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Category Archives: Faith versus Reason
Doesn’t Louisiana have enough on its plate?
I’m not sure this school board in Louisiana has thought this through. Benton said that under provisions of the Science Education Act enacted last year by the Louisiana Legislature, schools can present what she termed “critical thinking and creationism” in … Continue reading
Roger Ebert on God
Just received a Tweet with this link. Really great to hear from non-theologians what they think about God. How I believe in God by Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times When I was in first or second grade and had … Continue reading
Posted in Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Where’s the gardener?
Anthony Gottlieb,writing in the online journal More Intelligent Life takes a look back at philosopher John Wisdom’s parable and an examination of the meaningfulness of statements about God. The parable went like this. “Two people return to their long neglected … Continue reading
Doubting and religious belief
This is a topic that interests me a great deal. There was a thread on Andrew Sullivan’s blog that I found intriguing. It was prompted by Pope Benedict’s recension of the prior excommunication of a schismatic bishop. (More posts on … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Faith versus Reason, Holocaust, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, World War II
Tagged Andrew Sullivan
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New natural law and Robert George
I’ve just finished reading David Kirkpatrick’s profile of Robert George in the NY Times Sunday. It’s probably no shock that I’m not screeching, screaming conservative. But neither am I a liberal frothing at the mouth. This goes back to my … Continue reading
Posted in Arguing, Aristotle, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Philosophers, Religion Blog, Theologians, Thomas Aquinas
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E.T. phone the Vatican
OK. Here’s more on the Vatican and space. This time a search for alien life. In the interview last year, Funes told Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano that believing the universe may host aliens, even intelligent ones, does not contradict a … Continue reading
Posted in Darwin, Design arguments, Faith versus Reason, Religion Blog, Science
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Deism is back
Deism is back. This is a very interesting development. There are political ramifications, I suppose. We know that some have pushed the idea that the America’s “founding fathers” were Christians. And by “Christians” they usually mean people who hold the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith versus Reason, James, PHIL 500, PHIL 525, Religious Pluarlism, Theorists
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The moody deity
Salon.com has an interview with Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God. This quote reminded me of James’ discussion of medical materialism. Here the point isn’t so much what is going on medically (!) with God, as taking a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Faith versus Reason, James, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Scripture, Theorists
Tagged Robert Wright
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The always provocative Penn Jillette
Penn (of Penn & Teller) on the difference between an agnostic and an atheist.
The continuing battle between faith and reason
Richard Wolin has weighed in on the debate in this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. He gives a balanced overview of the history of the debate and its past and current interlocutors. In this short article Wolin takes … Continue reading
Posted in Arguing, Faith versus Reason, PHIL 500, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Science
Tagged faith, Reason
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