Post tagged with evolution

  • Why no professional philosopher would use Dawkins’ argument

    April 18th, 201102:36 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    I have been accused of being unfair to Dick Dawkins. Well let's look at what Dawkins calls "the central argument of my book" (The God Delusion, 187). He summarizes it in six steps. Steps 4-6 are not directly relevant to the core of the argument against God, so I've only reproduced steps 1-3 (see The God Delusion, 188): 1. One of the greatest chall...

  • Ms. B hammers the fall of Adam

    March 18th, 201001:59 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Here, dear reader, continues the conversation of Mr. A and Ms. B from "Ms. B points out that physical death came before Adam's fall" Ms. B: So Mr. A, how do you explain the fact that Genesis 1 claims that God created a world of vegetarians? Mr. A: Well Ms. B, I have this friend, MGT2... Ms. B: That's a strange name. Mr. A: Yes, well he suggest...

  • Ms. B points out that physical death came before Adam's fall

    March 16th, 201011:24 AM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Here, dear reader, continues the conversation of Mr. A and Ms. B from Why Ms. B doesn't think we need a historical Adam (Part 1) Mr. A: So Ms. B, let me get this straight. You are suggesting that in Genesis 1-3 God may have accommodated to Ancient Near Eastern cosmology which assumed a first human person - an "Adam" - in the same way that God acco...

  • Why Ms. B doesn’t think we need a historical Adam (Part 1)

    March 08th, 201001:48 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Here, dear reader, continues the conversation of Mr. A and Ms. B from "Why Mr. A believes we need a historical Adam" Ms. B: Here's your rooibos tea Mr. A. Mr. A: Thank you, Ms. B. You're very kind. Now, you were going to explain why you think the Christian doesn't need a historical Adam. Ms. B: Yes, down to business. Are you familiar with the co...

  • Is the Genesis story of creation and fall a myth?

    February 19th, 201012:00 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Here, dear reader, continues the conversation of Mr. A and Ms. B first begun at "Do Christians need a historical Adam and Eve? (Part 1)": Mr. A: So to sum up our conversation thus far, you're saying that Genesis 1-3 could be a myth that God appropriated as part of his divine revelation. Ms. B: Emphasis on could be, so long as you recognize that "...

  • The Moral of the Story: On the Relativity of Strangeness (Part 2)

    October 15th, 200911:25 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Ahh the relativity of strangeness. That which doesn't fit with one's presuppositions is suddenly suspect, brazenly bizarre. So it seems to be is the reaction when some atheists countenance the existence of a moral law that exists objectively regardless of the existence of any and all finite creatures. AnAtheist.net's comments on my post "If there ...

  • Interpreting the Story of Life

    September 17th, 200901:21 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is a classic of American literature; that much is agreed upon. But is it a profound deconstruction of the ideology of war and hero-creation, or is it an inspiring depiction of the way that war forges cowardly boys into courageous men? Alas, on that question there is no agreement. Rather, there are literary c...

  • How intelligent design is misrepresented by its friends (Part 2)

    June 18th, 200912:06 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    In my last intelligent design post I complained that Expelled creates the (erroneous) perception that ID is anti-Darwin, religious, and committed to assuming God is the designer. Now on to provide some examples. Let's begin with the point when Ben Stein considers Francis Crick's attempt to explain the apparent design of DNA. Though an atheist...

  • How intelligent design is misrepresented by its friends

    June 18th, 200911:53 AM ET
    By Randal Rauser
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  • How intelligent design is misrepresented by its friends

    June 10th, 200901:30 PM ET
    By Randal Rauser
    (This is the second of a three part review of the film Expelled.) If intelligent design were a person, he would surely be a millionaire after suing all the people guilty of making libelous claims against him. So it is that ID is one of the most maligned and misunderstood ideas in academia. And ironically enough, the film Expelled, which presents i...
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