Jeff Lowder just wrote a helpful article in which he contrasts “genuine inquiry” vs. “partisan advocacy”. Jeff describes genuine inquiry as “reading opposing viewpoints, not with the goal of preparing pithy one-liners for debates, but with the goal of actually trying to learn something or consider new ways of looking at old topics.” He adds […]
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Congratulations to Jeff Lowder for Posting the 80,000th Comment at My Blog!
Today Jeff Lowder posted a comment at my blog. But it wasn’t just any comment. It was the 80,000th comment that has been posted at my blog (not including, of course, spam and the hundred or so comments I’ve needed to delete over the years). Wow, 80,000. That’s a lot of comments. And how fine it […]
Naturalism or Theism? A Review of The Lowder-Turek Debate
I recently had the pleasure of viewing Jeff Lowder’s autumn debate with Frank Turek on the question: naturalism or theism? You can view the debate here. I’ve offered my own reactions below in the form of eight impressions. However, be sure to watch the debate for yourself rather than just skimming my impressions. As you […]
Does William Lane Craig care about the truth of Christianity?
Editor’s Note: Since this article was posted, Jeff Lowder sent me the following note via email: “I never thought that Craig doesn’t care about the truth. I was careless and sloppy when I said I agreed with Rumraket on everything except for his tally of his debates. I simply didn’t read his comment carefully, and […]
Is Jeff Lowder a philosopher?
Several months ago I blocked John Loftus from commenting at my blog and I resolved not to respond any further to his asinine mud slinging. However, I do find the need to respond in this instance, not to Loftus’ attacks on myself, but rather on Jeff Lowder. As you probably know, Lowder has been a […]
Jeff Lowder on Is the Atheist My Neighbor?
When I was writing Is the Atheist My Neighbor? I wanted to have a chapter devoted to dialogue with an atheist. After all, the best way to gain perspective and nuance regarding the views of another belief community is to invite a representative of that community into conversation. However, not just any member of the […]
Minding the Memes
A few days ago Jeff Lowder of “The Secular Outpost” started a new series on “stupid atheist memes”. His first installment was: “If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.” Four years ago I did my own series along similar lines titled “How to Confound Christians with Bad Arguments.” The […]
