Yesterday I received this tweet in my Twitter feed. But I’m not even sure what this is saying. So the following exchange ensues: Fortunately, one can refashion the concept without invoking supernatural/natural. Instead, one can say something like this: “Increasingly, scientists are explaining phenomena in the world which were once attributed to the direct actions […]
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28. Robin Parry on demons
The ministry of Jesus was characterized by many miraculous signs, chief among them his victory over demonic forces. In one dramatic encounter in Mark chapter 5 we read of Jesus confronting a demon-possessed man living out among the tombs. “Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” […]
Ray Ingles on Religion
In response to my critique of David Eller’s woeful definition of religion Ray Ingles offers another. (Apparently he didn’t like my definition either.) Here it is as linked from his website: “So far as I’ve seen, there’s a single, very simple difference between a religious and a non-religious worldview. Religious worldviews include some concept of the […]
On taking an objective approach to inexplicable events
We all tend to filter incoming data in accord with our presuppositions. This is nothing new to this blog. I have griped about the confirmation bias before. And it is a feature discussion in my new book. But here I’d like to focus on a specific issue: inexplicable events. We’re talking the equivalent of supernovae […]
Mens Paired Figure Skating and Atheism
Jerry Rivard writes in the blog to offer a reprimand: “Much has been said on this blog and at CP about naturalism being the inevitable conclusion that follows atheism. Nonsense! A person can certainly believe that there are no gods, but that there are ghosts, for example. They may have an inconsistent world view as […]
