When the gospels were written, many years after Jesus’ death, nobody knew where he was born. But an Old Testament prophecy (Micah 5:2) had led Jews to…… Read more “Defending the Gospels of Matthew and Luke: A Response to Richard Dawkins”
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Why Science Cannot Comment on God
The theologian Alister McGrath makes it the central point of his book Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes and the Origin of Life. Indeed, after his admirably fair summary…… Read more “Why Science Cannot Comment on God”
Small Probabilities, Big Decisions: Richard Dawkins and Empirical Evidence for God’s Existence
In a more recent post, I provided Richard Dawkins’s 7-level Spectrum of Probabilities scale regarding God’s existence and gave the details he provides of what it means…… Read more “Small Probabilities, Big Decisions: Richard Dawkins and Empirical Evidence for God’s Existence”
Contrary to Reason: Richard Dawkins and the Spectrum of Probabilities
Let us, then, take the idea of a spectrum of probabilities seriously, and place human judgements about the existence of God along it, between two extremes of…… Read more “Contrary to Reason: Richard Dawkins and the Spectrum of Probabilities”
Coming out of the Physical? Why Minds, Emotions, and Moral Values argue against Atheism
Julian Baggini explains in Atheism: A Very Short Introduction the meaning of an atheist’s commitment to naturalism: “What most atheists do believe is that although there is only…… Read more “Coming out of the Physical? Why Minds, Emotions, and Moral Values argue against Atheism”
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