Category: theism
No, life cannot have meaning in a random universe. Next question?
| November 11, 2018 | Posted by News under Atheism, Intelligent Design, Science, theism |
In an excerpt from his recent book, Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If the Universe Doesn’t, a psychiatrist explains how we can have meaning even though we don’t: People assume that our human sense of purpose is dependent on the universe having a purpose, and without such purpose they assume […]
Moshe Averick: When does a “gap” point beyond conventional science?
| November 11, 2018 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, theism, theistic evolution |
Rabbi Moshe Averick, author of The Confused World of Modern Atheism (Mosaica Press, 2016) addresses the “God of the Gaps” – the claim that the intersections between the material and the immaterial in nature are just “gaps” waiting to be filled in (with special reference to the origin of life): The first thing I would bring […]
Are there not enough “anti-evolution” biologists?
| October 7, 2018 | Posted by News under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism |
Frank Turek tackles intelligent design: One wonders if we could do with more biologists who just looked at the facts of nature without Darwinglasses on. It is certainly a different, more complex picture. Hat tip: Ken Francis See also: Frank Turek: Why does the Bible not talk about dinosaurs?
A homicide detective looks at ID and God’s crime scene
| October 7, 2018 | Posted by News under Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism |
Bridge Radio podcast: J. Warner Wallace joins BRIDGE Radio again to continue the discussion of his book “God’s Crime Scene.” We talked about irreducible complexity and eight characteristics of design that points to an intelligent designer – God. (51:34 min) More on J. Warner Wallace: J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, popular national […]
What “territory” does Thomas Nagel find between materialism and theism?
| September 30, 2018 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Philosophy, theism |
Photographer and philosopher Laszlo Bencze has been rereading Thomas Nagel’s Mind & Cosmos (2012), and he writes to say, I’m finding Mind and Cosmos to be a very thought provoking book. In it Nagel sets himself the task of explaining the existence of mind (or consciousness) without resorting to either materialistic evolution or to theism. […]
Food for thought: ScuzzaMan on Design Law Theory
| September 14, 2018 | Posted by kairosfocus under Philosophy, Religion, theism, UD Guest Posts |
Here at UD, we often find food for thought in the comment box. The following by ScuzzaMan, is worth pondering as a particular, from the horse’s mouth philosophical-theological perspective within the Christian frame (and yes, it is Creationist-Biblical in focus rather than empirical-inferential on reliable signs of design). Here is a Christian voice, in his […]
A thoughtful cartoonist wonders, who has a problem with evolution?
| July 23, 2018 | Posted by News under Atheism, Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, theism, theistic evolution |
Closing out our religion coverage for the week, there is an interesting series of cartoons from Jordan Collver at Nautilus, on why people do or don’t “believe in” evolution. Here’s one panel: Some notes: The girl at middle left seems to be a fan of Berra’s Blunder (describing the outcome of alleged unintelligent natural processes […]
Yes, President Duterte, God credibly exists
| July 23, 2018 | Posted by kairosfocus under Atheism, Darwinist rhetorical tactics, Epistemology (the study of knowledge and its conditions), faith, Food for thought, Mind, Philosophy, Religion, Selective Hyperskepticism, theism |
. . . given what it takes for us to be here as credibly responsible, rational, morally governed creatures. This is of course my response to UD News’ recent articles on the challenge to “prove” the existence of God, as was recently issued by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Of […]
Hugh Ross’s five best arguments from nature for the existence of God
| July 22, 2018 | Posted by News under Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism |
And some objections. Via Mark Tapscott at HillFaith, from Hugh Ross at Reason to Believe: 1. origin of space, time, matter, and energy 2. origin of life 3. human exceptionalism 4. fine-tuning of the universe, Earth, and Earth’s life to make possible the existence and redemption of billions of humans 5. Genesis 1’s predictive power […]
Science and miracles: The Carl Sagan edition
| July 16, 2018 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism |
From Carl Sagan: Consider this claim: as I walk along, time – as measured by my wristwatch or my ageing process – slows down. Also, I shrink in the direction of motion. Also, I get more massive. Who has ever witnessed such a thing? It’s easy to dismiss it out of hand. Here’s another: matter […]
Will President Dutarte have to resign? Mathematician Euler offered an equation taken as proof of God
| July 14, 2018 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Mathematics, theism |
Recently, Philippines president Rodrigo Dutarte threatened to resign if anyone could prove that God exists. It turns out that the great mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) offered a proof of the existence of God. Today, Euler is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. His interests covered almost all aspects of mathematics, from geometry […]
William Lane Craig: Is there meaning to life?
| June 24, 2018 | Posted by Denyse OLeary under Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism |
William Lane Craig offers some thoughts at YouTube: More. Relevant article: Man, writes Loren Eiseley, is the Cosmic Orphan. He is the only creature in the universe who asks, “Why?” Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions. “Who am I?” man asks. “Why am I here? Where am […]
A theology question you may never have thought of: Is God an android?
| February 25, 2018 | Posted by News under Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Religion, theism |
From theologian Norman Geisler at Jonh Ankerberg Show: Persons have mind, will, and feelings. Androids have only mind and will, but no feelings. Open theists and others sometimes object to the classical view of God by claiming that if God is impassible then He cannot experience feelings like love and joy. In short, it makes […]
The core of Christian ethics (for those inclined to put God in the dock)
There is such a strong tendency to project all sorts of accusations against Christian ethics that I believe it is necessary to put the indisputable core of the Christian ethical tradition on the table, to clear the air. And so, Matt 5 – 7, ESV: >>The Sermon on the Mount 5 Seeing the crowds, he [Jesus] […]
Can quantum physics teach us about divine providence?
| December 31, 2017 | Posted by News under Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics, theism |
From philosopher of science Bruce Gordon at Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies: Divine Action and the World of Science: What Cosmology and Quantum Physics Teach Us about the Role of Providence in Nature Introduction: The Intelligible Cosmos: For science to be possible there has to be order present in nature and it has to […]
God as a necessary, maximally great, endless being vs. the challenge to an actual infinity
In a recent thread, the Kalam Cosmological argument family was challenged on the issue: can an actual infinity exist? If not (presumably due to Hilbert’s Hotel-like absurdities), then God could not be an infinite being as such is impossible of being. A thread of discussion developed, and I thought a summary intervention may be helpful. […]
How can God be infinite if actual infinites cannot exist?
| December 10, 2017 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Religion, theism |
From Evan Minton at Cerebral Faith: In defense of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, apologists such as William Lane Craig, Frank Turek, and myself will argue for the second premise (i.e that the universe had a beginning to its existence) by arguing that an actually infinite number of things are impossible. If an actually infinite number […]
Sean Carroll vs. Luke Barnes: Does God or Naturalism best explain the Universe?
| November 5, 2017 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism |
From Unbelievable? at Premier Christian Radio: Eminent cosmologists Sean Carroll and Luke Barnes join Justin for an extended edition of the show debating naturalism, Theism, Big Bang cosmology and fine tuning. Sean, an atheist astrophysicist and author of ‘The Big Picture: on the origins of life, meaning and the universe itself’ argues that naturalism best […]
