Category Archives: Apologetics

RFG 2: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?

Discuss in ILovePhilosophy.com: RFG: TWO: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering? Tim Keller’s The Reason for God Book Discussion – Part 1: The Leap of Doubt TWO: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering? From now on, along with my own … Continue reading

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Blind Will vs. Free Will

Blind will (blind instinct/habit) is the paint and a free will is the painter. No longer will it suffice for me to say “intentionally” or “wilfully” when what I really mean is “freely”. The words “intention” and “will” must now … Continue reading

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RFG 1: There Can’t Be Just One True Religion

Discuss in ILovePhilosophy.com: RFG: ONE: There Can’t Be Just One True Religion Tim Keller’s The Reason for God Book Discussion – Part 1: The Leap of Doubt ONE: There Can’t Be Just One True Religion Keller does not refute the chapter’s title … Continue reading

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RFG Intro: Best of Left and Right; Doubting Doubts

Discuss in ILovePhilosophy.com: RFG: Intro.: Best of Left and Right, and Doubting Doubts Tim Keller’s The Reason for God Book Discussion — Introduction Best of Left and Right, and Doubting Doubts Keller observes, “the world is polarizing over religion. It is getting … Continue reading

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Leftover Legalism vs. Love

“What if… just what if people in the world can be brilliant and talented and moral and kind because people honestly have the capacity to be brilliant and talented and moral and kind? What if, whether god(s) made us or … Continue reading

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God’s Essential Nature

I was asked by Peter Harrison on Richard Dawkins’ forum to explain what God is, exactly. He took issue with the fact that God is the same as His attributes. Read on… Peter: “What” is the same as “attributes”? Watch … Continue reading

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My Testimony

I can really relate to Jonah’s prayer when he says, “For You had cast me into the deep… But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.” It is my testimony in a nutshell. I … Continue reading

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Temptation

Please note I wrote this shortly after being brought back to God. There is undoubtedly room for improvement. Feedback is appreciated. Temptation I grew up as a Christian, in a Christian home. When I went out on my own, I … Continue reading

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Against Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophy which makes “practical results” or utility the criterion for both what is true and what is good (according to James, truth is a species of good*). It will be shown that this philosophy is inadequate. A … Continue reading

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Self and Refusing Thoughts

You feel your arms and legs. Thoughts are feelings in that thinking is a way of feeling. Thoughts are a type of sense data. Say thoughts result from chemical reactions in the brain. So, if the chemical reactions change, the … Continue reading

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