What is art? I spent the best part of a decade studying philosophy, so I had plenty of opportunity to find out, but I avoided the philosophy of art (aesthetics) religiously. “I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like,” was, and pretty much still is, my answer to the question. Music … Continue reading Art is art
This post is the third in a series of classic philosophy papers. Theism, Atheism, and Rationality is a paper by renowned Christian philosopher Alvin Plantinga. Uncoincidentally, this paper is the recommended reading for tomorrow’s meeting of the New Inklings. š Theism, Atheism, and Rationality Atheological objections to the belief that there is such a … Continue reading Theism, Atheism, and Rationality
Pompous and self-deluded Atheists…of various degree. John Cleese, Penn Jillette, Bill Nye, Stephen Hawking, (above) Frederick Nietzsche, (below) George Carlin,, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Charles Darwin, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Adam Savage, Michio Kaku (I exclude Carl Sagan…. as though he was an evolutionist he was an honest Agnostic not an atheist) Without wasting too much … Continue reading Faith, Science, and Reason. The Pomposity of Atheism.
“For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; … Continue reading The World By Wisdom Knew Not God.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4 Dawkins is not a quantum ejaculation. He is far more easily understood as a son of Fallen Adam. Much of Dawkins own āRationalizationsā may be reflected back upon the man himself. One way we can look at the Animal Richard Dawkins is as fairly ordinary/ typical specimen … Continue reading Seether: Know Thyself. How can a Good God exist when there is so much evil in the world? Part 5.
READ THE SUBTITLE! Darwin’s Origin of the Species by means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of the favoured races in the struggle for Life. And People try and say Hitler was a Christian! He Got his Ideas about ‘the Master Race’, Eugenics, and ‘Sub Humans’ directly from Darwins ‘Scientific’ textbook. The Final solution was … Continue reading Darwin’s Nazi Racist Textbook. The Origin of the Species.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Tyndale. Myrtred for Translating The Bible into English. It has taken me several weeks to start writing this 4th part . I have been stricken with a nasty does of the flu, and also had to take care of my baby boy, whom is likewise afflicted. This affected my … Continue reading How can a Good God exist when there is so much Evil in the world? (Part 4) Interlude.
Part 1… Part 2… a href=”http://blog.eternalvigilance.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/evil.jpg”> Is this a legitimate evaluation of The God of Israel and Chriatianity? After having a short discussion with my fellow Blogger Richard Goode (in the āCommentsā of Part 2) I realized that I will not be able to wind up this topic in three parts. I need to take … Continue reading Horror stories. How can a Good God exist when there is so much Evil in the world? (Part 3)
Part 1… The Boodthirsty Deity of the Aztecs Huitzilopochtli One alternative to the atheist amoral world view (see part 1) in which the moral question regarding suffering and death of children is written off as ignorance….. is that there really are objective standards of āought-nessā in the universeā¦ and that having feelings of injustice are … Continue reading How can a Good God exist when there is so much evil in the world? (part 2) The Thirst for Blood.
The title of this post has been lodged in my head since 1983. It’s the start of the lyrics to the Pink Floyd song The Hero’s Return. The question is essentially the same as one(s) which my co-blogger Tim raised in a comment on another thread. I would like to know with what urgency do … Continue reading Jesus, Jesus, what’s it all about?