Just this week I discovered that, on his website last August, William Lane Craig attempted to rebut my article on the fallacy of intelligent design. I suggest you read his rebuttal before going any further: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/the-illusion-of-design/ And for those who haven’t read my original piece, you might want to take a look at it here:Continue reading “Comments on William Lane Craig’s Attempt to Rebut My Article on the Illusion of Fine-Tuning”
Category Archives: Religion
The Birth of Shakespeare out of the Spirit of Music
My great friend, the theist philosopher John Mark Reynolds, and I embark on a new conversation in which I instruct him on Shakespeare’s Renaissance linkage of Europe back to its pre-Christian roots as well as the nature of poetry.https://www.patheos.com/blogs/eidos/2020/03/the-birth-of-shakespeare-out-of-the-spirit-of-music-guest-voice-jeff-williams/
Bertuzzi’s Failed Attempt to Conflate Claim and Evidence
Cameron Bertuzzi once again reveals that his intellectual side of Christianity plays at the shallow end. In this video he attempts to refute Matt Dillahunty’s statement that there is no evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, where Dillahunty distinguishes anonymous claims from evidence that backs up claims. In doing so, Bertuzzi builds a strawman, pieceContinue reading “Bertuzzi’s Failed Attempt to Conflate Claim and Evidence”
To SJ Thomason: Why Ontology Really Matters.
(A response to her essay: Moral Values and Duties are Universal, Objective, and Grounded in a Benevolent God) Thomason attempts to argue there is an objective and universal moral law given to us by the Christian god. This is an ontological assertion that must first be clarified before moving to its descriptions or conclusions. She doesContinue reading “To SJ Thomason: Why Ontology Really Matters.”
The Philosophical Naivety of Alvin Plantinga and SJ Thomason’s Failure to Restore the God of the Gaps
This is a response to a blog by SJ Thomason: SJ announces in the first paragraph: “The intention of this blog is to offer reasons to reject naturalism and scientism.” Unsaid but revealed at the end of her blog is the additional intent of claiming validity for god of the gaps arguments with this abolitionContinue reading “The Philosophical Naivety of Alvin Plantinga and SJ Thomason’s Failure to Restore the God of the Gaps”
The Willful Dishonesty of William Laine Craig and the Silliness of his Followers
This is in response to a video on Twitter which laughably claims that William Laine Craig humiliated Christopher Hitchens in a debate. SJ Thomason @Lead1225 Christopher Hitchens tries to debate William Lane Craig, INSTANTLY REGRETS it… youtu.be/jPlbrdxKTCk via @YouTube William Laine Craig is a practiced debater of some skill, but because he is in theContinue reading “The Willful Dishonesty of William Laine Craig and the Silliness of his Followers”
The Metaphor of Genetic Code
PREFACE This is in response to a Twitter debate about DNA being proof of god’s existence. SJ Thompson was unable to respond, so she called in an apologist, Sy Garte, who claims a background in biochemistry. Unfortunately, he backed away from debating the issue. Instead he gave an astoundingly poor response on YouTube where heContinue reading “The Metaphor of Genetic Code”
Jordan Peterson’s Idea of God
In this short video Jordan Peterson explains his idea of god, and identifies the shallowness that afflicts the New Atheists while remaining blind to his own superficiality: https://t.co/2RfBxwV05d?amp=1 Nobody who has seriously studied Nietzsche and the thinkers who came after can watch that video without cringing. Peterson is a shallow man pandering to semi-educated andContinue reading “Jordan Peterson’s Idea of God”
The Illusion of Fine Tuning
Note: This was written in response to an apologist who asked for debate and discussion partners on her YouTube channel, but ignored my offer to debate the ID claim of fine tuning, much as she has evaded debates on other topics: SJ Thomason @Lead1225·15h Now that I’ve finally figured out how to best show videosContinue reading “The Illusion of Fine Tuning”
Bertuzzi’s Failed Rebuttal
Carmen Bertuzzi is a Christian apologist with a YouTube channel called “Capturing Christ”. On Twitter he recently linked to a video, entitled “No, There’s No Special Pleading”, where he attempts to defend the long-debunked Kalam Cosmological Argument in response to a video by another YouTuber, Stephen Woodford of Rationality Rule, that demonstrates the fallacies ofContinue reading “Bertuzzi’s Failed Rebuttal”
Too Late for the Gods 