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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 9, 2021
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ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Naturalism, theism
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At Evolution News: C. S. Lewis and the argument for theism from reason

Denyse O'Leary
November 9, 2021
ID Foundations, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Naturalism, theism
Jay Richards: Natural selection could conceivably select for survival-enhancing behavior. But it has no tool for selecting only the behaviors caused by true beliefs, and weeding out all the others. So if our reasoning faculties came about as most naturalists assume they have, then we have little reason to assume they are reliable in the sense of giving us true beliefs. And that applies to our belief that naturalism is true. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 19, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism
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Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil in the world simply the absence of good?

Denyse O'Leary
October 19, 2021
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, theism
Egnor: "The Thomistic understanding of evil is that it’s an absence of good. It’s not a thing that exist independently in itself. It’s a deficit of goodness. God’s creation necessarily fall short of goodness because if he created something perfectly good, He would just be creating himself. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 10, 2021
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
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At Mind Matters News: If extraterrestrials didn’t fine tune Earth, maybe there is a God

Denyse O'Leary
October 10, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, theism
In the face of a grab bag of ideas like creation by ETs or countless universes (some run by cats), why does the idea of a Creator seem far out? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 10, 2021
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Atheism, Logic and Reason, theism
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Michael Egnor: Atheist Claims about logical fallacies often just mean: Shut Up!

Denyse O'Leary
October 10, 2021
Atheism, Logic and Reason, theism
In Egnor’s view, what atheists fear most is having to explain themselves, and the invocation of fictitious “fallacies” is one of their favorite ways to evade scrutiny. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 6, 2021
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Ethics, Intelligent Design, theism, worldview
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Debate: Michael Egnor vs. Matt Dillahunty — now the 2nd oldest question: If God exists, why evil?

Denyse O'Leary
October 6, 2021
Ethics, Intelligent Design, theism, worldview
In the debate between Christian neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and atheist broadcaster Matt Dillahunty, the question of raping a baby was bound to arise - with telling results. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 3, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, theism
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Michael Egnor: Science can and does point to God’s existence

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, theism
Egnor: Note that science studies natural effects and does not and cannot specify whether the causes must be natural or supernatural. To constrain science to the search for natural causes is to introduce inherent error into scientific investigation — the error is that if supernatural causes exist, then science would be blind to them and therefore would not be good science. If we are to understand natural effects, we must be open to all kinds of causes, including causes that transcend nature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 28, 2021
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Atheism, Big Bang, Intelligent Design, theism
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At Mind Matters News: 5. Egnor, Dillahunty dispute the basic causes behind the universe

Denyse O'Leary
September 28, 2021
Atheism, Big Bang, Intelligent Design, theism

Michael Egnor: All right, then what is a singularity? If you’re saying it’s natural, what is it?

Matt Dillahunty: So first of all, you’re not talking to a cosmologist, but the-

Michael Egnor: Then why do you say it’s natural? …

[Things became quite heated at this point.]

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Denyse O'Leary
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September 28, 2021
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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At Mind Matters News: 4: Egnor now tries to find out what Dillahunty actually knows…

Denyse O'Leary
September 28, 2021
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
Michael Egnor: What I want to establish before that is that your arguments are not based on any actual knowledge. You don’t know the arguments for God’s existence. So your claim that they’re not true… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 26, 2021
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Atheism, theism
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William Lane Craig vs. Lewis Wolpert: Is God a delusion?

Denyse O'Leary
September 26, 2021
Atheism, theism
Lewis Wolpert (1929–2021) was “one of the giants of twentieth-century developmental biology. His name is most often associated with the “French flag model” and with his pronouncement that “It is not birth, marriage, or death but gastrulation which is truly the most important time in your life,” but he has made contributions to solving many key problems.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 26, 2021
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Atheism, Intelligent Design, theism
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At Mind Matters News: Atheist spokesman Matt Dillahunty refuses to debate Michael Egnor again

Denyse O'Leary
September 26, 2021
Atheism, Intelligent Design, theism
Egnor: I was amazed (but not really surprised) that Dillahunty would devote his life and his career to debunk arguments that he didn’t understand, and that he knew he didn’t understand. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 23, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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At Mind Matters News 2. A neurosurgeon’s ten proofs for the existence of God

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
In a lively debate at Theology Unleashed, Christian surgeon Michael Egnor and atheist broadcaster Matt Dillahunty clash over “Does God exist?” Egnor starts off is opening arguments. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, theism
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At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former atheist neurosurgeon vs. former Christian activist

Denyse O'Leary
September 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, theism
In a lively debate at Theology Unleashed, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and broadcaster Matt Dillahunty clash over the existence of God. Each gets a chance to state his case and interrogate the other. Read More ›