Tagged: William Lane Craig

Another god debate - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Feb 23, 2014 •

• cosmology,
• god,
• philosophy,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Sean Carroll,
• William Lane Craig

Apparently Sean Carroll and William Lane Craig went head to head this weekend on the question of “the existence of God in light of contemporary cosmology.” Usually I think these sort of debates are a waste of time but am … Continue reading → … Read More

William Lane Craig’s philosophy – the condensed version - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Jul 16, 2012 •

• faulty premise,
• philosophy,
• PZ Myers,
• Sciblogs,
• Syllogism,
• theology,
• William Lane Craig

PZ Myers can certainly find the right turn of phrase – or cartoon. I thought this one in his post Plaintive logic made a necessary point. What is it with philosophers of religion and syllogisms? They seem to think that … Continue reading → … Read More

Moral strawmannery - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Nov 22, 2011 •

• Adolf Hitler,
• Charles Darwin,
• creationism,
• Darwin,
• Darwinism,
• evolution,
• god,
• morality,
• philosophy,
• religion,
• Richard Weikart,
• Sciblogs,
• William Lane Craig

If you have ever searched the internet for a section of text from Darwin’s writings you will have noticed that most of the links that come up are to creationist websites and blogs. What we are seeing is simple dishonest … Continue reading → … Read More

Concern over William Lane Craig’s justification of biblical genocide - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 30, 2011 •

• Bible,
• Christian apologetics,
• Craig,
• Dawkins,
• faith,
• genocide,
• god,
• Old Testament,
• Oxford,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig went ahead with his “empty chair for Dawkins” stunt in his Oxford appearance. While many of his fans loved the trick, Craig didn’t get off unharmed by his stalking of Richard Dawkins. Obviously some of Craig’s fans … Continue reading → … Read More

Outsourcing moral decisions to justify genocide - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 27, 2011 •

• Christianity,
• Dawkins,
• divine command theory,
• divine commands,
• god,
• Joseph Stalin,
• morality,
• New Zealand,
• objecitvely-based morality,
• objective morality,
• Outsourcing,
• philosophy,
• Pol Pot,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• Stalin,
• William Lane Craig

A while back I participated in a discussion involving a number of non-theists and theists. You can guess which side I was on. But I bore no ill feelings to the theists – and why should I have? These discussions … Continue reading → … Read More

Dawkins responds to a stalker — Craig gets his debate - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Oct 21, 2011 •

• Bible,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• Dawkins,
• discussion,
• god,
• God of the Old Testament,
• intelligent design,
• Old Testament,
• philosophy,
• punchup,
• religion,
• Richard Dawkins,
• Sciblogs,
• William Lane Craig

Last year when I was at the Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne there was a motley little crew of creationists (3 I think) outside heckling people and demanding that Richard Dawkins debate evolution with them. Just one example of people … Continue reading → … Read More

William Lane Craig’s ’logic’ - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 21, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Christianity,
• debate,
• Existence of God,
• faith,
• faulty logic,
• god,
• philosophy,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• William Lane Craig

I don’t know how long this video will survive on YouTube. It’s a takeoff of William Lane Craig and his “logic.” Apparently Craig has made several attempts to remove it. Personally, I think there is room for many more of … Continue reading → … Read More

Craig brings some clarity to morality? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 12, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Christianity,
• creationism,
• debate,
• diversity,
• faith,
• god,
• intelligent design,
• morality,
• philosophy,
• PZ Myers,
• religion,
• Sam Harris,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values,
• William Lane Craig

Interesting! Is there a second wave of interest in Sam Harris’s ideas on human morality? Sure, many religious apologists really didn’t want to challenge these ideas until WL Craig had said his bit – preferably by way of a debate … Continue reading → … Read More

Limits of logic - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Apr 08, 2011 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• belief,
• Chris Mooney,
• Christianity,
• cosmological constant,
• debate,
• diversity,
• Existence of God,
• faith,
• god,
• Lawrence Krauss,
• Lawrence M. Krauss,
• philosophy,
• religion,
• Richard Feynman,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• William Lane Craig

I have commented before on the limitations of deductive logic – see “Other ways of knowing” – some sense at last). And how easily people manipulate logic by faulty reasoning and by assuming shonky premises. Very tempting for someone with a … Continue reading → … Read More