Category Archives: Philosophy

New Paper Critiquing Dawkins’ New Atheism Published in ‘Think’

This is from the blog of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. Their journal is Philosophia Christi. My paper ‘The Emperor’s Incoherent new Clothes – Pointing the Finger at Dawkins’ Atheism’ has just been published in the latest edition of Think (Number 24, Volume 9, Spring 2010). Think is a Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, [...]
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Debating the Origins of Life

Dr. Stephen Meyer will debate Skeptic magazine editor and Darwin defender Michael Shermer in Beverly Hills on Monday November 30. More info on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184759894536&ref=share
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MONKEY BUSINESS: Evolution and Intelligent Design

There is usually more heat then light generated in the evolution wars. However, this video is actually pretty good imo. Thanks to the Hoover Institution for making this available! embedded by Embedded Video
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There is a God: How the world’s most notorious atheist (Antony Flew) changed his mind

Antony Flew’s book (with Roy Abraham Varghese) There is a God : how the world’s most notorious atheist changed his mind is not in the Massey library, however it is available throught the BONUS+ system here: http://bonus.newcastle.edu.au/search/i?9780061335297
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From William Lane Craig’s Latest Newsletter (Sept 2009)

The following is cut and pasted (emphasis added) from Bill Craig’s latest newsletter. Lots of exciting stuff happening around the world.  I am especially interested in On Guard which sounds like a must-have item! Meanwhile, I continue work on a couple of book projects. Chad Meister and my book God Is Great, God Is Good, [...]
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Massey Lecture: Horace as Post-Modern

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE STUDIES SEMINAR SERIES 2009 Wednesday 22 July – 12noon-12.30pm MB 3.25 Horace as Post-Modern An admonitory tale for two eras Colin Anderson The worlds of 1st century BCE Europe and of the contemporary West are remarkably alike. Both dominated by one superpower, both constructed around a dominant cultural ideology developed over the [...]
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William Lane Craig talks about Hitchens Debate

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Critical Thinking Audio Course

Here are 15 short sessions on critical thinking by Randall Ridenour from Oklahoma Baptist University.
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Racism and Christianity

I have a friend who describes herself as a “disinterested agnostic”. For several years I have tried to understand where she is coming in terms of her worldview. She is quite reluctant to talk to me about these things, which is perhaps understandable. She has been known to make some rather strong assertions regarding morality [...]
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Frank Turek comments on the Hitchens-Turek Debate

On Tuesday night, I debated atheist Christopher Hitchens, author of God is not Great:  How Religion Poisons Everything, at Virginia Commonwealth University. The topic was, “Does God Exist?” Thanks be to God (and to you for your prayers) because I don’t think the debate could have gone much better. There were several atheists who approached [...]
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A Hitch in Hitchens: Observations From the Turek-Hitchens Debate

Here are some observations from a Hitchens fan who was at the debate. Sounds like Turek won the debate, but Hitchens was not in great form (unwell perhaps?). Enjoy. http://rudyhenkel.livejournal.com/2726.html Anyone know where the MP3s are?
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Debate between Frank Turek and Christopher Hitchens at VCU

This should be really exciting for those who like a lively debate! Frank is from this site: http://www.crossexamined.org/ Check it out. Frank is “in ya face!” and so is Christopher Hitchens — so this should be a fun debate. See a short video of Frank on his website above.
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William Lane Craig debates John Shook in Canada, 2008

Full videos of the debate are located here. Thanks to our friends at Apologetics 315.
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A Massive compilation of materials

www.apollos.ws Apollos Tip – Select a Topic from Bronson Taylor on Vimeo.
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Bill Craig – Bill Cooke Debate

It happened in Auckland… http://mandmandmandm.blogspot.com/2008/06/battle-of-bills-review-of-craig-cooke.html My small idea of getting Dr William Lane Craig to have a debate at Auckland University ended up being an event that far exceeded my expectations. Despite the New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists (NZARH) booking a larger lecture theatre at the last minute we still had to open [...]
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Websites and Blogs

Beretta (NZ) Bible Technology (NZ) Culture Watch (OZ) John Pickering (NZ) Matt Flannagan (NZ) Stand to Reason (US) Scott Mackay (NZ) Uncommon Descent (US) Dr. JP Moreland Books This is an excellent book :: the title says it all. JP calls this book the Magnum Opus of his writings. Lee Strobel Books Intelligent Design Arts [...]
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William Lane Craig coming to New Zealand

Christian News has news that W.L.C. is coming to NZ in June. Check it out here. This is huge news for those interested in apologetics as Craig is one of the best. Apparently Richard Dawkins was asked if he would debate W.L.C. and replied: "It would look good on his C.V., but not on mine." [...]
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J.P. Moreland on "Kingdom Triangle" at NPC 2007

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Oxford Scholar John Lennox on Atheism and Richard Dawkins

Well – has science buried God? Of course not. John Lennox answers his own question decisively. No one who understands what science really is and is not could suppose that such interment was ever on the cards. No one who understands what religion really is, beneath its sometimes ugly face, could suppose that it would [...]
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Dinesh D’Souza Debates Daniel Dennett

Thanks to Richard Dawkins dot net for this material! Description: Dinesh D’Souza, Christian and best-selling author, faced off against Tufts professor, author, and atheist Daniel Dennett in a debate on the existence of god. The resolution for the debate was as follows: “God is a manmade invention.” Daniel Dennett argued the affirmative, and Dinesh D’Souza [...]
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