Monthly Archives: October 2010

Set Forth Your Case: EPS Apologetics Conference

Check out this conversation on the upcoming Evangelical Philosophical Society Apologetics Conference, to be held in Atlanta, November 18-20. I’ll be there, and I strongly urge you to come. Registration is very inexpensive, and the speaker lineup is very impressive. Hope to see you there! Hat Tip for the video: Confident Christianity

October 29, 2010 – 12:33 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, Postmodernism/ Relativism, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

Christianity, Morality, and Well-Being

Does biblical morality promote well-being? Certainly! Almost two weeks ago I committed to writing on that topic. Sue had commented, I’m not sure that the dogmas of religion have ever even pretended to equate morality with well-being. I think that sometimes they may happen to coincide on some points (do unto others/ an ye harm …

October 27, 2010 – 9:47 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Knowing God | Comments (3)

Morality Without God: Would I Care?

doctor(logic) asked me a question yesterday that I want to respond to in a fresh blog post. What would I do with my morality if it were proved that God didn’t exist? Wouldn’t I still want to pursue justice? No, doctor(logic), I don’t think I would. There would be no reason for me not to pursue …

October 23, 2010 – 8:05 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Origins and Science | Comments (232)

Science, Morality, and the Right Answer

Following my post last week on Sam Harris, two commenters, Sue and Kevin, have stood in support of the empirical discoverability of moral truths. Theistic natural law theorists would agree with them: we can discover moral truths by observing ourselves and each other in society. God created us in his image, and even though we …

October 20, 2010 – 10:35 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Origins and Science | Comments (99)

Further on “Wife Discipline”

Relevant to this from a couple days ago, somehow Todd Friel is able to keep his composure:

October 20, 2010 – 4:11 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Islam | Comments (1)

Held By the Truth

Welcome to visitors from The Layman! I will have an audio recording of “The Truth Holds Us” posted here in a day or two. Until then, please know that if some aspects of the article that were reported there seem confusing to you, it is because of (1) some missing context, and (2) one point …

October 19, 2010 – 2:09 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

“Wife ‘Discipline’ Cannot Leave Marks,” and Other Headlines

Here are several headlines from this morning’s news. Take special note of the last one, which provides considerable insight into the rest. The second-to-last is also worthy of note. Official: New al Qaeda threat targets Europe, ‘notably France’ Al Qaeda ‘most wanted’ sentenced to death NATO official: Bin Laden, deputy hiding in northwest Pakistan 15 …

October 18, 2010 – 8:53 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Islam | Comments (4)