Bill Pratt | February 28, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt I have long suspected that it is not. I was listening to another Unbelievable? podcast the other day which featured a debate between ID proponent Michael Behe and ID opponent Keith Fox – both are biochemists. During the discussion Behe talked about the longest running lab experiment to test the effects [...]
Bill Pratt | February 18, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts this morning, Unbelievable?, where the two guests were atheist physicist Roger Penrose and Christian theologian Alister McGrath. In a fascinating exchange, the host, Justin Brierley, asked Penrose if reality could be reduced to matter. I expected Penrose to say “yes” and was [...]
Bill Pratt | February 14, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt If our minds developed solely due to the process of Darwinian evolution, then how can we trust that our minds give us true beliefs about the world? This is a nasty problem for atheistic naturalists, because if they cannot argue convincingly that evolution gave us minds that generate true beliefs, then [...]
Bill Pratt | February 11, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Most atheists appeal to the process of Darwinian evolution as the source of our moral instincts, but this idea poses some intriguing questions. What if humankind had evolved in different circumstances, in different environments? One could imagine a different set of moral instincts having developed in humans. What about other animals? [...]
Bill Pratt | February 9, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt On atheism, there is no guarantee that evil will ever be punished or that good will ever be rewarded. Philosopher William Lane Craig quotes Richard Wurmbrand’s comments on the state torturers in Soviet prisons who understood this all too well: The cruelty of atheism is hard to believe when man has [...]
Bill Pratt | February 7, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Nowhere, as far as I can tell. Consider this scenario. A young man grows up and forms radical political beliefs. Upon reaching his 30′s, he seizes political power in his country. He remains in power throughout his entire life. During his reign, he routinely lies, cheats, steals, murders, and rapes. Since [...]
Bill Pratt | February 2, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt No, it wasn’t. Not only does the New Testament book of Hebrews make clear that it was temporary, but the Old Testament itself promises a new covenant in Jer. 31 and Ezek. 36. Should we completely ignore the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament where the Law is [...]
