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The Case for God in Seven Minutes or Less….
While taking part in a debate on the existence of God at the Literific Society at Queen’s University Belfast, I had to give a seven minute speech. (This is slightly different from what I actually said since I tried to include some responses to objections that had been raised.)
In claiming that there is a God, I am not claiming that we can logically establish the existence of God with complete certainty.
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Posted in Quick Questions, Good Answers, Quick Thoughts
Tagged Christianity and Science, Debate, Evidence for God, Faith and Reason, Fine Tuning, God and Science, God and the Big Bang
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Meaning, Morality and Jerry Coyne’s World
After Lawrence Krauss, Jerry Coyne seems to be the most likely candidate to inherit Richard Dawkins’ status as patron saint of New Atheism. He certainly has the qualifications – he is respected scientist who communicates complicated ideas with enviable ease. His recent dispute with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat reveals that he has none of the disqualifications: his worldview is far from coherent, and he is not above concealing an unconvincing argument behind bluff and bluster.
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Tagged Can We Be Good Without God, Debate, Gnus, Good and Evil, Jerry Coyne, McAtheism, New Atheism, Right and Wrong, The Moral Argument
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