Okay, so there’s been a kerfluffle over Evangelical apologist Mike Licona and Biblical inerrancy, in which Licona ended up losing both his job as a professor at an Evangelical seminary and his job with the North American Mission Board. I hate to be seen as benefiting from someone else’s misfortune, but as a matter of [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Mike Licona kerfluffle, and what it tells us about Evangelicals and inerrancy.
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 15, 2011
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William Lane Craig tries to equivocate, ends up just plain lying
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 11, 2011
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One of the many entertaining historical episodes we owe to religion is the story of the doctrine of equivocation or mental reservation. St. Augustine, one of the most influential Christian theologians ever, took the view that lying is always always wrong, and this view was ended up being adopted by the Catholic Church as a [...]
Atheist writing without “philosophy”: a reply to Daniel Fincke
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 10, 2011
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Daniel Fincke of the blog Camels with Hammers has a post defending the relevance of philosophy. It includes a list of philosophical questions which Finke claims “Everybody cares (or should care) about.” After giving his list, Fincke says: The frequency with which I see these and numerous other philosophical questions discussed all over the place, [...]
CIA Drones Kill Large Groups Without Knowing Who They Are
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 8, 2011
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Headline stolen from this article, because I don’t know how to improve on it. (HT: Sullivan) So far, drone strikes have been used to kill two US citzens (that we know of): Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and his sixteen year old son. The fact that Obama has claimed the power to kill US citizens without [...]
Stephen Law on his debate with Craig
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 7, 2011
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William Lane Craig has done a fairly detailed write-up on his debate with Stephen Law, to which Law has responded. It’s excellent, particularly because Law points out how Craig repeatedly misrepresents his views. I’m tempted to quote huge chunks of Law explaining why, but really, just go read the whole thing. One question I’d like [...]