Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ

There is perhaps no other fact more important to the Christian faith than the resurrection of Christ. Indeed, Paul writes, “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain” (1 Cor. 15:14). This is a topic that has been given a thorough treatment by theologians and apologists. [...]

Even the Unmeasurable Points to Design

Indeed. It’s a conundrum for an anti-design perspective. From an ID and theological perspective, it’s not surprising that even the quantity of this material points to design. The notion from the anti-design perspective is that “common sense doesn’t work.” Fine. Sometimes it doesn’t. But, I don’t think people even have to rely on “common sense” to support a design perspective. You can rely on logic, philosophy, and scientific reasoning to support a design perspective. It just happens that these perspectives can also correspond with “common sense.” The same cannot be said for an anti-design perspective.

Does referencing the Creator inhibit science?

Many materialists (atheists and theistic evolutionists most often) argue that materialistic philosophy is key to scientific advancement. If any ideas of Creationists are allowed to even be referenced, then scientific progress will halt and people will die. There will be mass and widespread calamitous events, and we will return to the Dark Ages. Mphuthumi Ntabeni [...]

Humanism, Existentialism, and Descartes

RC Sproul talks humanism (1), existentialism (2), and Descartes (3). Even if you’re not a Christian, he gives some interesting history lessons. (1). Humanism (2). Existentialism (3). Descartes pt 1

Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of God

My wife is the more philosophically trained individual in our household–she teaches philosophy and logic. She (The Christian Scribbler) has written 3 posts that may be of interest from a philosophical perspective: Apologetics; The Teleological Argument for God Apologetics; The Cosmological Argument for God The Ontological Argument for God Apologetics; The Moral Argument for God…

Young Earth Creationism (The Importance of Theological Consistency)

I was formerly a proponent of Old Earth Creationism (OEC). At one point, I was agnostic, verging on atheism. At that point, a low point for me, I sincerely prayed to God that he would answer my serious questions about the problems that I had with Him. In the course of 2 weeks, all of [...]

An Example of Why I'm Not Impressed with The Ivory Tower-Part II

Why is it that I have hostility toward the Ivory Tower1? In fact, I spent enough time there to obtain a Ph.D., you’d think I’d pay homage. While I do appreciate that I had the opportunity, and a few things that I learned, I did not disengage my independent mind during the process (I seem [...]

A Naturalistic Fairy Tale-Part XI

We do now indeed worship death, because through death comes life and progress. Those silly creationists think that death is the result of “original sin and the fall of creation,” but we know the truth…death is good. Without death, no life forms higher than the Ur-Cell would exist. And if you really think about death, [...]

What kind of God is interesting?

In a previous comment I wrote: If God has no love, but is powerful, I’m not interested. If He has love, but no power, that interesting, but of little significance (he’s a cosmic puppy dog–dyslexia?). If He has no goodness but interest in humans, he’s a powerful and cruel dictator. If He is not just, [...]

On Religious Beliefs, ID, and Science

Dave Scot, decidedly an agnostic, has written what I believe to be a very cogent analysis of theistic associations between ID and Christianity, and atheism and promoters of science. His views, I believe line up well, with how I see the issue. He also includes a logical rationale for design detection. http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/response-to-gabriel/