I am. Today, at least, I am. Many things have happened this week which would be sufficient to induce that misanthropic state of mind. But this week the straw that broke this camel’s back came with the story of Grayson Smith, a terminally ill three year old who suffers from more life-threatening medical conditions than most people […]
humanity
Is the human species sufficiently unimpressive that it supports naturalism over theism?
Yesterday Jeff Lowder posted the following tweet: I replied: But Jeff disagreed: So if you hear a new heavy album and the guitars sound like they’re being played by second year guitar students, that provides a good reason to think the album wasn’t recorded by Metallica. Sure, all things being equal, that makes sense. (Having […]
Can animals sin?
For centuries, theologians and philosophers alike have maintained an absolute categorical distinction between human beings and other animals. According to this assumption human beings are moral agents who are capable of both moral virtue and moral vice. They are also linguistic agents who are capable of speech. Animals, by contrast, are neither moral nor linguistic. No […]