I’ve been having a fun, enlightening exchange with Matthew Su, one of the admins of the Thomism Discussion Group on Facebook. He wrote a critique of my video “Stage 1 of Feser’s Argument from Motion.” Then I wrote a whole Google Doc defending my video, and he wrote a detailed reply. Now I’m bringing the…
PDEs and the Schrödinger Equation
When learning calculus one starts with functions of a single variable and learns about derivatives of those functions categorized as differentiable. Once sufficiently understood, one can work with equations relating functions and their derivatives. Such equations are referred to as ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Later, functions of several variables are introduced and one learns of…
Reason 1: The Existence of Objective Morals
Objective Morals Reason number one offered by Sideras in support of concluding that God exists is the existence of objective morals. Much debate surrounds this topic. Do objective morals exist? Most theists, and especially Christian theists, answer in the affirmative. What does this actually mean? Morality seems inextricably connected to subjects in ways that other…
Reviewing “101 Good Reasons To Believe”, by James D. Sideras
Book Review I come into contact with many believers, some of which are professional apologists and authors. James D. Sideras is one such author and apologist. He is a Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK and was kind enough to send me a free signed copy of his book, 101 Good…
Just In Time For Christmas!
Give A Thinking Gift This Year! If you are interested in the philosophy of religion, Renewing Philosophy of Religion will be worth reading. It contains thirteen new essays from scholars in the field. Click on the link below to check out more details. I’m particularly looking forward to Graham Oppy’s contribution. By the way, if…
Question For A Non-Theist: How Does Morality Fit In?
An Axiomatic Approach The purpose of this blog is not to speak on behalf of all non-theists. Non-theism isn’t a unified system of thought. Instead, I’m going to use this space to lay out my personal view of morality as an answer to the proposed question aimed at me. Along the way I will offer…
New Series: Questions For A Non-Theist
A Challenge I was recently challenged as a non-theist to give answers to a sequence of questions aimed at highlighting the supposed bankruptcy of non-theistic worldviews. The list is long, so this will be an ongoing series. A lot of the content in my responses will show up on the website as well. Also, some…
So You Want To Criticize Evolution and The Big Bang
For a significant subset of Christians, terms like “evolution” and “Big Bang” evoke disgust and disdain. Such people don’t just think evolution is wrong, they think it is a lie perpetrated by God haters who want to lead people astray. Not all Christians go quite this far, but many do find evolution and the Big…
The Problem of Evil: Stand To Reason
This post concerns the following video from Stand To Reason. It’s short, so give it a watch and then see my reply below. Greg’s claim is that the problem of evil (hereafter PoE) is not really much of a problem for Christian theism. What makes it exempt, apparently, is that evil is a central theme…
RA015: Debating the Problem of Evil With Justin Schieber and Cameron Bertuzzi
Rather than a live debate, what you are about to hear is an audio performance of an already written debate that’s been going on behind the scenes for the last month or so in the form of a series of essays written in reply to each other. The debate was on the problem of evil…