The Moral and Amoral "Why?" When an ethical law of the form, 'Thou shalt…', is laid down, one's first thought is, 'And …
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By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Philosophy, Theology, Uncategorized, Worldview Tagged With: Moral Argument, murder, natural theology
The Moral and Amoral "Why?" When an ethical law of the form, 'Thou shalt…', is laid down, one's first thought is, 'And …
Continue Reading about Talking to the World about Christian Morality: Why Shouldn’t Bob Kill Sam?
By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Apologetics, Blog Post, Philosophy, Theology, Trinity Tagged With: God is love, love, omnipotence, power, Trinity
God, Love, and Power, Part 1: Knowing God and Knowing About God This piece, which covers an issue that I think has …
By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Apologetics, Defending the Faith, Worldview Tagged With: Euthyphro Dilemma, Moral Argument, moral maturity, morality, Patrick Nowell-Smith, Steven Weinberg
Rather than continue the series on the moral argument with further takeaways—they are too numerable to include in a …
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By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Apologetics, Defending the Faith, Philosophy Tagged With: Augustine, Euthyphro, Euthyphro Dilemma, Plato, Sophists
Summary Perhaps a quick summary of the argument so far is in order. The primary focus of this series is the Euthyphro …
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By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Apologetics Tagged With: Euthyphro, Euthyphro Dilemma, Might makes right, Moral Argument, Plato
In the previous two posts, we've talked about one of the central criticisms of any claim that morality is derived in …
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By Wm. Travis CoblentzFiled Under: Apologetics, Defending the Faith, From the Board, Philosophy Tagged With: Euthyphro, Euthyphro Dilemma, Moral Argument, Plato
When we make arguments in support of a Christian view, those arguments can avoid accusations of question-begging by …
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