Category Archives: Ethics
Ode to the New Atheists
New Atheists like to put on a front they pretend heroic, To pat one on the back, and call the other a stoic But in this world they [..]
Does Permission Exculpate God?
Arminians often attempt to insulate God from moral complaints against His sovereignty by falling back to the “permissive” argument. For example, in dealing with the problem of evil, [..]
The Moral Blindness of the Left
WARNING: This post contains graphic quotes from court testimony and is not meant to be read by children. — It is impossible for the Left to get their [..]
Reppert Tries Good
In many recent blog exchanges, I’ve engaged Victor Reppert on the question of Calvinism and the problem of evil. During these exchanges, I have pointed out several times [..]
Evil
Since the Arminian blogosphere’s argument du jour happens to be “Calvinism makes God the author of evil” I thought I would come at it at a slightly different [..]
Euthyphro Examined
In the comments on my Abortion and Reppert post, Jayman asked me a question regarding the grounding of morality which I would like to expand on here. I [..]
Abortion and Reppert
I’m going to go over something Victor Reppert recently said to Steve. However, before I get into the minutia, it is important to read the entire paragraph in [..]
Gallup Poll: Majority of Americans Pro-Life on Abortion, Highest Levels in 15 Years
Gallup Poll: Majority of Americans Pro-Life on Abortion, Highest Levels in 15 Years (original link: http://www.lifenews.com/nat5053.html) From the article: The Gallup survey, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of [..]
Emotion or Reason?
A couple of folks have requested a response to this post by a man named Luke who has deconverted from Christianity to atheism. As I mentioned in the [..]
Rampant Liberalism
I think this story exemplifies the problems with liberal thinking in America today. Here’s what happened. A girls basketball team killed another girls basketball team on the court. [..]