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Should Christians believe in ghosts?
June 21st, 201104:25 PM ETThe question was recently posed to me by one of my readers. Stuart did not share my assumption that the world may contain ghosts who, among other things, might engage in hauntings: "I think you'll need to provide some more scritural backing to convince me that people can die (or be killed) and then their spirit can continue to inhabit/haunt a hous... -
Awake in Japan: A first-person account of demonic oppression
February 23rd, 201109:57 AM ETIt was the summer of 1993. I had travelled to Japan to spend the summer as part of a contingent of English teachers selected by a mission agency. After a week's training in Sapporo we were sent off to our respective towns. I was sent to a scenic town on the coast which looked like it came straight out of a Miyazaki film. The job was simple enough.... -
A close look at one atheist's reasons for rejecting supernaturalism
May 11th, 201007:28 PM ETI was just notified that the this post was sabatoged by someone who is threatened by reasoned discourse. Here it is again as a repost. I find that very sad. Anyway I have reposted it: Obviously it is important for all of us to think through our beliefs: why do we believe the things we do? It is that much more important to do so when... -
A close look at one atheist's reasons for rejecting supernaturalism
May 11th, 201001:04 PM ETObviously it is important for all of us to think through our beliefs: why do we believe the things we do? It is that much more important to do so when those beliefs concern the most fundamental questions of existence such as "Why does anything exist at all?", "What defines a life well lived?" and "Is there a god?" Thus it is with interest that I r... -
How (not) to shave with Ockham's razor
May 10th, 201012:10 AM ETIt all started when one of my readers, EssEff, made the astounding statement: "You don't need a reason not to believe in something, you only need a reason to believe...." I pointed out the absurdity of this statement by giving the example of an individual who doesn't believe in the existence of London, and that started a tortured process of princip... -
Doing epistemology by the seat of your pants
May 08th, 201010:47 AM ETWhen is evidence to be demanded? When is a belief to be considered irrational? Implausible? Ridiculous? It is very important to think through these questions carefully. Just like we think our music is great (and that guy's music is terrible), that our clothing has style (and that gal's clothing is frumpy), that our cultural foods are delicious (and... -
Doing epistemology by the seat of your pants
May 08th, 201010:47 AM ETWhen is evidence to be demanded? When is a belief to be considered irrational? Implausible? Ridiculous? It is very important to think through these questions carefully, a practice we often fail to do. Just like we think our music is great (and that guy's music is terrible), that our clothing has style (and that gal's clothing is frumpy), that our ... -
On not believing in God or London
May 07th, 201012:57 PM ETIt all began when in "Christian Atheism?" and "How to be saved by Jesus when you don't believe in Jesus (sort of)" I discussed what kind of relationship an atheist could have with God. Along the way I discussed some of the reasons people adopt atheism including a reaction to the less than stellar witnesses from Christians and other devotees of... -
Keeping an open mind about what exists
March 30th, 201012:05 PM ETMy previous post, a scattering of seeds on rocky, sun-baked soil, has produced a crop of thirty fold (comments-wise). Since comment threads that take five minutes to scroll through tend to become rather unwieldy, I have decided to respond to some of the comments in new posts for a special Easter Week treat.Here I'll respond on two fronts. What is ... -
Truthmakers that keep naturalists up at night
March 26th, 201001:51 PM ETChristians are supernaturalists. That is, they believe that there are things that exist which are neither material (where material is understood to encompass both matter and energy) nor supervenient upon the material. (Definitional aside on supervenience: if x is supervenient upon y then x is irreducible to y (it is a new kind of thing) but is non...
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