Andrew surveys a few different versions of the cosmological argument. Then, we discuss a particular version of the argument popularized by Gottfried Leibniz that tries to show that a necessary being who is the explanatory ground of being must exist. Notes can be found here: Cosmological Arguments Tickets for Veritas 2020 can be […]
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Robin Collins (Christian) & Joel Velasco (atheist) dialogue on whether cosmological fine-tuning is evidence for a divine designer. Part of the 2019 Veritas Forum at Texas A&M University. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify RSS feed: http://rc-tamu.org/feed/podcast/think-theism
2018 Veritas Forum at Texas A&M University “What Do We Really Know About Right & Wrong?” – J. Budziszewski A noted thinker has warned about a ‘dictatorship of moral relativism.’ But some norms do vary according to circumstances (it would be wrong to drive on the right in England, wouldn’t it?) […]
Zach and Andrew return for the second round of Grill A Christian (Vol. 1 can be found here). The guys field open questions about topics from all over the map. As usual, things get pretty weird… subscibe: iTunes, RSS
Zach and Andrew field open questions to wrap up Spring 2017. Topics include God’s relationship to time, Old Testament weirdness, baptism, and the nature of the afterlife.
If there is no God, then all that exists is time and chance acting on matter. If this is true then the difference between your thoughts and mine correspond to the difference between shaking up a bottle of Mountain Dew and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. You simply fizz atheistically […]
(Under Construction) Introduction Definitions Fine Tuning: “Fine-tuning refers to the surprising precision of nature’s physical constants, and the beginning state of the Universe. To explain the present state of the universe, even the best scientific theories require that the physical constants of nature and the beginning state of the Universe […]
Definitions Natural Theology – the enterprise of providing reasons and arguments for the existence of God independent of Scripture A Posteriori – arguments dependent on experience or empirical evidence Cosmological Arguments – facts about the universe Teleological Arguments – evidences for design Historical Arguments – evidence from the past A Priori – arguments […]
Introduction The moral argument is one of a family of arguments attempt to show that the existence of God is plausible given some basic beliefs (These arguments are called “transcendental arguments” – these are arguments that try to show that some propositions X are necessary conditions for Y). This argument shows […]
Introduction This argument is based upon an argument originally proposed by the famous mathematician and Christian apologist Gottfried Leibniz. It is a type of cosmological argument that does not invoke the beginning of the universe, but rather the explanatory structure of the universe. Definitions Necessity: A being’s existence is metaphysically […]
Introduction Cosmological arguments are a family of arguments attempting to show that the universe requires a first cause or sufficient reason (see: Lebnizian Contingency argument) to explain its existence. The form of the argument we will deal with is espoused by W. L. Craig and began in the 3rd and 4th […]