Category Archives: Philosophy

Quote of the day: Ludwig Wittgenstein on belief in God and the meaning of life

Posted on 25/05/2012 by

‘To believe in God is to see that life has a meaning.’ ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

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An article well worth 10-15 minutes of your reading time: Theology, science and naturalism by Conor Cunningham

Posted on 24/05/2012 by

The bluey-green text on the bright bluish-white background is needlessly hard to read, but it’s well worth the effort: Theology must save science from naturalism by Conor Cunningham

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Edward Feser reviews another very bad book: Lawrence M. Krauss’ ‘A Universe From Nothing’

Posted on 16/05/2012 by

Not Understanding Nothing: A review of Lawrence M. Krauss’ A Universe from Nothing by Edward Feser Excerpt: For Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, for example, things in the world can change only if there is something that changes or actualizes everything … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Peter Kreeft on a proper understanding of Mary

Posted on 07/05/2012 by
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The secular world has a Christian foundation, notes Chris Berg

Posted on 16/04/2012 by

Worth a few minutes of your reading time: Secular world has a Christian foundation The modern world is shaped by 3000 years of philosophical evolution.  And for half that time the dominant moral philosophy in the Western world has been a Christian … Continue reading →

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Hot cross buns, Easter eggs, Ishtar and the Emperor Constantine: Is Easter a Pagan festival?

Posted on 06/04/2012 by

Worth your listening time: philosopher Tim McGrew discusses whether Easter is Pagan in this short (less than twelve minutes) radio interview.  Click on the link and give it a listen.

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Harvard trained philosophy professor Richard Sherlock converts from Mormonism to Christianity

Posted on 06/04/2012 by

Mormon Convert: Richard Sherlock   Conversion must be a matter of both the head and the heart, both the intellect and the spirit.  But it must be a whole reorientation of one’s life, a whole that transcends just the sum of … Continue reading →

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Why Richard Dawkins is wrong (yet again), this time about Thomas Aquinas

Posted on 03/04/2012 by

How Dawkins got the wrong end of the stick about Aquinas: St. Thomas Aquinas was not proving the existence of God as you would a piece of furniture, he was testing whether the concept of God made philosophical sense, writes Alexander … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Philosopher and former atheist Edward Feser on Richard Dawkins, et al.

Posted on 28/03/2012 by

‘The rhetoric of the New Atheist  writers — Richard Dawkins, Daniel  Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher  Hitchens among the most  prominent — sounds much more like that of a  fundamentalist preacher than  like anything I read during my atheist days.  … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Thomas Crean on one of the New Atheists’ (many) faulty arguments

Posted on 18/03/2012 by
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Quote of the day: Philosopher Edward Feser on the New Atheists’ “Reason Rally”

Posted on 16/03/2012 by

‘How fitting . . . that the Counter-Religion that is the New Atheism has now decided to make of itself a mob.  Something called the “Reason Rally” is scheduled for March 24 at the National Mall in Washington, D. C. and … Continue reading →

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‘Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies’ by Alvin Plantinga

Posted on 13/01/2012 by

Well worth your time:

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Quote of the day: John Haldane on Christopher Hitchens

Posted on 05/01/2012 by

‘[Christopher Hitchens'] fluency made him a compelling speaker to listen to, but it also raised a question: was his an acute analytical mind, dissecting and composing reasoned arguments, or was he a rhetorician sustaining a mellifluous but often merely associative flow … Continue reading →

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Blaise Pascal’s theological response to the philosophical problem of Divine Hiddenness

Posted on 22/11/2011 by

‘Instead of complaining that God had hidden Himself, you will give Him thanks for not having revealed so much of Himself; and you will also give Him thanks for not having revealed Himself to haughty sages, unworthy to know so … Continue reading →

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Thought for the day: Blaise Pascal on the two kinds of people one can call reasonable

Posted on 10/11/2011 by

‘There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable; those who serve God with all their heart because they know Him, and those who seek Him with all their heart because they do not know Him.’ ~ Blaise Pascal … Continue reading →

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Peter Hitchens on Richard Dawkins’ cowardly refusal to debate philosopher William Lane Craig

Posted on 27/10/2011 by

‘The American philosopher William Lane Craig had offered to debate Richard Dawkins’s book The God Delusion with its author, in his home town (and mine).  Dawkins is around, because he has his own event in another Oxford location on Friday.  … Continue reading →

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The real reason why atheist philosopher A. C. Grayling turned down Pope Benedict’s invitation to Assisi

Posted on 23/10/2011 by

‘A. C. Grayling, the atheist philosopher, accepted and then turned down an invitation to join the Pope in a meeting to promote world peace in Assisi next week.  Why the change of heart? Grayling says he hadn’t realised that the … Continue reading →

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Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for refusing to debate William Lane Craig says Oxford don

Posted on 21/10/2011 by

Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward for refusing to debate William Lane Craig says Tim Stanley, research fellow in American History at Oxford University. We are left with two possible conclusions from Richard Dawkin’s flimsy sick note.  The … Continue reading →

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Peter Hitchens on William Lane Craig, Richard Dawkins, and a debate that won’t take place

Posted on 08/10/2011 by

‘Does Richard Dawkins exist?  The noted foe of religion seems set to be absent (despite many requests that he take part) from a planned debate with William Lane Craig, a leading American Christian philosopher (a number of other anti-God blowhards … Continue reading →

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Philosopher Edward Feser on Lady Gaga

Posted on 21/09/2011 by

Goo goo ga ga Perhaps the one thing truly novel about the ex-Miss Germanotta is her choice of stage name.  Not the goofiness of it, of course, but its “truth in advertising” quality.  None of the absurd pretentiousness of the … Continue reading →

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Philosopher Edward Feser breaks down the varieties of atheism and explains why New Atheists are irrational

Posted on 17/09/2011 by

Some varieties of atheism I find that atheists who fall on the most negative ends of these scales — A1 territory — are invariably the ones who are the least well-informed about what the religions they criticize actually believe, and … Continue reading →

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Paul Helm on John Calvin

Posted on 15/09/2011 by

Paul Helm: On Calvin Calvin’s influence is still being felt today.  But the reformer was a complex man, with a dark side. On Calvin, part 1: Global reach On Calvin, part 2: A practical theology On Calvin, part 3: Knowledge … Continue reading →

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Philosopher and (almost) life-long atheist A. J. Ayer’s confession of religious belief

Posted on 07/08/2011 by

An Atheist Meets the Masters of the Universe In the early evening of June 6, as Ayer later wrote, he “carelessly tossed” a slice of this salmon into his mouth.  It went down the wrong way and he choked.  Before … Continue reading →

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The “New Atheists” by Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J.

Posted on 03/08/2011 by

The “New Atheists” by Fr. Kenneth Baker, S.J. The secularists and naturalists have created the myth that there is a war going on between science and religion.  There never has been a war between religion and true science.  In fact, … Continue reading →

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For all the ignorant New Atheists out there: philosopher Edward Feser explains the Cosmological Argument

Posted on 17/07/2011 by

So you think you understand the cosmological argument? Most people who comment on the cosmological argument demonstrably do not know what they are talking about.  This includes all the prominent New Atheist writers . . . It is amazing how … Continue reading →

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