Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
Dr. Peter Boghossian — Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University who was recently strangely featured as a cardboard cutout in a video created by Christians who called him a demagogue — will be appearing on an episode of National Progressive Talk Radio titled “Faith a Cognitive Sickness” streaming online at 9:00PM on September 2nd. […]
This post is the final post in my three-part series concerning the problem of theological fatalism – namely that an omniscient being and free will are incompatible. My first post in the series explained the groundwork for the problem and the second explained the implications of the problem. This series was started to expand on one […]
Earlier today, Massimo Pigliucci, writing for his blog Rationally Speaking, noted that atheism is “not a philosophy” and “we should stop pretending that it is.” Further elaborating, he wrote, When atheists are concerned that their position is perceived as being only negative, without any positive message, they shouldn’t really be worried, but should rather bite […]
This is the second post of a three part series concerning the problem of theological fatalism – the seeming incompatibility between an omniscient being, God, and free will. This series was started to expand on one of the arguments I presented in my “Does God Exist?” debate with Catholic philosopher Dr. Ronda Chervin (PhD, Fordham) which can be streamed via […]
Last week, I had debated Catholic philosopher Dr. Ronda Chervin (PhD, Fordham) concerning the topic “Does God Exist?” Watch the debate here. One of the three arguments I put forth in my opening statement was the problem of theological fatalism. I argued that since free will and an omniscient being are incompatible, and since my […]
