And I quote… But probably the best example of an element in the story which was so awkward for the early Christians that it simply has to be historical is the crucifixion. The idea of a Messiah who dies was totally unheard of and utterly alien to any Jewish tradition prior to the beginning of…
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In recent discussions about naturalism and evolution, I find this short post to be so true: The Christian theist is often accused of arguing for the “God of the Gaps” when invoking God as an explanation. It’s important to understand that this is actually a complete misrepresentation of what the theist should be arguing. Theists…
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After a discussion on Facebook (thanks JB), I have changed my mind about agnosticism being the most respectable position to hold about the existence of God. Let me explain in a better way than my former “agnosticism is cowardice” argument… Theism: X is true. Atheism: X is false. Agnosticism: Belief in X or not-X is…
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Among the arguments for God, we have: Kalam Cosmological Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism The existence of beauty, objective morality, and mathematical realism The moral and extratemporal senses of human beings Teleological argument from design (fine tuning) Quantum & interdimensional physics The experience of consciousness & Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem The historical person of Jesus Christ The historical…
DetailsAnd you have yourself impossible odds of just “having randomly come into existence.” DNA and RNA are their own miracle, and the topic is your lecture of the day today: