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Michael Egnor

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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 5, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Michael Egnor: The atheists’ Divine Hiddenness argument against God’s existence = nonsense

Denyse O'Leary
October 5, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Egnor: The Divine Hiddenness argument is nonsensical because divine hiddenness is inherent in the nature of the Creator and the creature, as noted above. Furthermore, the atheist Divine Hiddenness argument seems to imply a bizarre inference: if the disbelief of even one person in the world disproves the existence of God, then it stands to reason that the belief in God by that person — that one holdout — would prove His existence. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 4, 2021
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Weak Anthropic Principle? Not an explanation but a tautology!

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
Egnor: The Weak Anthropic Principle, which is widely held by atheists, is meaningless: Only in a universe that permits the existence of intelligent beings can intelligent beings exist — i.e., only a universe with intelligent beings can be a universe with intelligent beings. The Weak Anthropic Principle is a tautology. And a tautology is not an explanation. It’s merely a sentence in which the predicate is the same as the subject. It’s meaningless. 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
October 2, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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At Mind Matters News: Leading astronomer gets it all wrong about free will and destiny

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
In response to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb denying free will and all that, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out, “Logic and reason aren’t laws of physics and therefore they transcend physical properties.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: 6. Is Matt Dillahunty using science as a crutch for his atheism?

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
That’s neurosurgeon Michael Egnor’s accusation in this third part of the debate, which features continued discussion of singularities, where conventional “laws of nature” break down. 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
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 ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 30, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: A neuroscience theory that actually helps explain the brain

Denyse O'Leary
August 30, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Epstein's theory is that that the brain is a type of transducer, that is, a device or an organ that converts one signal to another signal, commonly from one medium to another. A microphone, for example, is a transducer that converts sound waves to electrical current. Your eye is a transducer that converts light to vision. So the brain converts thoughts to material effects. Read More ›