Category Archives: Ethics & Metaethics

Good News of the Kingdom

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Maryann

Good News of the Kingdom: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vt45yxiSdRn3Y4ODjrYDbhUQ5ZDKGVjS7oaiVKUI4G0/edit

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Harmonic Triads

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Maryann
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Why do bad/good things happen to good/bad people?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Maryann

Thesis: Bad things happen to bad people, good things happen to good people (according to Job’s friends, Pharisees, & prosperity preachers…& those who believe in ‪karma‬). Antithesis: Good things happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people … Continue reading →

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#Good: Still thinking about QoW #379

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Maryann

Hi Dr. Craig. Still chewing on QoW #379. I keep coming back to this video, especially Q & A, especially 01:01:07 & context … do you address Aquinas & divine simplicity (as relates to the rest of my question below) … Continue reading →

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Why does God allow sin? A bit of a different take.

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Maryann

This question was submitted by a woman via email in preparation for an apologetics discussion my sister and I held this past weekend at a women’s retreat hosted by Redeemer Modesto, our church home. I want to share my answer … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Golden Rule, Problem of Evil & Hell | 2 Comments

#DefundPP ASAP: Urge your senators to vote yes on S.1881

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Maryann

Our senators need to know the rational American voice is strongly opposed to what Planned Parenthood is doing. Continue reading →

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Premeditated organ harvesting via partial birth abortion & what you can do to stop it.

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Maryann

UPDATE 7/21: Second Planned Parenthood Senior Executive Caught On Undercover Video. Dr. Mary Gatter, President of the Planned Parenthood Medical Directors’ Council, who now oversees the Pasadena affiliate (sold to Novogenix through the Los Angeles affiliate before that), haggles over … Continue reading →

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The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Maryann

The CAA read The Gospel in the Marketplace of Ideas: Paul’s Mars Hill Experience for Our Pluralistic World by Paul Copan and Kenneth D. Litwak, as part of Apologetics 315’s weekly Read Along program. This took place August through October. … Continue reading →

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Discussing with my sons the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on marriage

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Maryann

We just had a really great discussion (Ethan is 17, David 14) on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage. I started writing on this topic mid-May, but it was just never in a shareable condition until after this … Continue reading →

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Ethics & Morality

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Maryann

Below is a collection of my thinking on the grounding and justification of moral truth. I am warming up for something. Divine Essentialism God wills it (right) because He is good — essentialism. 1/4/08 (Not mine. Precursor.) The Sword and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Divine Essentialism, Euthyphro Dilemma, Gettier Problem, Golden Rule, Groothuis' 'Christian Apologetics', Is-Ought Fallacy, Justified True Belief, Keller's Reason for God, Moral Argument, Natural Law and Divine Command, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, William Lane Craig | 3 Comments