Bill Pratt | February 4, 2013
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the teachings of Mormonism is that God the Father is only one among a multitude of gods. While God the Father is creator and ruler of our world, there are other worlds where other Gods are creators, worlds with which our God the Father has nothing to do. In [...]
Bill Pratt | January 2, 2013
Post Author: Bill Pratt As I’ve read comments on the blog over the years, I’ve often read a version of the following: “science disproves the existence of God.” Even prominent atheists like Richard Dawkins and Victor Stenger say something similar. Edgar Andrews, in his book Who Made God?, points out that this argument can be circular. [...]
Bill Pratt | November 29, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt In part 1 of this series Philosopher Edward Feser demonstrated that reason, not faith, brings us all the way to the conclusion that Jesus is divine. Once we arrive here, where do we go? Feser explains: Suppose you know through purely rational arguments that there is a God, that He raised [...]
Bill Pratt | November 28, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt A typical accusation of atheists toward Christians is that we only believe what we believe because of blind faith. In other words, we have no rational reasons for believing in God or believing that Jesus died for our sins. The person who believes in fairies or unicorns is no different than [...]
Bill Pratt | November 12, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt In the last post, I mentioned an interview with Christian philosopher Clifford Williams about his book Existential Reasons for Belief in God. One of the most interesting aspects of the interview is Williams’s description of some of the existential needs that are common to most people. I gleaned 10 existential needs from the [...]
Bill Pratt | November 9, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt On this blog, we talk a lot about evidence for the Christian faith. We talk a lot about using reason to defend Christian beliefs. Philosopher Clifford Williams, however, points out that for many people the journey to faith is not purely intellectual. Williams was recently interviewed about his 2011 book, Existential Reasons [...]
Bill Pratt | January 13, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most fascinating discoveries of modern science has been that the universe is finely tuned to support human life. Philosopher of science John Lennox, in his book God’s Undertaker, notes that “this perception on the part of scientists, that the universe has to be very precisely structured in order [...]
Bill Pratt | January 9, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt In part 1 of this series, we learned that there are two versions of the multiverse hypothesis, level 1 and level 2. The level 1 multiverse is non-controversial as it is basically an extension of our current universe in space. The level 2 multiverse, however, makes much grander claims and is fraught with [...]
Bill Pratt | January 6, 2012
Post Author: Bill Pratt One of the most powerful arguments for God’s existence is the fine tuning argument. Rather than rehearse it here, please read Wintery Knight’s presentation of the argument. Many atheist scholars acknowledge the persuasiveness of this argument (e.g., philosopher Peter Millican did as much in his recent debate with William Lane Craig), [...]
Bill Pratt | January 7, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Some naturalists are betting on it, because ultimately physical laws, in their worldview, have to explain everything. For the naturalist, there is nothing but physical reality which is governed by physical laws. That being the case, everything, including the human mind, must be reduced to the purely physical and mechanistic. Philosophers [...]
