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C. S. Lewis’s conversion from atheism

darryl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:18:46 +0000

C. S. Lewis traces his conversion story through his autobiography “Surprised by Joy” from his early childhood through to his conversion to Christ as an adult. As the story unfolds, he traces the “aesthetic experience” of “joy” as an experience that …

Playtime is over

darryl — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:20:37 +0000

Via Christian Apologetics. This is a good quote from William Lane Craig. Apologetics is note the lone answer to the difficulties facing the church (and I don’t think Craig would agree say it is), but certainly churches need to be …

Issues with Theistic evolution

darryl — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:52 +0000

I’ve previously expressed my reservations about theistic evolution. Recently, I was interested to hear some new reasoning against it in this interview with Jay Richards Jay Richards (who co-wrote the Privileged Planet) has recently edited a book (God and Evolution) …

Triablogue: What motivates science

darryl — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:46:48 +0000

Good post summarizing science and Christianity. In Christianity, greater intelligence produces lesser intelligence. In atheism, unintelligence produces intelligence. Which is more intrinsically interesting? Worth a read… Triablogue: What motivates science

Over half of NZers believe in psychics

darryl — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:07:58 +0000

Over half of NZers believe in psychics – National – NZ Herald News Interesting to see that there are still significant numbers of kiwis who believe that there is more to this world than the natural world. Which reminds me, …

Dawkins vs. Craig – a mismatch?

darryl — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:48:15 +0000

I was interested to read this post by Edward Feser regarding Dawkins “forgetting” he’d not debated William Lane Craig. One of the comments led to this post which defended Dawkins’ refusal to debate Craig. The argument from this author was …

Why God gave instruction to man at creation

darryl — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:27:52 +0000

From “Instruments in the redeemers hands” by Paul Tripp, p39-41 (the entire book is assigned reading for this week). In explaining Genesis 1:26-28 Tripp makes the point that there is something unique about God stopping and actually speaking to the …

The non-scientific foundations of science

darryl — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:22:18 +0000

There are so many today who believe that science is the one form of truth of which we can be sure. You hear it all the time. If the scientists say it is so, it must be. It is even …

Atheisms poor theology

darryl — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:53:49 +0000

Militant Atheism. Those calling themselves by this title not only refuse, but also openly attack religion – specifically Christianity. However, when we examine the arguments they use to reject submission to God and vilify Christianity we find their understanding about …

How to find the truth

darryl — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:34:29 +0000

I came across this comment on this thread. I’ve come across it a bit recently, so I thought I’d post on it here. "I am a seeker of truth and if you have the truth I will get to it …