Category Archives: The Existence of God

The Heavens Declare the Glory

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Thomas Alderman

Several people who follow this blog have been complaining about the recent dearth of posts. Mea culpa! I repent! Here is a fascinating special case of the fine-tuning of the universe. There are 90 naturally-occurring elements in the periodic table … Continue reading →

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The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God is Virtually Conclusive

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Thomas Alderman

I cannot leave this argument alone. Every time I sit down to write about the teleological argument for the existence of God (the argument from design), my thoughts turn to the cosmological argument instead. Here is my latest effort to … Continue reading →

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Joshualetter is Now Podcasting!

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Thomas Alderman

Check out Joshualetter’s Inaugural Podcast on: The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God, Right here!

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The Moral Argument for God Gets Some Air

Posted on September 4, 2021 by Thomas Alderman

[On August 21, 2021, our local newspaper, The Eugene Register-Guard, published a “Guest View” by atheist Charles H. Jones, to which I felt compelled to offer a riposte, which was published as a Guest View September 4, 2021. Here are … Continue reading →

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Letter to Mary

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Thomas Alderman

For Christmas 2019 my daughter-in-law gave me Andrew Roberts’ biography of Winston Churchill. This is the letter I wrote to thank her. March 7, 2020 Dear Mary, I just finished Andrew Roberts’ Churchill and I want to say again, thanks! … Continue reading →

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Christopher Hitchens on God’s Wastefulness

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Thomas Alderman

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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Lennox on Divine Aseity and the Trinity

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Thomas Alderman

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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The Existence of God: A Concise Summary

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Thomas Alderman

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 →