Saturday, December 14, 2013

Scientists discover a second hidden CODE in the human DNA: More evidence for intelligent design?

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According to this report in TIME Magazine: " Scientists have marveled at the ingenuity of the DNA code since it was first deciphered i...

Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and Robert Sungenis on the debate between geocentrism and heliocentrism: Reflections on the importance of philosophical pressupositions in science

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Geocentrism is the model according to which the Earth is at the orbital center of all celestial bodies. We could summarize this view with th...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Marcus Borg and the lack of evidence as "evidence" for what the Historical Jesus never said

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In this interview , liberal New Testament scholar Marcus Borg says this: The first is that Lewis’ statement depends upon accepting John’s go...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

The mataphysics of necessity: Ontology and conceptual distinctions

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An interesting topic in metaphysics is the concept of necessity. Without any pretension of being exhaustive, in this post I'll comment o...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Graham Oppy on the actual infinite and the Kalam argument, conditionals and the instantation in reality of abstract objects.

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Secular philosopher Graham Oppy, whose views on the kalam argument I discussed in a previous post , is author of an interesting book on the ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Stephen Braude on the nature of physical laws, Richard Swinburne on two kinds of explanations and the location problem for naturalism

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Philosopher Stephen Braude explains the proper function and domain of physical laws: " The laws of physics (including conservation laws...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

The problem of assumptions and pressupositions on the Historical Jesus research

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Everybody have assumptions, bias and preconceptions. We're all influenced by culture, philosophical assumptions, emotional drivens and s...