The Method Behind the Design Argument
The argument from design is modest in what it purports. The final claim and conclusion is that there is an extremely intelligent and personal mind, which is responsible for the design in the...
View ArticleVT Debate–The Fine-Tuning Argument
The following is Robin Collins’ fine-tuning argument for the existence of a fine-tuner I used in the VT debate on the existence of God. This version of the fine-tuning argument is an abductive...
View ArticleVT Debate–The Moral Argument
The following is David Baggett’s moral argument* for the existence of a perfectly moral person I used in the VT debate on the existence of God. (I highly recommend Baggett’s book co-authored with Jerry...
View ArticleThe Fine-Tuning Argument and Random Sampling
One of the objections raised by an audience member at the VT debate on the existence of God was against the fine-tuning argument and probability (for my method of argumentation please see: VT Debate-My...
View ArticleWhat if God Commanded You to do Something Wrong?
While at the VT Debate on the existence of God one of the atheists’, in passing, briefly mentioned the Euthyphro dilemma. Does God command something because it’s good or is it good because God commands...
View ArticleFormulating a Modest Fine-Tuning Argument
The fine-tuning argument argues that when the physics and the laws of nature are expressed mathematically their values are ever so balanced in a way that permits the existence of life. This claim is...
View ArticleWhy Deductive Fine-Tuning Arguments are Weak
In a correct deductive argument if the premises are true the conclusion is true regardless of whether or not further evidence is considered. There must be a reasonable connection or relationship...
View ArticleThat Classic Ole’ Design Argument
The argument should be understood to have the best explanatory scope and power by demonstrating that a being capable of intelligent design is a more probable conclusion than its alternatives. The...
View ArticleQ&A 5: Abandoning Apologetic Arguments and Philosopher Love
Question: You can choose either of the following. 1)I have a question relating to parsimony and explanatory power. Let’s say for the sake of argument that God used natural processes entirely to create,...
View ArticleFine-Tuning of the Multiverse Lecture PowerPoint
Below is the attachment for my lecture on the Fine-Tuning argument and the multiverse lecture PowerPoint. I used this lecture [and updated material] for three years while I was a GA teaching a...
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