Anyone who has read Augustine's Confessions will know his views on God. One view that I have been thinking about is how God is unchanging. One thing God must not have, to fit this description (according to Augustine), is emotions. This is something that many Christians and Catholics would agree with. However, there is a problem because in the Bible there is evidence of God having emotions. Take the First of the Ten Commandments:



“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any… Continue

Tonight I attended a talk by Dr. Craig. I think some commentary on his talk is warranted as he presented himself somewhat differently than in other talks and debates I have seen on the internet. The organizers of the talk were a collection of religious groups, specifically Christian groups and I think this factored into the way he presented himself. He went through his regular dossier of arguments, ontological, KCA, teleological but added on his understanding of the resurrection of Jesus as…

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I pose this question, since I have watched many of William Lane Craig's great academy award winning performances. I have heard many atheist say that he has won most of the debates against atheist, but I have always come to the conclusion that he has not provided anything with substance. He uses the same old arguments that are known not to be very strong. Therefore from my point of view he lost. I think a person wins a debate if their claims are true, if they provide evidence, and if the…

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Before you do ANYTHING, go and enter the giveaway for a copy of Lawrence Krauss's new book, A Universe From Nothing. The giveaway closes at Noon Eastern today so don't miss out! Details on how to enter are…

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This is in response to WL Craig's argument that the slaughter of women, children and unborn fetuses was justified in the bible, as he claims they could have grown into potentially evil people that did much more destruction in the world.  And according to WL Craig, we should actually feel sorry for the soldiers that had to kill these defenseless people.  WL Craig should not be allowed to get…

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This morning I read a blog entry written by William Lane Craig and shuddered. [http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5767 ]

 

According to Craig, his god is not required to follow "objective" moral laws.  At the same time this god is defined as perfectly good.  If it is perfectly good not to follow objective moral laws then there is no reason why humans…

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hey guys, as always thanks for stopping in to see what i've gathered together for your Sunday reading!

 

before i get to the links i'm going to let you know that later tonight we'll be featuring a chat with Tom Clark, author of the excellent book Encountering Naturalism and the guy behind Naturalism.org, a wonderful resource.

always keep in mind that…

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hey guys, first of all, tonight's show will feature Bible scholar Dr. Robert Price, live! i know Greg has a bunch of great questions to ask Dr. Price, very topical stuff given that it's Easter! :)

also, remember, if you miss a show there's no worries: you can always listen to past shows from the archive. listen to the…

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hey guys, remember to RSVP and tune in for tonight's podcast. Greg will play his interview with Dr. Valerie Tarico and take some calls. the interview is good stuff. check it out!

 

"The upper 1 percent of Americans are now taking in nearly a quarter of the nation's income every year. In terms of wealth rather than income, the top 1 percent control 40 percent.... I'm not surprised by the…

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