Perhaps I am a glutton for punishment, but I have been having an interesting dialogue with Peter Cresswell about the history of theology. To sum up PC follows the 20th century novelist Ayn Rand. Rand’s followers view Aristotle as the “father of the enlightenment,” they appear to hold a view of history that is extremely […]
Entries Tagged as 'Peter Cresswell'
The “Dark Ages” and Other Propaganda
April 22nd, 2008 12 Comments
Tags: Christian History · Dark Ages · Faith and Reason · Peter Cresswell · Science and Religion
Theology, Morality and Reason
March 1st, 2008 Comments Off on Theology, Morality and Reason
In my previous post I mediated on the morality of lying. I suggested that a divine command theorist: a person who believes that the property of moral wrongness is the property of being contrary to God’s commands does not need to affirm that lying is wrong in any and all circumstances. In updating the post […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · Faith and Reason · Peter Cresswell · Theology
Permissible Lies
February 19th, 2008 2 Comments
In wake of the return of the stolen victoria crosses and the Police claiming they are “honour bound” to pay the thieves the promised reward not PC argues that it is permissible to lie to an agressor. The standard example in the literature (which PC utilises) goes something like this: You are hiding someone fleeing […]
Tags: Divine Command Theory · Ethics · Lucia Maria · Peter Cresswell · Theology
Contra PC
September 26th, 2007 2 Comments
Not PC has taken exception to my recent criticism of his blog. He also takes issue with my comments on faith and reason. His responses I think are illustrative of the popular secular mindset so it’s worth responding here. PC expounds a great deal of rhetorical energy describing my work in pejorative terms. I committed […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Atheism · Faith and Reason · Peter Cresswell · Philosophy of Religion
More Facile Anti-Theism
September 24th, 2007 Comments Off on More Facile Anti-Theism
Not PC has a blog on “How Faith destroys Knowledge”. The basic line of argument appears to be as follows: three famous thinkers appear to hold that faith and reason are at odds and that faith is the preferable stance. I am tempted to say so what? Does the fact that three people appear to […]
Tags: Atheism · Faith and Reason · Peter Cresswell · Philosophy of Religion
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
