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The fine-tuning just got finer
Here is a link to the latest from Reasons to Believe (reasons.org). Some scientists have maintained that the water habitable zone[1] is wide because even if a planet is farther from its star, more carbon dioxide can keep the planet … Continue reading
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Usefulness
We want to be “useful” because we think that our usefulness is a measure of our value. But our value resides first in our ability to appreciate God’s greatness, to admire him and worship him. We assign value to our … Continue reading
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The Shrinking Habitable Zone
Otis Graf is a member of Reasons to Believe’s Apologetics Community. He recently posted a message which deserves to be known to everyone. I have written often about “the fine-tuning of the universe” (see joshualetter/blog, “The Existence of God – … Continue reading
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Christopher Hitchens on God’s Wastefulness
In his April 2009 debate with William Lane Craig (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tYm41hb48o), Christopher Hitchens presented a long string of arguments which I regard as irrelevant to the question which those gentlemen were actually debating, which is whether or not God exists. In … Continue reading
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Fuzale Rana of Reasons to Believe offers A Response to the Most Compelling Evidence for Biological Evolution
Fuzale Rana is a biochemist with Reasons to Believe. This video is an excellent example of the outstanding work which this organization has been doing for over 30 years now. Dr. Rana opens by describing the recent discovery that … Continue reading
Professor, Was Jesus Really Born to a Virgin?
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff interviews William Lane Craig of Talbot School of Theology and Houston Baptist University, asking about Jesus’ miraculous conception and birth. The interview was published in the Times on December 21, 2018. Click here. Enjoy! … Continue reading
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Lennox on Divine Aseity and the Trinity
John Lennox is another of my favorite Christian apologists. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford University. In this 2011 film … Continue reading
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Friendship with Jesus
This is worth sharing, I thought, as an example of the often excellent material published by First Things Magazine, a journal of religion and public affairs: Everyone wants to live with an undivided heart; an undivided heart is one that … Continue reading
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The Existence of God: A Concise Summary
Since publishing my essay on the existence of God, I have wanted to provide a concise summary of the argument. Why do I do this? It is because when I see the trees and the stars, realizing the transcendent genius … Continue reading
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Neuroscience and Free Will
Neuroscience provides strong evidence for the reality of free will. (Read more.)
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