Aug
30
2010
9

Why Christianity is False (index)

In April 2010, Brian Auten’s Apologetics 315 blog hosted a series of essays by 20+ bloggers in Christian apologetics on the subject Is Christianity True? The essays were read aloud as the Is Christianity True podcast, and collected in a free ebook.

These very short essays provide a convenient way for me to offer quick replies to a vast swath of apologetic arguments and give a naturalist’s perspective on all of them. My goal in such a short space is not to refute all these arguments but to give the “first round naturalist’s response” to them – to explain why these reasons do not persuade me to adopt again the religion in which I was happily raised. As with 100 Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe, a huge number of arguments does not mean any of them are good arguments.

In the midst of repelling all these Christian arguments I’ll try to squeeze in relevant, condensed versions of atheistic arguments so that I can explain not just why the case in favor of Christianity fails, but also why Christianity is not true.

I will also be reading the essays as the Why Christianity is False podcast (also on iTunes), for those who prefer listening to reading. ((This is me throwing a bone to those who are sad that I cancelled my Counter-Apologetics podcast.))

Contents:

Stay tuned as I publish these short essays!

Written by lukeprog in: Indexes, Podcast |
Aug
29
2010
20

CPBD 062: Eric Steinhart – Dawkins and Theism

(Listen to other episodes of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot here.)

Today I interview philosopher Eric Steinhart. Among other things, we discuss:

  • Dawkins’ central argument in The God Delusion
  • Neo-Platonic theology vs. Biblical theology

Download CPBD episode 062 with Eric Steinhart. Total time is 44:59.

Eric Steinhart links:

Links for things we discussed:

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Written by lukeprog in: Podcast |
Aug
22
2010
44

CPBD 061: Paul Almond – Why God is a Terrible Explanation for Anything

(Listen to other episodes of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot here.)

Today I interview Paul Almond. Among other things, we discuss:

  • God as an explanation
  • Faith and the problem of induction
  • Is God necessary for morality?
  • Could God be beyond logic?

Download CPBD episode 061 with Paul Almond. Total time is 44:03.

Paul Almond links:

Links for things we discussed:

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Written by lukeprog in: Podcast |
Aug
15
2010
8

CPBD 060: Stephen Law – The Evil God Challenge

(Listen to other episodes of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot here.)

Today I interview philosopher Stephen Law. Among other things, we discuss:

  • How to raise our children so as to avoid fascism
  • If we can be quite sure an all-evil God does not exist, why can’t we be sure an all-good God does not exist?
  • Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion

Download CPBD episode 060 with Stephen Law. Total time is 40:51.

Stephen Law links:

Links for things we discussed:

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Written by lukeprog in: Podcast |
Aug
08
2010
19

CPBD 059: Andrew Melnyk – A Humble Physicalism

(Listen to other episodes of Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot here.)

Today I interview philosopher Andrew Melnyk. Among other things, we discuss:

  • Definitions of physicalism
  • Objections to physicalism

Download CPBD episode 059 with Andrew Melnyk. Total time is 33:17.

Andrew Melnyk links:

Links for things we discussed:

Note: in addition to the regular blog feed, there is also a podcast-only feed. You can also subscribe on iTunes.

Written by lukeprog in: Podcast |

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