Category Archives: Richard Swinburne

Arguments for the existence of God are dead

There’s a thread going on at The Secular Outpost that started with JJ Lowder defending William Lane Craig against charges of incompetence and dishonesty. I comment as soon as I saw the post, in part because I think Craig’s dishonesty needs to be more widely recognized, but also because I’m genuinely curious as to what [...]

Breathtaking historical ignorance watch

From a recent Newsweek column, via Jerry Coyne: But this version of the conversation [the version represented by Harris, Dawkins, and Hitchens--ed.] has gone on too long. We have allowed three people to frame it; its terms—submitting God to rational proofs and watching God fail—are theirs. But this approach to discussing religion far pre-dates Harris. [...]