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February 18, 2020
Q&A: A Possible Conflict Between The Moral and Ontological Arguments
I have relatively recently thought up an objection to the Ontological argument as I see a conflict between it and the theory of ethics you and many other Christians hold. I am assuming that when you talk about great making properties you mean objectively great making qualities, as plenty of people have at least somewhat different ideas about what would be the greatest conceivable being. (What qualities in what amounts this being would have. Ex. Different people would think a...
February 6, 2020
Book Review – Friend Of Science, Friend Of Faith
REVIEW OF “FRIEND OF SCIENCE, FRIEND OF FAITH” by Gregg Davidson.
Gregg Davidson is a Christian and Geologist who is a frequent contributor to BioLogos.org. In this book, he makes the case that modern science and Christianity are not in conflict. You do not have to choose between scientific facts about the origins of the world and life and the claims of the biblical texts. He begins the book by telling the heartbreaking story of a college student named Riley who was brought up in...
January 19, 2020
The Beauty Argument For God’s Existence
“All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful,The Lord God made them all.” – Cecil Francis Alexander1
“Indescribable. Uncontainable. Who put the stars in the sky and You know them by name? You are amazing, God.” – Chris Tomlin2
The Fine-Tuning of the constants and quantities of physics show that God is a spectacular engineer. He set up the Strong Nuclear Force, The Weak Nuclear Force, The Electromagnetic Force, Gravity, The Expansion...
January 17, 2020
Q&A: A Question About Fine-Tuning And Probability From A Skeptic In Egypt
Dear Mr. Evan,
How are you? I hope all is well with you. Let me introduce myself to you; I am Raafat, an on-the-fence skeptic from Egypt, who leans more on the side of God’s existence. It is great that I have found your blog, as it is amongst the few reasons that made think that believing in a god is not an intellectually deficient position.
To my main point. In a former blog post about the Fine-Tuning argument, you said that we can rule chance out, because of the improbablity of...
January 11, 2020
Q&A: Combination Naturalistic Theories, The Probability Of Miracles, and Jesus’ Resurrection
Mr. Minton,
First of all, thank you so much for your huge body of work on this site. I’ve been diving deep into the question of Christianity’s truth lately and your work has given me some invaluable insight. It introduced me to the minimal facts argument for Jesus’ resurrection, and I’ve developed high hopes of this argument being the clincher for me returning to Christianity.
But I’m hung up on the issue of miracles. I read part 9 of your series, “The Evidence for Jesus’...
January 3, 2020
What To Expect From Cerebral Faith in 2020
Happy New Year! Today is January 3rd, 2020. It’s the start of a new year and a new decade. Hard to believe, but this August will be the 10th anniversary of my very first exposure to Christian Apologetics. 10 years ago this August, I discovered Lee Strobel’s “The Case For A Creator” movie that someone posted on Facebook. That night would change the entire course of the next 10 years of my life. It’s been quite a journey.
But enough nostalgia. You didn’t click on this blog post to...
December 16, 2019
Non-Biblical Examples Showing Why Cultural Context Matters To Interpretation
If you’ve been following my blog post on The Cosmic Temple Inauguration View of Genesis One (click here to see the posts if you haven’t), if you’ve heard my interview with John Walton on his book “Ancient Near Eastern Thought and The Old Testament”, heard my interview with Phil Weingart on his book “The Rabbi on the Mount” (both on The Cerebral Faith Podcast), or read my blog post “Hermeneutics 101 Part 3: Understanding The Cultural Context”, then you’ll know I’m a sticker for...
November 17, 2019
November 15, 2019
GUEST BOOK REVIEW: Escaping The Beginning
Colin Burgess is the author of this book review. Colin Burgess sent me an e-mail asking if he could post his review of this book here. While I haven’t read this book myself, based on Burgess’ review, it looks like an awesome read, especially since I’m enthusiastic about The Kalam Cosmological Argument. Newcomers to this website can click here to read articles I’ve published about The Kalam Cosmological Argument. Anyway, onto Burgess’ review.
Of all the arguments for the existence of God, few are...
November 13, 2019
BOOK REVIEW: The Genealogical Adam and Eve
In this book, “The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science Of Universal Ancestry”, S. Joshua Swamidass proposes that God could have created Adam and Eve de novo (i.e God literally took a scoop of dust and transformed it into Adam, put Adam to sleep and took a chunk of his side to make Eve) and that everyone is a descendent of that originally de novo created couple. This part of the hypothesis that Swamidass proposes is in line with the traditional understanding of Adam a...
