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July 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Monday, July 29, 2013. Debate Round 5: Closing Statements. Below is the final round of a debate between me and fellow blogger Potnia Theron. Aka Steven) over the existence of God. The debate thus far:. Round 1: Opening Statements. Round 5: Closing Statements. And the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s entry on the moral argument. Speaks of moral properties as “objective in the sense that they hold or not regardless of human opinion.”. In my opening statement I discussed moral ontology. On non-moral pr...

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May 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Friday, May 31, 2013. Is God Morally Responsible/Good/Praiseworthy If He Cannot Do Evil? It’s nice to see my blog seemingly influence people, even if it’s only in names and taglines. Among those who have read my blog, however rarely, is a blogger named The Analytic Philosopher. Whose tagline is “Philosophical Musings,” which of course is similar to my own tagline “Philosophical Musings etc.” (I say. Influence because the influence might not be real. [1]. Principle of alternative possibilities. In order t...

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February 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Anything that Begins to Exist Has a Cause (p. 4). Anything that Begins to Exist Has a Cause. Ex nihilo nihil fit. From nothing, nothing comes). Three reasons to believe. Ex nihilo nihil fit. Something coming into being from nothing is literally worse than magic. Ex nihilo nihil fit. Can be violated, it becomes inexplicable why anything and everything doesn’t pop into being out of nothing. Ex nihilo nihil fit. Common experience and scientific evidence confirm. Has right off t...

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April 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Sunday, April 14, 2013. Kermit Gosnell, Murdered Newborns, and the Media (p. 3). Kermit Gosnell, Murdered Newborns, and the Media. As I mentioned earlier, this story didn’t really get all that much coverage until Kirsten Powers wrote her op-ed piece about the lack of media coverage in. On 2013-04-11-TH. The trial began on March 18, after all. To quote journalist Megan McArdle on this. Herself a pro-choice advocate:. Coverage had the killer been more vicious. Another theory is geography. Philadelphia isn&...

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March 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Monday, March 25, 2013. Bad Reasons to Abandon Christianity. I saw this “ Top 15 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Christianity. 8221; article while surfing the net. Lots could be said about this list; item (1) isn’t quite right since there is the moral argument. And the Leibnizian cosmological argument. They see no difference in attitude and behavior between Christians and Non-Christians. Non-Christians are equally capable of living a moral life as Christians. They realize that all religions claim to be th...

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October 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Thursday, October 17, 2013. Abraham Sacrificing Isaac: Not What You Think. By my lights, there is no greater challenge to the threat of Biblical inerrancy than the apparent barbarity of God as portrayed in the Old Testament. One apparent textbook example of this is the famous Bible story in which God orders Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son Isaac in Genesis 22. How could God tell a righteous man to murder his own innocent son? The Forgotten Part of the Bible Story. By faith Abraham, when God tested hi...

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December 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Monday, December 30, 2013. So now we come to the time of year to review highlights. To make it more organized I’ve split it up into several categories: atheism versus theism, Christianity, the rationality of the supernatural, and one more topic that you’ll have to read on to find out (haha). First up is atheism versus theism. Anything that Begins to Exist Has a Cause. This article gives several arguments and rebuts several objections. Rosenberg’s Argument from Evil Folly. The common perception of the sto...

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Denying Both Premises of the Moral Argument | Maverick Christian

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Saturday, July 5, 2014. Denying Both Premises of the Moral Argument. Behold the deductive moral argument (or at least one variety of it):. If God does not exist, then objective morality does not exist. Objective morality does exist. I’ve seen a number of atheists claim both premises to be false. In this article I’ll give an informal proof to explain why that is impossible. Understanding the First Premise. For brevity’s sake I’ll abbreviate “objective morality” as OM. By morali...Behold the first premise:.

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August 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Friday, August 16, 2013. 8220;If A, then probably C” entails “Probably, if A then C”. The fact that “If A, then probably C” entails “Probably, if A then C” is useful in a lot of philosophical discussions. Take for example this argument:. If atheism is true, then objective morality does not exist. Objective morality does exist. Therefore, atheism is false. In Does Objective Morality Exist If God Does Not Exist? If A, then probably C. Probably, If A then C. When A is true). The general idea is that “...

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January 2013 | Maverick Christian

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Friday, January 18, 2013. Why Evidentialism Sucks (p.3). How Can the Believer Be Justified? How could a theist be justified in believing in God without evidence or proof? Even if God exists. Because if God does exist then our intuitions of his existence are veridical and likely the direct or indirect product of God himself. What about the Christian embracing Christianity without evidence? If that flavor of Christianity is true. Eg the inner testimony of the Holy Spirit thing). Posted by Maverick Christian.