
Gerald Larue Otll Chap30
Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 30 – The Hasmonean Dynasty1 Read I Macc. Chs. 14-16 WITH Simon (141-135) a new era dawned for the Jews, and for the first time since the Babylonian conquest, they breathed the pure air of freedom. The atmosphere was charged with expectation. Simon […]
Gerd Ludemann Letter2
July 26, 2000 Prof. Dr. E. Muehlenberg Faculty of Theology George-August University 37073 Goettingen Germany Dear Prof. Dr. Muehlenberg: I write in response to your letter of April 4, 2000. Although an “open letter” would have been quite appropriate in such a case, it was not our intention that you would learn about our […]
Graham Oppy Naturalism
Review of: Craig, William Lane, and Moreland, J. P. (eds) Naturalism: A Critical Analysis London: Routledge, 2000, pp.xv+279, £60.00 The editors claim a threefold purpose for the essays which appear in this collection. First, the essays are intended to establish that naturalism “fails to deal adequately with a number of desiderata”. Second, the essays […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum04
Din Adami Insanlarimizi, Seriat’in “Dua” ve “Ibadet” Konusundaki Verileriyle Egitirken, Yaratici Güç’ten Yoksun, “Mütevekkil”, Kendine Güvensiz Ve Benligine Yabanci Niteliklerde Kilar “Dua” ve “Ibadet” denilen seyler, müslüman kisi için sadece yasam amaci olarak degil ve fakat ayni zamanda Tanri’ya layik olabilmek bakimindan da gerekli ve önemli sayilir. Din adami’nin bellettigi seriat verilerine göre kisi, gerek […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum20
Atatürk’ün Binbir Güçlükle Din Adami’ndan Kurtardigi toplumu, Yeniden Din Adami’nin Pençesine Terkeden Zihniyet. I) “Aydin” din adami yetistirme hayalleri: II) Atatürk’e gelinceye kadar Islam devletlerinin hiç birinde “özgürlük”, “insan haysiyeti” ve “insan sevgisi” adina din adami’na karsi savasan ve toplumu din adami’nin kötülüklerinden kurtaran olmamistir. III) Gerçek anlamda “aydin” olmayan din adami, halkin da aydinlanmasini […]
James Still Doherty
Book Review: The Jesus Puzzle James Still Doherty, Earl. (1999): The Jesus Puzzle. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Humanist Publications. 380 pages. U.S. $14.50. Most survey books on the historical Jesus begin with the quiet assumption that a human man lay at the core of a superstructure of myths piled upon him in the subsequent four centuries […]
James Still Virgin Birth
Library: Modern Documents: James Still: Virgin Birth The Virgin Birth and Childhood Mysteries of Jesus James Still Biblical scholars have long ago dismissed the literal interpretation of the miraculous virgin-birth of Jesus. Also, many liberal Christian denominations have either quietly purged the curious piece of teaching from their body of philosophy, or conveniently ignore the […]
Is “Freethinker” Synonymous with Nontheist?
Notes* Jeffery Jay Lowder In this column, I want to consider two distinct but closely related questions: (1) can a theist be a freethinker?; and (2) are all nontheists freethinkers? I shall argue that the answer to (1) is “yes” and the answer to (2) is “no.” I shall then argue that nontheists should stop […]
Jeff Lowder Jury Chap3
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Jim Lippard Gishreview
Review of Creation Scientists Answer Their Critics Jim Lippard The following appeared in Perspectives in Science and Christian Faith, the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation, in the September 1994 issue (vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 193-195), and is reprinted here with the permission of the editor. (The title is mine and did not appear […]
Ken Saladin Saladin Gish2 Saladin2
First Rebuttal for the Affirmative (Saladin, 15 minutes) [During the intermission, someone from the audience asked me if I could speak more slowly. I apologize if I talked too fast for some of you to follow me, especially the foreign students, but I would point out that it’s hard for me to speak slowly, because […]
Lifeafterdeath Immortality
Immortality The question of survival of bodily death concerns whether some aspect of an individual (usually one’s personality or consciousness) continues to exist after the death of one’s normal physical body. Immortality concerns whether that surviving aspect continues to exist forever. While evidence for survival is not necessarily evidence for immortality, evidence against survival is […]
Massimo Pigliucci Column Rationallyspeaking November2000
Rationally Speaking A monthly e-column by Massimo Pigliucci Department of Botany, University of Tennessee N. 4, November 2000 – "Intelligent Design – the Classical Argument" This column can be posted for free on any appropriate web site. If you are interested in receiving the html code, please send an email Further reading: Dialogues Concerning Natural […]
Mathew Sn Morality
More Research concerning Atheist Morality mathew [ Traducción al Español / Spanish translation ] This article appeared in the “Living” section of the September 11, 1993, edition of the “San Jose Mercury News.” It is a summary of a study which shows that religious belief and ethical behavior have little to no correlation. NOT […]
Michael Martin Butler
Butler’s Defense of TAG and Critique of TANG (1996) Michael Martin Michael Butler in a recent paper published on the Internet has attempted to defend The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God (TAG) and refute The Transcendental Argument for the NonExistence of God (TANG).[1] In this paper I evaluate his defense and refutation. […]
Michael Martin Free Speech
Atheism and Intraorganizational Free Speech (1996) Michael Martin What position should atheists take on freedom of speech? In particular, what stand should atheistic organizations take in regard to the freedom of speech of its members? Should they censor members who do not adhere to particular doctrines which, even if they are not entailed by […]
Michael Martin Martin Frame Tang2
A Response to John Frame’s Rebuttal of The Transcendental Argument for the Nonexistence of God (TANG) Michael Martin My article, "The Transcendental Argument for the Nonexistence of God," was originally published in the New Zealand Rationalist and Humanist (Autumn 1996, p. 4). It recently appeared on the Internet and was replied to by John […]
Michael Martin Review Stein
[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Teaching Philosophy 9:1 (October 1986): 90-91. The page numbers below show the position of the text within that pagination scheme.] ________________________________________ 90 An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism, Gordon Stein, ed. Prometheus Books, 1980, 354 pages, $14.95 pbk. Michael Martin This book is a useful reminder that […]