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Secularism in New Zealand (1998) Finngeir Hiorth   Cooke, Bill (1998) Heathen in Godzone. Seventy Years of Rationalism in New Zealand, New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists, 64 Symonds Street, Auckland 1001, New Zealand, 240 pp., appendices, bibliography, other sources, index. Price paperback $NZ 34.95 + postage. This book gives introduction to and survey […]

Freethought Challenges Of The ’90s (1992) Frederick Edwords We live in a period of rapid technological and social change unparalleled in the history of the world. A significant number of trends, developments, and scientific discoveries have converged to create a situation today that many find confusing, others find threatening, and some even find thrilling. Whether […]

Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue Chapter 17 – Amos and Hosea NORTHERN prophecy was revived by two prophets whose oracles are included in the biblical collection often referred to as “The Minor Prophets,” a reference to the length rather than the importance of their utterances. Amos was a Judaean who believed […]

  Old Testament Life and Literature (1968) Gerald A. Larue   Chapter 31 – Development of the Canon THE idea of a canon rests upon belief in revelation and inspiration: the revelation of divine will to and through inspired persons. In Jeremiah’s day, those who opposed him referred to the three accepted channels of inspired […]

Christianity Untrue, Says Teacher Church Wants to Stop Him from Training Students for Ministry   By Ray Waddle, Religion Editor, The Tennessean [This article was originally published in The Tennessean, August 29, 1998, pp. 1B-2B.]   Gerd Luedemann no longer believes in Christianity, and he suspects a lot of Christians secretly agree with him. The […]

Curriculum Vitae   Name: Graham Robert Oppy Date of Birth: October 6, 1960 Place of Birth: Benalla, Victoria, Australia Citizenship: Australian Education: Primary:  1966-1972, Wendouree Primary (#1813), Wendouree       1972: Dux, Full Scholarship to Wesley College Secondary:  1973-1978, Wesley College, Prahran, Melbourne       1978 HSC: General Distinction; Special Distinctions: English, Chemistry Tertiary:   1979-1985, Melbourne University, Parkville, Melbourne       1985: B.Sc./B.A. […]

Din Adami Insanlarimizi, Seriat’in Resim, Heykeltrasçilik, Musiki, Si’ir Gibi San’at Konularindaki Yasaklariyle Fikren ve Ruhen Gelisemez Durumda Tutar Bilindigi gibi güzel san’at’larin her dali insan varliginin ruhen ve fikren gelismesinde son derece önemli bir rol oynar. Her ne kadar bazi gayretkes seriatçi’lar Islam’da resim yasagi, heykel yasagi, musiki yasagi ya da si’ir yasagi vb… diye […]

  Uluslarin Mutlulugu Din Adami’nin Pençesinden Kurtulmakla Mümkün; Din Adami’nin Kötülükleri Son Bulacaktir Mutlaka Bir Gün! Daha önceki bölümlerde belirttigimiz gibi Bati’da aydin siniflarin en büyük amaci insan aklini din kitaplarinin köleliginden ve fakat ayni zamanda din adami’nin pençesinden kurtarmak olmustur. Bir yandan “Kutsal” diye bilinen kitaplarin akli dislayan yönlerini sergiliyerek kisi’yi ve toplumu bu […]

Argument Against God From Evil James Still One thing to remember when discussing the existence or non-existence of God is that we are limited by our language. The paradox is that by even suggesting the variable "God" we are forced to assume its existence for the sake of the discussion. This paradox was first recognized […]

Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations: The Grammatical Fiction of PI §307 James Still In §307 Wittgenstein is accused of denying that mental processes are an essential element within the individual who experiences a sensation S; only the expressions of S exist while S itself if a fiction. Wittgenstein counters that the only fiction involved in the discussion […]

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Critique of Moreland and Habermas’s Immortality Jim Lippard Department of Philosophy University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 May 19, 1993 Gary R. Habermas Dept. of Philosophy and Theology Liberty University 3765 Candlers Mountain Road Lynchburg, VA 24502 J.P. Moreland Talbot School of Theology Biola University 13800 Biola Ave. La Mirada, CA 90639 Dear Drs. Habermas […]

Review of Atheism, Morality, and Meaning (2005) John L. Perkins   Review: Michael Martin. 2003. Atheism, Morality, and Meaning. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. 330 pp. This article was originally published in the Australian Humanist No. 74 (Winter 2004), the quarterly publication of the Council of Australian Humanist Societies. This version contains new editorial changes. It […]

Second Rebuttal for the Affirmative (Saladin, 5 minutes) Moderator: We now have one more set of rebuttals. These rebuttals will be five minutes and we will begin with Dr. Saladin. Saladin: Well in the mere five minutes remaining I can only answer a small fraction of Dr. Gish’s comments but I would [inaudible word] if […]

Conclusion (2001) Kyle J. Gerkin   A Suspect Approach The Case For Faith suffers from dishonesty in its approach. The book fancies itself as "a journalistic investigation into the toughest objections to Christianity." But the aim of the author, Lee Strobel, is not an objective, journalistic investigation, but rather an apologetic refutation. Strobel is an […]

Rationally Speaking Massimo Pigliucci Whence Natural Rights? – A Dialogue (October 2000) (Off Site) Dr. Pigliucci examines the question of human rights through an interesting dialogue between two characters: Hypatia and Simplicia. The Place of Science (September 2000) Dr. Pigliucci examines anti-science sentiment and the false assumptions made with respect to the arrogance and force to […]

More on Hitler’s Religious Beliefs mathew [ Traducción al Español / Spanish translation ]   Adolf Hitler, in a speech delivered April 12, 1922, and published in his My New Order: My feeling as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. It points me to the man who once in […]

Review of “Beyond the Cosmos” (2nd Edition) by Hugh Ross (1999) Michael J. Hurben   Introduction Beyond the Cosmos is the most recent in a series of religious books by Hugh Ross (The Fingerprint of God, The Creator and the Cosmos) which attempt to demonstrate that science is not only compatible with Christianity, but that […]

As Dr. Fernandes and I complete the penultimate phase of our debate I would like to thank him again for his stimulating attempt to answer my criticisms. Introduction Atheism in the positive sense is the view that the theistic God, an all good, all knowing, all powerful being who created the Universe, does not exist. […]

The Martin-Frame Debate The Transcendental Argument for the Nonexistence of God (1996)   This debate is about Martin’s 1996 article, “The Transcendental Argument for the Nonexistence of God” (TANG), which attempts to reverse the claims of the transcendental argument given by presuppositionalist apologists. The Transcendental Argument for the Existence of God demonstrates God’s existence by […]

[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Teaching Philosophy 8:4 (October 1985): 352-54. The page numbers below show the position of the text within that pagination scheme.] ________________________________________ 352 God, Freedom and Immortality, Antony Flew. Buffalo: Prornetheus Books. 1984, 183 pp, $8.95. MICHAEL MARTIN This collection of essays, divided into three parts (God, Freedom […]

Holy Fools (2017) Michael Moore That strange and sickly world into which the Gospels lead us—a world apparently out of a Russian novel, in which the scum of society, nervous maladies and ‘childish’ idiocy keep a tryst (Nietzsche 1895/1918, p. 96). The jury is still out on the correlation between religiosity and psychopathology. Several studies […]

A Note on the Concept of Belief (1998) Niclas Berggren “Ratio omnia vincit” (“Reason defeats everything”) – Manilius, Astronomica 4, 931 The purpose of this note is to proffer a needed clarification as to what determines beliefs. Particular attention will be devoted to the idea that it is possible to choose beliefs, i.e., that beliefs […]

Evidential Arguments from Evil The argument from evil (or problem of evil) is the argument that an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good God would not allow any—or certain kinds of—evil or suffering to occur. Unlike the logical argument from evil, which holds that the existence of God (so defined) is logically incompatible with some known […]

The Argument from (Reasonable) Nonbelief 1993 was a watershed year in the philosophy of religion generally and for atheological arguments specifically. In that year, Cornell University Press published J.L. Schellenberg’s now classic book, Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. Schellenberg’s book contained the first book-length analysis and defense of the idea that the weakness of evidence […]

Gentle Godlessness A Compassionate Introduction to Atheism (1995) Paul O’Brien Introduction Part One: Atheism Part Two: The Cosmological Argument Part Three: Arguments for the nonexistence in God Part Four: Real Arguments Part Five: Atheism Reassessed Part Six: William James Part Seven: The Pragmatic Theist Reassessed Part Eight Part Nine: Pragmatic Atheism Part Ten: Atheism Part […]

As I proceed to bury myself further into controversial theological issues, the issue of hell is something to be considered as well. Heaven provides some assurance that there will be life after death, and it also assures us that a heavenly life will be a fantastic one. But what about hell? I was concerned about […]

Argument from Silence I titled this section “Argument from Silence” because I am well aware that these are arguments from silence. Whenever an argument from silence is made, the objection invariably comes “that is just an argument from silence,” perhaps accompanied by the dictum, “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” I am recognizing […]

A Cosmological Argument for a Self-Caused Universe (2008) Quentin Smith             Introduction: The Meaning of “The Universe Causes Itself”           Part One: The Entailment Argument for a Self-Caused Universe           Part Two: A Universe that Causes Itself to Begin to Exist           Part Three: Complete Explanations           Appendix: The Abbreviation Argument for a Self-Caused Universe Introduction: The Meaning of […]

What is Atheism Really All About? (1996) Richard Carrier   "He who decides a case without hearing the other side, even if he decides justly, cannot be considered just" — Seneca What is an Atheist? An atheist is a person who does not believe that any gods exist. Why don’t you believe in God? There […]