March 12th, 2010 by Justin
Naturalism vs. Supernaturalism // Since God is not of natural reality, belief in God requires belief in a supernatural reality. Generally speaking, secularist and atheist people believe that only natural reality exists, while religious people believe that both natural reality and supernatural reality exist. So which should we believe? The basic problem with either belief [...]
November 23rd, 2009 by Justin
// I recently have been engaged in a back-and-forth with some of the bloggers on Elect Exiles. One of the bloggers, Drew, put forward some ideas for proving the existence of god. I am addressing these here because they seem to be common arguments put forward by the religious. In reference to Richard Dawkins, Drew [...]
November 3rd, 2009 by Justin
// The issue begins (and ends, really) with a simple question: how do we know anything? As human beings, we have questions. How do we answer these questions? By using (1) evidence and (2) arguments based on that evidence. Whichever argument or position or idea or philosophy has more evidence supporting it is the winner. [...]