Reading Time: 16 minutes Hi and welcome back! Today, we’ll be reviewing an apologetics lecture by J.P. Moreland. The reason this topic piqued my interest involves our past discussion of fundagelical mommy blogger Natasha Crain. She parlayed sudden popularity with her blog into an apologetics career. And she seems to have acquired some credentials with the help of an […]
Kalam Cosmological Argument
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Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Short answer, probably not. Long answer, read my book Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?: Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument and whilst you’re at it, please post a nice review or two on Amazon to counter those typical Christian reviews that give 1 star whilst not offering any substantive critique… Grrr. Happy to have […]
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Two Sides of the Review Coin
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have just received two Amazon reviews for my book on the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?: Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument). One a 5-star review from a skeptical someone who contacted me by email to show his appreciation – I am truly grateful. The other from a […]
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More (Terrible) Reasons to Believe in Christianity’s God
Reading Time: 8 minutes Truly, there is nothing new under the sun! Recently, I showed you Billy Graham’s big reason to believe. And today, I’ll show you some of the other reasons I found–and why they each fail.
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Defending the Kalam with the B-Theory of Time
Reading Time: 3 minutes This second video below looks to show, whilst taking the view that the A-Theory of time as being inconsistent with science and therefore the Kalam, that the B-Theory of time can be used to defend the Kalam. For those of you not aware of the two theories of time: William Lane Craig, as pretty much […]
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Kalam, Causality and God
Reading Time: 7 minutes The other day, a Christian commenter posted a series of comments concerning the Kalam (appearing to pertain to my book Did God Create the Universe from Nothing?). I would like to take them to task in considering some of those comments, which include: “It is… a mere assertion… that EVERYTHING which begins to exist has a […]
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Libertarian Free Will and the 80-20 Problem
Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the most common defences of Libertarian Free Will (or contra-causal free will) is what I sometimes term the 80-20% approach. Most people, to some degree or another, accept that our lives are at least somewhat, and in most cases, a good deal influenced. This may be by genetic, biological or environmental factors. And it […]
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Aquinas and the Kalam; Necessity and Induction
Reading Time: 4 minutes Some time back, I was put onto a paper on the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) called “New remarks on the cosmological argument” by Gustavo E. Romero and Daniela Pérez. It is packed full of formal logic and propositional calculus. One excerpt that chimes very well with claims in my own book (Did Got Create the […]
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The Kalam – On Time: Metaphysics and Theories of Time
Reading Time: 7 minutes As many of you will know, I have recently written a new book concerning the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument), which has had some cracking reviews. This post is an extract from the book that deals with time and William Lane Craig’s treatment of science […]
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The Kalam – On Time: Relativity, Simplicity and Science
Reading Time: 8 minutes As many of you will know, I have recently written a new book concerning the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument), which has had some cracking reviews. This post is an extract from the book that deals with time and William Lane Craig’s treatment of science […]