Estranged Notions: How Christians—Not the “Enlightenment”—Launched the Age of Reason

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How Christians—Not the “Enlightenment”—Launched the Age of Reason

Estranged Notions: The Most Famous Debate on the Existence of God

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The Most Famous Debate on the Existence of God

I don't know about “most famous”, but this is in relation to a 1948 BBC debate between Bertrand Russell and F. C. Copleston.

Estranged Notions: Strange Notions is the #4 Ranked Atheist Blog on the Internet! (not)

This went up yesterday and I missed it:

Strange Notions is the #4 Ranked Atheist Blog on the Internet!

“Feedspot” seems to be a typical feed-reader site that also posts a regular stream of “Top <N> <subject> blogs” articles, all from the same template and quite possibly automatically generated. Their “Top 30 Atheist Blogs” post, which actually contains 32 entries, lists SN at #4 (after Friendly Atheist, r/atheism, and Atheist Revolution); Brandon seems to think that this means something. The meaninglessness of the list, though, is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the #7 entry confuses the blogging network “The Orbit” with Greta Christina's blog which is merely one of the blogs hosted there; #14 is Randal Rauser's blog (even less of an atheist blog than SN is); #16 is “Atheists are Idiots”, a deranged rad-trad Catholic; #18 is “Atheism Analyzed”, another deranged anti-atheist (and evolution denier); and #21 is “Atheistwatch”, one of Joe Hinman's blogs (Joe is resident theist gadfly at the Secular Outpost).

So congratulations, Brandon, you have been given an award by… a purveyor of meaningless awards.

Estranged Notions: 5 Shocking Plot Twists in the Story of Science and Faith

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5 Shocking Plot Twists in the Story of Science and Faith

Estranged Notions: Sean Carroll’s “Ten Considerations” for Naturalists

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Sean Carroll’s “Ten Considerations” for Naturalists

Estranged Notions: Learning Morality from Bill and Ted

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Learning Morality from Bill and Ted

Estranged Notions: Is Free Will Real or Are We All Determined?

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Is Free Will Real or Are We All Determined?

Estranged Notions: Why Does the Universe Exist? Atheist Physicist Sean Carroll Answers…

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Why Does the Universe Exist? Atheist Physicist Sean Carroll Answers…

Estranged Notions: The Power and Danger of Bayes’ Theorem

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The Power and Danger of Bayes’ Theorem

Estranged Notions: Is the Passage of Time Real or Just an Illusion?

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Is the Passage of Time Real or Just an Illusion?

Vogt calls the B-theory of time “controversial”, but according to the Philpapers survey the B-theory is much more popular than the A-theory, especially with philosophers of physical science; A-theoryism is correlated with such positions as Aristotelianism, not being a philosopher of science generally or physical science in particular, being a philosopher of religion, belief in libertarian free will, non-physicalism of minds, non-consequentialism in ethics, and so on.

Estranged Notions: Sean Carroll, Determinism, and Laplace’s Demon

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Sean Carroll, Determinism, and Laplace’s Demon

Estranged Notions: Is Sean Carroll Correct That the Universe Moves By Itself?

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Is Sean Carroll Correct That the Universe Moves By Itself?

Estranged Notions: The Big Problem with Sean Carroll’s “Poetic Naturalism”

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The Big Problem with Sean Carroll’s “Poetic Naturalism”

This is Vogt's argument against Carroll's idea of “poetic naturalism”. He doesn't do a very good job.

Estranged Notions: Why Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Is Too Small

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Why Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Is Too Small

Vogt has been promising us his review of Carroll's book for some weeks now, but this is merely an ‘introduction’ to the review; nothing of substance here. The closest Vogt gets to that is the usual knee-jerk criticism of reductionism.

Estranged Notions: Proofs of God: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Levering

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Proofs of God: An Interview with Dr. Matthew Levering

Another plug for a book.

Estranged Notions: What Do You Think of the Fine-Tuning Argument for God?

Gosh, a new post; I was starting to forget what those looked like.

What Do You Think of the Fine-Tuning Argument for God?

Estranged Notions: Atheists: What Question Would You Ask a Catholic Biblical Scholar?

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Atheists: What Question Would You Ask a Catholic Biblical Scholar?

Vogt says he's after questions from atheists; we should collect some possible questions here if one of the un-banned is willing to forward them...

Estranged Notions: What Do You Think of the Moral Argument for God?

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What Do You Think of the Moral Argument for God?

Estranged Notions: Skeptic Bart Ehrman on Whether Jesus Really Existed

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Skeptic Bart Ehrman on Whether Jesus Really Existed

This isn't even an article, just a posting of (part of?) the introduction to Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist?, widely regarded as his worst book and one that I personally regard as demonstrating an excellent argument for mythicism—or at least for ignoring the academic consensus for historicity.

Estranged Notions: Is the Kalam Cosmological Argument a Sound Proof for God?

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Is the Kalam Cosmological Argument a Sound Proof for God?