Van Inwagon on Doubt: The Dark Night of the Soul

I am currently reading through a book called God and the Philosophers, which is a compilation of the Christian (and one Jewish) testimonies of twenty philosophers.  Some of these testimonies focus more on personal experiences, while others draw heavily on arguments and reason to show how these philosophers came to believe in God (in most cases, ...

God's Not Dead: A Critique

I realize "A Critique" may come off as rather combative, but I wanted to avoid calling it a review.  As far as movie-making quality, I have relatively little to say.  What does interest me, however, is some of the content and messages found in the movie.  I wanted to see what sort of apologetic elements were in it, as well as its portrayal ...

Ex Machina and Behaviorism

I finally got around to seeing Ex Machina, a new Science Fiction movie in theaters.  Ex Machina is an intriguing fictional inquiry into the philosophical question of whether machines could ever be truly intelligent.  And if so, how could we tell?  If you haven't seen the movie yet, then watch this trailer and be warned that ...

A Common Objection

I've been mulling over these ideas for a while now, but never thought to post them till recently. I'm not sure the thrust of my argument is any good, but it might be something to think about. Some skeptics discount the Bible on the grounds that the stories it contains are too fantastic, too ridiculous, too fable-like.  But I object to this … um ...

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