Estranged Notions: The Myth of the Free-Thought Parent

Today's post:

The Myth of the Free-Thought Parent

Estranged Notions: What is the Evidential Argument from Evil?

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What is the Evidential Argument from Evil?

Estranged Notions: Why the Problem of Evil Makes God Unlikely

Today's post:

Why the Problem of Evil Makes God Unlikely

Estranged Notions: An Outside-the-Box Argument for Jesus’ Resurrection

Today's post:

An Outside-the-Box Argument for Jesus’ Resurrection

This argument isn't really outside any boxes (and nor is it especially original), and it's also not really a “non-evidential” argument as claimed. The bottom line is that we have good grounds to accept reported experiences only when the probability that the report is false is not significantly greater than the prior probability of the experience; this rule arises from Bayes' theorem, but it's also the same principle given in informal terms by Hume:

No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless it is of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact that it tries to establish.

Dillon also misses another key point: we have the testimony in (probably) his own words of one very important early Christian—i.e. Paul—who reports seeing Jesus after his death, and it is clearly the description of a vision. We don't have any good reason to believe that this wasn't typical of early Christians. Even the author of Mark didn't see any need to include any physical post-resurrection experiences.

Estranged Notions: Is a Proof Bad If It Fails to Convince Everyone?

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Is a Proof Bad If It Fails to Convince Everyone?

Estranged Notions: The Confused Atheism of NFL Star Arian Foster

Yesterday's post:

The Confused Atheism of NFL Star Arian Foster

Estranged Notions: Materialistic Dogmas and Bad Conclusions

Today's post:

Materialistic Dogmas and Bad Conclusions

Estranged Notions: Why I Am a Humanist and Not a Catholic

Today's post, from an atheist (Todd Stiefel) for a change:

Why I Am a Humanist and Not a Catholic

Estranged Notions: Is Atheism Wishful Thinking?

Yesterday's post:

Is Atheism Wishful Thinking?

This is supposed to pass for serious debate?

Estranged Notions: Why the Ultimate Cause of Everything in Existence Must be God

Yesterday's post, concluding the current series:

Why the Ultimate Cause of Everything in Existence Must be God

Estranged Notions: The One Cause Behind Everything Else in Reality

Today's post: part 2 of the ongoing series.

The One Cause Behind Everything Else in Reality

Estranged Notions: Introducing Bernard Lonergan’s Philosophical Proof for God

Today's post:

Introducing Bernard Lonergan’s Philosophical Proof for God

More of the usual BS.

Estranged Notions: The Death of God and the Loss of Human Dignity

I will not even dignify this post with a link; it is just another turd in the ongoing baseless smear campaign against Planned Parenthood.