What is the origin of objective morality?
Posted onI recently engaged with an atheist friend about the question of objective morality. He has claimed that morality is objective, though it is not based […]
Category: Philosophy
The Apostle’s Creed and the Historical Nature of Truth
Posted onI remember reading once (maybe someone can tell me where as I seemed to have forgotten. Maybe Zizioulas?) that Christianity was unique in its approach […]
Foucault on Sexual Liberation
Posted onCame across this excellent take on “sexual liberation” by, surprisingly, Michel Foucault. I read it in Foucault: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Gutting. “This […]
The Dark Knight Rises, the French Revolution, and the Dangers of Political Extremism
Posted onRecently released on DVD, The Dark Knight Rises completes director Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. The plot hinges upon villain Bane’s takeover of Gotham for […]
“Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” Blog Debate Listing
Posted onI recently engaged in a blog debate with an atheist friend, Ben Doublett, on the question, “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” I posted […]
Debate to Take Place January 24th– Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
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WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING? An atheist/Christian debate by Ben Doublett and Cody Cook taking place on http://foolofpsalms.blogspot.com/ and http://arguewithachristian.blogspot.com/ beginning January […]
The Christian Response to Sinners
Posted on“I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in […]
A Response to Open-Theism
Posted onThere is a view in evangelical Christianity called Open Theism. It posits that God does not know the future for one of two reasons: Either […]
Nietzsche, God, and the Rise of the godmen
Posted onNietzsche tells this story of the madman (edited for length)– Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning […]
Is “Just War” Really Just?
Posted onThat great church father and “just war” theorist, Augustine of Hippo, had this to say (among other things) in justifying war:“What is the evil in […]