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Does the Abrahamic God Exist Debate
https://www.ironfistvelvetglove.com.au/2020/04/episode-248-does-the-abrahamic-god-exist/
Debate on the existence of God – 14 April 2020. My notes from the debate.
In my first talk I will present 7 positive arguments for disbelief in the Abrahamic God, including some arguments many will know but at least one argument that’s new.
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Cardinal Pell: Catholic Guilt and a Crisis of Faith
As published in 10 daily
Pell Is In Prison But Hypocrisy And Scandal Are Still At Large In The Church
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Cardinal Pell is in jail. What a seismic shock for the Australian Catholic Church. Until recently, the third most powerful Catholic in the world, and for decades, the face of Catholicism in Australia. A confidant and confessor to Australian Prime Ministers. A companion of the…
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Piers Morgan’s silly attack on atheism, backed up by hapless Philosopher
Philosopher Nikk Effingham makes some monumental philosophical gaffes as he weighs in on the Twitter “debate” about the existence of God between Piers Morgan and Brian Cox. (Text of article below)
Here’s Piers Morgan’s tweet which succeeded in raising the hackles of atheists.
“Atheists can never say what was there before the Big Bang. They just say ‘nothing’ but they can’t explain what ‘nothing’…
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Don’t always accept the prevailing wisdom, its usually wrong
… especially in regards to freethinkers!
As published in The Rationalist Journal June 2018
One of the key reasons we identify as rationalists, sceptics, or free thinkers, is because we value reason and evidence-based inquiry. We oppose government policy based on superstition, prejudice, or pseudoscience. We oppose charlatans exploiting the gullible. We advocate against magical thinking, fake…
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POST 9: Undermining Reason: More on the Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism by Gary Robertson
POST 9: Undermining Reason: More on the Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism
Here is Gary Robertson’s RESPONSE TO MY POST 5: Naturalism remains undefeated: an answer to Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism ——————————————— “Our highly developed brains, after all, were not evolved under the pressure of discovering scientific truths but only to enable us to be clever enough to survive and leave descendants.” –Francis Crick (The Astonishing Hypothesis,…
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RSA Submission to the Religious Freedom Review
Click here to view the RSA Submission: RSA Submission To The Religious Freedom Review Click here to view a recent Fairfax op-ed by our Executive Officer, Tosca Lloyd, calling for an end to religious privilege, power and prejudice: 2018: a year that draws a line against prejudice, privilege and power Click here to read Barrister Dean Stretton’s excellent submission: A barrister’s submission to…
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Champions Of 'Religious Freedom' Should Be Careful What They Pray For
Champions Of ‘Religious Freedom’ Should Be Careful What They Pray For – Published in HuffPost Australia 6 October 2017 Religious liberty should not become a Trojan horse for perpetuating certain views. By invoking a supposed threat to religious freedom, the scare campaign against same-sex marriage illuminates a common misunderstanding of what the term means — highlighting how it has become a…
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Poker and the science of intuition
Can spotting bluffs provide insight into human intuition? (As published in the Rationalist Society of Australia journal) Can you tell when someone is lying to you? Scientific studies say that most people are virtually blind to falsehoods: in using their reasoning, the average person scores only marginally better than pure guesswork (2014 University of California Study). But recent studies…
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If weak naturalism is untrue then provide your evidence
Response to Gary Robertson’s post: The Burden of Proof Naturalism versus Supernaturalism: Gary’s Robertson’s Response to Post 4 ————————————————————— Weak naturalism Gary complains that my definition of weak naturalism is narrow, and then proceeds to conflate that definition with naturalism, claiming I equivocate. Allow me then to clarify so that any further discussion can be clear. My claim…
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The Burden of Proof Naturalism versus Supernaturalism: Gary's Robertson's Response to Post 4
The Burden of Proof: Gary's Robertson's Response to Post 4
Gary Robertson replies to Hugh’s post 4 based on the essay : Naturalism vs Supernaturalism – the False Dichotomy In Part 1 of his rejoinder to my previous post (Post 3: ‘Is Naturalism More Probable than Supernaturalism?’) Hugh argues that the burden of proof in debates pitting weak naturalism against theistic supernaturalism rests solely with proponents of the latter. His justification is that,…
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A Fallacy of Cosmic Proportions - the Kalam Cosmological Argument
A further response to Gary Robertson’s Is naturalism more probable than supernaturalism? which was a rejoinder to Naturalism vs Supernaturalism – the False Dichotomy Most contemporary philosophers regard the cosmological argument as unconvincing. Despite the best efforts of William Lane Craig, the famous argument never recovered from the assault it took at the hands of David Hume and Immanuel…
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Australia's Census Result Heralds a Religion-neutral Secular Shift
Australia's Census Result Heralds a Secular Shift
As published in Areo Magazine – Australia’s Census Result Heralds a Secular Shift – 29 June 2017 The surge in “No religion” in the 2016 Census heralds a more secular Australia. With a rise from 22.3% in 2011 to 30.1% in 2016, “No Religion” has overtaken Catholicism to become the most popular belief category. Mirroring the trend in similar western countries, Australia has been losing its religion…
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The Powerful New Force: Australian Politics And Media Should Reflect The Fact That Non-Belief Is On The Rise
Australian Politics And Media Should Reflect The Fact That Non-Belief Is On The Rise
As published in the Huffpost Australia – Australian Politics And Media Should Reflect The Fact That Non-Belief Is On The Rise – 28 June 2017 Take note, Australia: More Australians recorded “No religion” in the 2016 Census than any other individual religion or denomination. Surging from 22.3 percent in 2011 to 30.1 percent, non-belief has overtaken Catholicism, which fell from 25.3 percent to…
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The Census surge in non-belief heralds a new secularism
Census surge heralds a secular state – The Courier Mail 28 June 2017 MORE Australians ticked “No religion” in the 2016 Census than any other belief category. The results, released yesterday, show non-belief surging from 22.3 per cent in 2011 to 30.1, overtaking Catholicism which fell from 25.3 per cent to 22.6. The change represents a watershed. The number of Christians has fallen from 88 per…
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Naturalism remains undefeated: an answer to Plantinga's Evolutionary Argument against Naturalism
Naturalism remains undefeated
Naturalism remains undefeated – a rejoinder to the Alvin Plantinga argument used in Post 3 that naturalism is self-defeating. Post 5. ———————————————————————— Popularizing the claim that naturalism and evolution are mutually self-defeating, Alvin Plantinga argues in the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism (1993), that, given unguided evolution, our beliefs have no intrinsic relation to the…
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Weak naturalism places the burden of proof on the supernaturalist
Post 4. Rejoinder to Gary Robertson. Gary has provided a detailed response to my second post in our written debate. Given its length, I will respond to the key arguments as follows: Weak naturalism places the burden of proof on the supernaturalist Philosophical naturalism is not self-defeating Kalam Cosmological Argument Weak naturalism places the burden of proof on the supernaturalist As far…
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Is naturalism more probable than supernaturalism? – Post 2
Post 2 Gary Robertson This is the second post in a written debate between Gary Robertson and Hugh Harris based on a discussion of the essay : Naturalism vs Supernaturalism – the False Dichotomy ———————————————————- by Gary Robertson Gary works in the media monitoring industry. Hugh Harris defends a version of philosophical naturalism that contends it is likely nothing exists outside of the…
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