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Rationality Rules Statist Arguments Debunked
Rationality Rules has published a video “debunking” libertarianism: Here’s Why I’m NOT a Libertarian. Let’s have a look at his inane arguments. I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement libertarians in the u.s. that thinks Americans … Continue reading
The Hubris of Scientific Determinism
Scientific determinists make the most outrageous claims to certainty. Take the article No, You Don’t Have Free Will, and This is Why. This article is a critique of scientist Roy F. Baumeister’s argument for free will. In the refutation, the … Continue reading
My Problem with the Two Lever Argument Against Free Will
I’m fascinated by people who, like Daniel Miessler in his article The Two-lever Argument Against Free Will, claim that humans only have “the sensation” of free will. There are some serious heavy weights in the determinist camp who I agree … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy
Tagged consciousness, daniel miessler, determinism, free will, quantum mechanics, two lever argument
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Dissecting 12 Arguments Against Christianity
I keep running into atheist arguments, many of which are arguments I’ve made in the past, that somehow no longer seem to shake my belief that there is a higher power in the universe and my recent conversion to the … Continue reading
Posted in philosophy
Tagged atheism, christianity, evolved behavior, free will, kingdom of heaven, miracles, naturalism, nihilsim, occam's razor, old testament, problem of evil, relativism, sola fide
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Atheism and Free Will
I watched the following video on atheism on The Rubin Report. The description of the video is “An atheist isn’t denying that a god or gods exist, an atheist is just asking evidence for such an incredible claim. All this … Continue reading
Free Will vs. Determinism
thedaddyblitz recently wrote a post titled “A Tangled Dance: the Will and the Holy Spirit” in which he makes an argument for determinism. Being a believer in free will, I thought I’d comment on it. The comment got rather long, … Continue reading
