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The Modern Library contains material written during or after 1970, which tends to be more scholarly than Kiosk material.
Dave Matson Young Earth Specific Arguments Sun Shrinking
Youngearth "proof" #1: The sun is shrinking at 5 feet/hour which limits the earth-sun relationship to less than 5 million years. The shrinking-sun argument contains two errors. First, and by far the worst, is the assumption that if the sun is shrinking today, as might be detected over a period of years, then it has […]
A Secular Case Against Abortion
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 abortion. […]
Debates Secularist Euthanasia About
About the Euthanasia Debate The topic for this debate is: Is There a Rationalist Case Against Euthanasia? The debaters have agreed to the following debate format: Opening statements, submitted independently of one another, 1 December 2000 First rebuttals, submitted independently of one another, due 1 January 2001 Second rebuttals, submitted independently of one another, due […]
Debates Secularist Pot
On The Marijuana Issue: Marijuana, and its derivatives, is used in varying degree and for numerous reasons by people throughout the world. Marijuana, however, is illegal in many parts of the world, including the US. The subject of whether or not it should be legalized, and/or decriminalized is raging in the US. Supporters for both […]
Doug Jesseph Jesseph Craig Jesseph4
Alright. Five minutes and counting. Let’s return to a couple of points that I consider to be quite interesting. First of all, Dr. Craig now seems to have retreated, at least slightly, from the claim that the universe requires…that anything that…that anything that begins to exist requires cause. Alright. The cosmological argument, as I understood […]
Edwin Wilson Manifesto Ch12
CHAPTER 12 Responses to the Final Draft Having taken into consideration both the criticisms and suggestions we received, the final draft was completed and sent to everyone who had agreed to sign, as well as to the principal advance critics. The responses to the draft were diverse. Some authorizations to sign came by wire in […]
Emmett Fields Affirmative Atheism
Atheism: An Affirmative View (1980) Emmett F. Fields What is Atheism that it survives? Every religion, from earliest times, has hated and condemned those who could not believe whatever it was that those old religions happened to believe. Throughout the ages there have been the ‘intellectual outlaws’ who have questioned the “unquestionable,” and doubted even […]
Farrell Till Geisler Till Geisler3
I have presented strong evidence and contemporary evidence that Jesus died and rose from the dead. No such evidence for the contrary view has been presented. This evidence is sufficient for anyone who wants to believe. But what about those who choose not to believe? They are, of course, free to do so. But they […]
Farrell Till Horner Till Till Synopsis
[Taken from the program handed out at the debate] I.) The claim of a literal resurrection from the dead is so extraordinary that it requires extraordinary proof. A.) The evidence offered as proof of the resurrection of Jesus is very ordinary. 1.) No apostles or disciples or non-disciples of Jesus ever claimed to have actually […]
Farrell Till Wilson Till
Wilson-Till Debate Presuppositional Apologetics [NOTE: The following article originally appeared in Credenda/Agenda, a Christian journal which emphasizes the presuppositional approach to apologetics. Reproduced with permission.] Disputatio Justifying Non-Christian Objections Douglas Wilson & Farrell Till Whenever we object to something, we always assume some standard or rule that the thing […]
Finngeir Hiorth Utilitarianism
Review of Geoffrey Scarre’s Utilitarianism (1997) Finngeir Hiorth Geoffrey Scarre: Utilitarianism Routledge, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE and 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001, 1996, 225 pp., bibliography, index, paperb., ISBN 0-415-12197-3. This is an excellent introduction to and survey of utilitarianism, an important current in contemporary ethical theory. The […]
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 […]