I think I missed the mark on my post about Quantifying Character. In that post, I essentially rank actions as positive or negative, with having inaction labeled as zero. But I don’t think that’s quite […]
Category: Miscellaneous
Flipping Hitchen’s Razor
Hitchens’s razor is an epistemological razor expressed by writer Christopher Hitchens. It says that the burden of proof regarding the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim; if this burden is […]
Experience is Evidence
And evidence is justification. And justification is what makes belief knowledge. We’ve already discussed how knowledge is justified true belief. But most of our human experience is justified only by our senses. This is knowledge. […]
Sin means Free
Sin is proof we have free will. If we didn’t have free will there would be no fall in Eden, no rebellion in heaven, no need for Jesus. If there was no free will, there […]
To matt
So one of the most popular atheists on the planet responded to my email. Maybe you’ve heard of Matt Dillahunty. Regardless, I pitched my We Are The Evidence argument for Christianity. Here’s his response: Your […]
C-theory of Time
If time exists inside our universe, and passes as it appears to pass, A-theory of time is true. If a reality exists outside of spacetime, time is only an illusion. From this perspective, our past, […]
Exploring Beliefs
Beliefs are accepted propositions. I believe you means that I accept what you’re saying is true. All knowledge is belief, but all beliefs are not knowledge. Beliefs do not require justification, but knowledge does. For […]
Knowledge, Belief, and Fantasy
What is knowledge? It’s an awareness that something your head corresponds to reality. Of course, there may be justification needed to verify that what’s in your head does actually correspond with reality. Otherwise there is […]
Deja Vu Revisited
Not long ago, I presented a theory about how deja vu could prove that a personal and omniscient god exists. This theory does a little more, though. If two-thirds of people experience deja vu, that […]
Refuting Allah
Alternate title: How great does your God love? In Christianity, we are introduced to the unconditional love of God, who desires that all come to salvation [I Timothy 2:4]. In Islam, Allah orders the death […]