Posts Tagged as ‘creationism’

August 10, 2008

Is it Time to Teach Creation in Schools?

I got to thinking about the argument for teaching creationism in schools and how perhaps it might be useful. First, I should make clear that I am completely convinced that there is no scientific merit in creation ’science’ or so called intelligent design and consequently there is no room for it to be thought as [...]

June 26, 2008

Ontological Argument

This is the third argument about god’s existence that I am going to look at. Of the last two arguments this is perhaps one that might be a bit of a head ache. Unlike the last two arguments this is what is called a priori—meaning an argument where the knowledge is gained independently of experience.
Descartes’ [...]

June 23, 2008

Teleological

The second argument I am going to deal with on the existence of god is called the teleological argument. Teleology is the philosophical study of design and purpose. For a list of the Arguments of god’s existence see here)
Imagine you were walking along on an alien planet somewhere far away and [...]

June 15, 2008

I Need a Miracle

Where have all the miracles gone? It seems we were inundated with the stories of all the unearthly things that have been done by the power of god. He can produce rabbits form his hat all day long—we have Jesus rising from the dead and ascending into heaven; he was born of a virgin and [...]