Thoughts on ethics, society, politics, religion, philosophy, theology, and everything in between
According to classical theism, God, the Creator of the universe, is the Supremely Perfect Being. This Supremely Perfect Being is simple (not composed of parts), eternal (has always existed and always will exist), omnipotent (unlimited in power), omniscient (knows everything), omnipresent (not spatially limited), perfectly wise, and perfectly Good. According to orthodox Christian Trinitarian theology, … Read more
Anti-Christian skeptics frequently make claims that belief in the supernatural, and Christianity specifically, is fundamentally contrary to science. In this previous post, I have responded to some of these claims, pointing out that the methodological naturalism of science in no way necessitates metaphysical naturalism, the belief that nothing supernatural exists. In this post, I will … Read more
We live in a religiously pluralistic world. Taking into account all human cultures and societies around the world, there are thousands of mutually exclusive religious worldviews and belief systems. Furthermore, most people hold to the religious or metaphysical beliefs which they believe because of how they were raised and the influence of their particular surrounding … Read more
Religious Experience Many Christians believe Christianity is true largely on the basis of their own religious experiences. If a Christian has a powerful, direct experience of God, then this provides good reason for them to believe that the Christian God is real, even in the absence of historical and philosophical reasons for believing in God. … Read more
The Reasonableness of Christian Faith Is it reasonable to believe that Christianity is true? This is a question which everyone, both Christian and non-Christian, should seriously ask themselves at some point in their lives. Billions of people throughout the world, including millions of intelligent, educated people, sincerely believe that Christianity is true. Yet, there are … Read more
Apologetics is a reasoned intellectual defense of the reasonableness and coherence of the Christian worldview. God’s word tells us to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” (1 Pet 3:15), and apologetics is an attempt to do this in a … Read more
In the first part of this series, I argued that there is no good reason to believe that miracles are impossible. In the second part, I presented a brief synopsis of the evidence that miracles happen. In this post, I will respond to some of the common objections to accepting eyewitness testimony to miracles. Hume … Read more
In the first part of this series, I argued that there is no good reason to believe that miracles are impossible. If it is possible that God and/or other supernatural beings exist, then it must be at least possible that these supernatural beings sometimes cause miraculous events. But do they? Do we have any good … Read more
In one of my very first posts on this blog, I made The Historical Case for the Resurrection of Jesus. There, I noted that unless one already believes that miracles can and do happen, one is unlikely to find the historical evidence for Jesus’s resurrection convincing, and I briefly pointed to some of the evidence … Read more
In the first two parts of this series, I responded to some of the common objections made against Christian ethics by modern Western non-Christians. In the third part, I responded to objections against the Divine Command Theory of ethics made by philosopher Michael Martin in his book, Atheism, Morality, and Meaning.[1]Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, … Read more