Our homepage has been updated with new content and a revised look. Let us know what you think in the comments! Rational Theism now has a Facebook group. Special props to the hilarious “William Lane Craig has a Reasonable Beard” group. Introducing… The Apostolic Fathers Necessary Existence and the Ontological Argument – Craig’s response to [...]
Tags: Rational Bytes
So I am returning to the blogging team after a short time off. I originally wanted to do a personal type reflection as my return post, however, I felt it more productive to post that on my own blog which you can read here. This post will be to request feedback on several series I’m [...]
Welcome to the second of my nine part series on the kalam cosmological argument. Today, we’ll examine the first premise of the argument. The KCA relies on a relatively modest causal principle — “Whatever begins to exist has a cause.” This can be phrased more clearly into the claim that out of nothing, nothing comes. [...]
Tags: Causal Principle, KCA, natural theology
Alexander Pruss has a novel argument against abortion here (And a more technical version here) that is based on “simple considerations of the metaphysics of identity.” Let me briefly summarize and articulate a shortened and modified version of it. The argument is a simple one that carries with it a lot of intuitive warrant. Ask [...]
There are many passionate debates over the issue of abortion because it shakes the core of our moral foundation. If abortion is truly immoral, then abortionists will have essentially murdered an innocent person; but the opposition contends that it is not yet a person and so abortion is morally justified. It’s safe to say that [...]
Tags: Abortion, Pragmatism, Sex
