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Does the distribution of religious belief suggest a natural source?

August 27th, 201004:49 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Friends, Romans, Countrypersons, You will realize by looking at the calendar that September is almost upon us. For people like myself who make our nickel in the classroom, this means a crunch time getting ready for a new semester. But even so, you will still see me struggling mightily to keep the storefront at the Tentative Apologist Department St...
What does it mean to say religious beliefs are properly basic?

September 11th, 200909:48 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

In "Why 'Religious people are just nuts' is easier said than defended" I recounted a conversation with my good friend AnAtheist.Net who can be found online at, uh, AnAtheist.Net. On his website, in the "About" section, he writes "Faith is not a virtue but a failure in applying critical thinking." Sigh. I dealt with this old canard awhile ago by dem...
Why "Religious people are just nuts" is easier said than defended

September 07th, 200901:08 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Repeatedly in this blog I have stated my position that religious belief is properly basic, meaning that it is rational, justified and (if true) can constitute knowledge absent any defeaters. While I have thought I was getting through to my atheist readers, I have discovered recently that a number of them remain as perplexed by this supposition as e...

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