Guest Post by Franz Kiekeben: William Lane Craig and Altruism

Here is a guest post from philosopher Franz Kiekeben - thanks Franz for adding to the mix! In a debate with Paul Kurtz, William Lane Craig contrasted theism and atheism with respect to
Here is a guest post from philosopher Franz Kiekeben - thanks Franz for adding to the mix! In a debate with Paul Kurtz, William Lane Craig contrasted theism and atheism with respect to
I have been discussing God's attributes of late, and the subject of logic is never far away. One aside to this - perhaps the very fundamental nature of it all -
I have written a number of posts concerning theism and God's omni-qualities, and have loosely classified this as classical theism (though it is worth noting that this can often include ideas
This sort of thing - the move to protect people from abortion clinic harassment - has been bubbling under the radar in the UK recently. This is from Humanists UK: Ealing Council has
I love music. I have a pretty sizeable music collection. My student loans were spent largely on music. I have seen a shed load of bands. So with that in mind, and given
As many of you will know, I have recently written a new book concerning the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument)
I was recently reminded of this conversation that I had a few years back with Jayman, a Christian commenter who sometimes posts here: Over on a thread about the challenges I have met
There is a common idea that universities and colleges are fertile grounds for secularisation, that they are often seen as responsible for young intellectuals' lack of religiosity. FiveThirtyEight has a really fascinating
This is an interesting one, exposing that fine line between freedoms - freedom of speech and freedom of religion - and promoting a level playing field for competing worldviews. My personal preference would
I have been having a discussion with a commenter on a previous post concerning prayer in the light of an OmniGod (my preferred term for an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent god). As many of
The other day, I had to get my glasses reglazed and it meant that I was walking around town for about an hour without my glasses. I have worn glasses since I was
In some sense, stories like this are seemingly innocuous. But in another sense, they are reflective of a larger trend that represents something quite fundamental within certainly my country. We are getting to