The Left and Anti-Left Both Have Much Still to Learn
My last article on the growing irrationality of the atheist left and right covered a lot. But some things it addressed only too briefly, and need a little more attention. Not least being, everyone ignoring its message. Not long after I wrote that article, the atheist...
A Critical Thinking Course That’s Affordable and Useful
I’ll be teaching critical thinking next month (October). Learn some easy tools of Bayesian reasoning, how to spot and correct for cognitive biases, how to reason logically and avoid and detect fallacies, and how to better question your decisions and beliefs in...Pubmeets & Events Across the U.S. This October & November!
I’ll be appearing in numerous cities the next two months. And I’ll have plenty of books on hand. So if you want to hang out, talk history or philosophy, get a book signed, mark your calendars if you’re in or near any of the following: Laramie,...Why Mythicist Milwaukee Is Right and Their Critics Wrong
I’m seeing way too much fascism and irrationality on the left these days. Particularly in atheism now. We have enough of it on the right. We don’t need the left doing it too. And mind you, I am a leftist. I fully support reasonable socialism, to check and balance the...What You Get for Supporting Me on Patreon
To manage my time and make a living, I long ago closed commenting on my blog and Facebook page to all but select persons. I’m often asked how to get commenting privileges in both places. There are various ways to do that. But this method is guaranteed: Anyone...Canton, Michigan, Event Canceled
The event I was going to be doing with Robert Price and Robert Price this month with Ehteshaam Gulam has been canceled due to Gulam facing some serious health difficulties. It may be still happen in 2018, and I’ll announce that when it gets rebooked. I have all...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapters 13 and 14)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then Chapters [2] [3-5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10-12]. Here I will conclude with Chapters 13 and 14. Today, Keller returns to his usual pattern of simply lying; lying...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapters 10 to 12)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then Chapters [2] [3-5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. Here I will cover Chapters 10 through 12. Then I’ll end the series with Chapters 13 and 14. Today, Keller finally...How Can Morals Be Both Invented and True?
After my post on Timothy Keller’s bewilderment at how atheists can have and justify morals and civil rights, many Christians struggled to understand the point, that morals and rights are totally made up, just like language and wheels and eyeglasses and laws, and at...Learn the Best Ways to Refute Christian Apologetics!
Come be my student next month! My online course for September is “Counter-Apologetics: Learning the Best Ways to Refute Arguments for God.” It includes special advice on arguing against Islam as well as both liberal and conservative Christianity, tips and tactics of...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 9)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then 2, 3 through 5, 6, 7, and 8. Here I will cover Chapter 9. Next will be 10 through 12. And I’ll close with one more post on the rest of the book,...Timothy Keller: Dishonest Reasons for God (Chapter 8)
I began my critique of Keller’s The Reason for God with an exposé of everything up through Chapter 1, then Chapter 2, Chapters 3 through 5, Chapter 6, and Chapter 7. Here I will cover Chapter 8—and some material he adds in between Chapters 7 and 8. Next...Plantinga’s Tiger and Other Stupid Shit
In the course of composing my critical series of Timothy Keller’s Reason for God, I noticed his reliance on that awful philosopher Alvin Plantinga at a key point, warranted an article all it’s own. It’s an argument you’ll have heard many times...Want Me to Visit Your Town in California? Here’s How!
This October I have two engagements in California a couple weeks or so apart (in Sacramento and Fresno, details here). I’d love to do talks or pubmeets elsewhere in the state in between (or after). So anyone in California who wants me to appear in their town: if...
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What Sort of Free Will Are We Supposed to Be Talking About? Who or What Is a Will a Will Of? What Are Praise and Blame / Guilt and Innocence For? What Is Fatalism and Why Is it Bad for You? These are some of the questions we will aim to answer in open discussion,...Get Dr. Carrier’s Latest!
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