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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
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 Smith1
On Some Alleged Consequences Of ‘The Hartle-Hawking Cosmology’ (1997) Graham Oppy [This article was originally published as “Some Questions About ‘The Hartle-Hawking Cosmology'” Sophia, 36 (1997), 1, pp.84-95] In [3], Quentin Smith claims that `the Hartle-Hawking cosmology’ is inconsistent with classical theism in a way which redounds to the discredit of classical theism; and, […]
Ilhan Arsel Din Adamlari Bolum13
Din Adami Insanlarimizi Hosgörüsüz, Acimasiz Ve Kindar Ruhla Yetistirir I) Din adami insanlarimizi kötülügü kötülükle, hatta iyiligi dahi kötülükle karsilamak gerektigi zihniyeti içerisinde yetistirir: A) Din adami “Kisasta hayat vardir” hükmünü fazilet örnegi bir kural olmak üzere belletir: B) Din adami insanlarimiza, farkli inançta iseler ana, baba, kardes gibi yakinlara karsi dahi yabancilik ya da […]
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 […]
Julian Baggini Review Martin
Review of The Impossibility of God (2005) Julian Baggini Review: Michael Martin and Ricki Monnier (eds). 2003. The Impossibility of God. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 438 pp. Let’s get the well-deserved praise over and done with and move swiftly on to more interesting matters. All infidels (Infidel, noun, 1: one who is not a […]
Ken Saladin Saladin Gish2 Gish4
Closing Statement for the Negative (Gish, 5 minutes) Moderator: We will now have a five-minute closing statement from Dr. Gish. Gish: Ladies and gentlemen on page 353 of this book by Michael Denton, he says this: "Contrary to what is widely assumed by evolutionary biologists today, it has always been the anti-evolutionists, not the evolutionists, […]
Mark Vuletic Dent
REVIEW OF “EVOLUTION: A THEORY IN CRISIS” BY MICHAEL DENTON Keith B. Miller Department of Geology Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-3201 There is much confusion in the popularized literature about the evidence for macroevolutionary change in the fossil record. Unfortunately, the discussion of evolution within certain parts of the Christian community has been greatly […]
Mark Vuletic Policy
Internet Infidels receives quite a bit of mail, as is evident to anyone who peruses our feedback section. To reduce clutter in the feedback section, we are now instituting a series of conditions for the printing of mail. In order to have your letter printed by Internet Infidels, it must meet the following critieria: Your […]
Mathew Sn Creation
Why alt.atheism Exists mathew [Editors note: Usenet newsgroups were once very popular venues for discussion of topics of interest. In the intervening years since the writing of this article, however, they have become less and less popular, primarily because they tend to be overrun with spammers. In the meantime, discussion boards, such as the […]
Michael Martin Fernandes Martin Fernandes3
Introduction Once again Dr. Martin should be commended for the graciousness and brilliance he has displayed in this debate. It is truly an honor to debate a man of his stature. In his second statement, Dr. Martin accuses me of “begging the question” against atheism. However, he fails to understand that I am presenting theism […]