| Biblical Truths: Does the failure to find confirming evidence for many of the
Bible's historical claims undercut the credibility of its non-historical claims?
Archeology vs. the Bible
(http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/hwc22/Rome/Archaeology_vs._the_Bible.html)
Article by Haim Watzman describing the archaeological findings that seem incompatible
with the Biblical accounts Minimalism, Ancient Israel, and Anti-Semitism
(http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Minimalism.htm)
Article by Phillip Davies (University of Sheffield) on Biblical minimalism Contra
Davies
(http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Contra_Davies.htm)
Response to Davies article by William G. Dever (University of Arizona) Why a
Universe? If God is infinitely old, why did He create a universe 15 billion
years ago? Why Did God Create the Universe?
(http://www.philosophos.com/knowledge_base/archives_9/philosophy_questions_927.html)
Discussion by Brian Tee (University of Sheffiled) from philosophos.com The Leibniz-Clarke
Correspondence
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/gregory/215/handouts/h16_lcc.doc)
Excerpts from the debate between Newton and Leibniz on the nature of God from
Andrew Gregory (University College London) Why Did God Create Us with Sin in
the World?
(http://www.carm.org/questions/whydidGodcreateus.htm)
Article by Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry arguing that God created
the world to show his love for us Intelligent Design : If life on Earth is the result of intelligent design, who are the designers? Raelism
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raelism)
Wikipedia entry on Raelism Show Me the Science
(http://ase.tufts.edu/philosophy/people/dennett_showme.shtml) New York Times op-ed by Daniel Dennett on intelligent design His Holiness Rael endorses Intelligent Design
(http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2004/03/his_holiness_ra.html)
Blog entry on Rael and intelligent design Intelligent Design
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design)
Wikipedia entry on Intelligent Design Flying Spaghetti Monster
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster)
Wikipedia entry on the Flying Spaghetti Monster, an intelligent design theory competing with Raelism Human Design Flaws: Does the fact that humans
are poorly designed provide evidence against the intelligent design theory? Bad Taste in Bodyscape
(http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Regular/joel70.htm)
Article by Joel Carbonnel arguing that humans are built for extended life Intelligent
Design Theory
(http://www.cse.msu.edu/~weinshan/Intelligent%20Design%20Lecture%20Notes.031902.htm)
Notes for a debate on Intelligent Design Theory between Dr. Tom Woodward and
Dr. Tom Weinshank Parting the Red Sea: Does the fact that the Red Sea can be
parted by natural forces undercut the notion that is was parted by God? The Miracle of: the Parting of the Red Sea
(http://www.amazingchange.org/mormirapartredsea.htm)
Description of the parting of the Red Sea from Exodus 14: 21-31 Biblical Miracles:
Did They Happen?
(http://www.escmedia.org/wires/miracles.html)
Article by Charles Colson arguing that even if the parting of the Red Sea can
be explained in natural terms, its timing is miraculous Jesus's Miracles: Given
the fact that Jesus's "miracles" are similar
to those performed by other magicians at the time, can they be considered to
be real? Was Jesus a Magician?
(http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/RelSci/Magician.html)
Article by Vic Stenger (University of Hawaii) examining the magician hypothesis Hellenistic
Magic and Jesus
(http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/0618Magic.html)
Article by M. D. Magee analyzing the references to magic in the Bible The Unoriginal
Miracle Claims of the New Testament
(http://members.aol.com/ps418/miracles.html)
Article from Patrick S. arguing that many of the miracle claims of the Bible
can be found in other religious traditions Jesus: Magician, Maniac, or Master
(http://ministryblue.com/studies/Jesus.html)
Article by Rob Lamont citing Biblical evidences for Jesus's divinity The Fivefold
Challenge: Five major miraculous events are unconfirmed by modern archaeology:
the parting of the Red Sea by Moses; the stopping of the sun by
Joshua; the reversal of the sun's course by Isaiah, the feeding of thousands
of people by Jesus using only five loaves of bread and two fishes; and the
resurrection of the saints. Does this provide good reason for believing that
these miracles never occurred? The Five Fold Challenge
(http://www.infidels.org/library/magazines/tsr/1995/4/4five95.html)
Robby Berry's challenge to present extra-Biblical evidence for these miracles What
About the Five Fold Challenge?
(http://www.christian-thinktank.com/5felled.html)
Article from the Christian ThinkTank explaining why it is unlikely we will
find evidence for Biblical miracles Argument from Miracles
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/miracles.html)
Set of links regarding the argument from miracles from the Secular Web Examining
Miracle Claims
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/joe_nickell/miracles.html)
Article by Joe Nickell (Center for Inquiry) on alternative explanations for
various miraculous claims Science and Miracles
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theodore_drange/miracles.html)
Article by Theodore Drange on the relation between science and miracles Religious
Experience: Does the fact that religious experiences can be produced electronically
undercut the claim that they are produced by a supernatural
being? This is Your Brain on God
(http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/persinger.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=)
Article by Jack Hitt for Wired reporting on Michael Persinger's spiritual experience
machine Tracing the Synapses of our Spirituality
(http://www.maps.org/media/vedantam.html)
Article by Shankar Vedantam for the Washington Post reporting on recent
research into the biological basis of religious experience Mystical Experience,
Hallucination, and Belief in God
(http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/1978_mystical.htm)
Article by Alastair I. McIntosh defending the argument from mystical experience Religious
Experience
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/experience.html)
Set of links to articles regarding the argument from religious experience from
the Secular Web One More God: If monotheists are rationally justified in not believing in thousands of other gods, are atheists equally justified in not believing in the god of the monotheists? The Crucible
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Sparta/1019/Posts/Post26.htm
Inquiry into the principle by which a monotheist rejects belief in other gods by Anton Thorn. The Atheism Pages
http://www.ebonmusings.org/atheism/intro.html
Comparison of atheistic and theistic beliefs from Ebonmusings.org. Introduction to Atheism
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/intro_page.htm
Clarification of atheist beliefs by Adrian Barnett. Atheism
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/nontheism/atheism/)
Secular Web's page on atheism The Natural History of Religion
(http://www.sacred-texts.com/phi/hume/natural.txt)
David Hume's classic essay on religion The Best Bet: Which wager, Pascal's or Silverman's, do you think
is the best? Pascal's Wager
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pascal-wager/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article Pascal's Wager
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theism/wager.html)
Set of links to articles on Pascal's wager from the Secular Web The End of Pascal's
Wager: Only Nontheists Go to Heaven
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/heaven.html)
Article by Richard Carrier Pascal's Wager Refuted
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/theodore_drange/wager.html)
Article by Theodore Drange (West Virginia University) outlining objections
to Pascal's wager Pascal's Wager
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/pascal.html)
Lecture notes by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland) examining the reasoning
behind Pascal's wager Alien Religion: Suppose that we are visited by aliens from outer space and find that they have no religion and have never heard of any of the gods worshipped by humans. Would this undermine the credibility of our religions? Would it be appropriate to try to evangelize the aliens and convert them to one of our religions? Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
(http://www.beliefnet.com/story/35/story_3519_1.html)
Brother Guy Consolmagno's take on alien religion Do space aliens have souls?
(http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0506301.htm)
Article about Guy Consolmagno and his book on the issue Alien Religion
(http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/000530.html)
“The Speculist” speculates about what we might find in an alien religion Extraterrestrial Life
(http://www.123infinity.com/extraterrestrial_life.html)
Page answering questions about extraterrestrial life. Scroll down for the question of alien religion The Source of Meaning: Can one make one's own life meaningful
or must it be part of a divine plan? Questions about the Meaning of Life
(http://www.hku.hk/philodep/courses/cvmol/HepburnMeaning.html)
Article by R. W. Hepburn from Religious Studies (1965) discussing philosophical
vs. religious approaches to the meaning of life What is the Meaning of Life?
(http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEANLIFE.html)
Article from the Principia Cybernetica Web arguing that the meaning
of life is to increase fitness The Meaning of Life
(http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/philo/meaning.htm)
Article by Fredrik Benz arguing that meaning is something that one creates Why
are We Here?
(http://www.purposeforlife.org/)
Article by Rick Brown from purposeoflife.org Adam and Eve: If Adam and Eve
didn't know that it was wrong to eat the apple, was it right to punish them? Adam and Eve: Set Up?
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/2850/Eden.html)
Article claiming that since Adam and Eve didn't know the difference between
right and wrong, they shouldn't be held responsible for their actions Women
were Considered to be Sinful
(http://www.womenpriests.org/traditio/sinful.htm)
Article by John Wijngaards explaining how women became blamed for the fall
of humanity Eve and Adam Resources Online
(http://www.webwinds.com/thalassa/adameve.htm)
Set of links compiled by Tracey Marks dealing with Adam and Eve Moving the Moon:
Does the fact that a good deal of natural evil could have been eliminated
if the Earth had a different orientation show that the world
was not created by God? The Problem of Natural Evil
(http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/bm_evil.htm#conclusion)
Article by Brian Marston arguing that natural evil cannot be justified Assessing the Problem of Evil and the Existence
of God
(http://sguthrie.net/evil.htm)
Article by Shandon L. Guthrie arguing that the existence of natural evil
is not incompatible with the existence of God God's Answer to Job
(http://stripe.colorado.edu/~morristo/phil2job.html)
Article by Wes Morriston (Colorado University) from Religious Studies (1996)
exploring various interpretations of the Book of Job Is there free will in heaven? If there can be no free will without evil, can there be free will in heaven? The Dilemma of Heaven
(http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=265)
Article by Doug Wetzel on reasons for believing that there can be no free will
in heaven Will There be Free Will in Heaven?
(http://www.truthwalk.com/Q%20and%20A/sin%20in%20heaven.html)
Article from truthwalk.com claiming that we cannot sin in heaven Is There Free
Will in Heaven?
(http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/FRWILL.htm)
Article by Fr. William Saunders claiming that the notion of free will in
heaven is a mystery Karma: Does the doctrine of Karma provide a plausible
solution to the problem of evil and inequality? Karma: the Problem of Evil in India
(http://www.friesian.com/karma.htm)
Article by Kelly Ross explaining the role that Karma plays in solving the problem
of evil in India Suffering and Buddhism
(http://www.counterbalance.net/scisuff/suffe-body.html)
Article by Paul Ingram on the Buddhist solution to the problem of evil God's Goodness: Given the actions reported
in the Bible, is it reasonable to believe that God is all-good? Bible Passages that Seem Immoral by Today's Standards
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/imm_bibl1.htm)
Article from religioustolerance.org listing some seemingly immoral bible passages Bible
Atrocities
(http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/atrocity.shtml)
List of seemingly immoral acts portrayed in the Bible compiled by Donald Morgan Gratuitous
Evil and the God of the Bible
(http://members.aol.com/ps418/evil2.html)
Article by Patrick S. presenting seemingly evil acts condoned by the Bible What If God Died? Suppose God died. How would the universe be different? How would we tell that God no longer existed? Jim Morrow's Home Page
( http://www.sff.net/people/Jim.Morrow/index2.html )
Homepage of James Morrow, author of the Godhead Trilogy. God Is Dead
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead )
Wikipedia entry on Nietzsche's famous quote. Interview with James Morrow
http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20011203/morrow.shtml
Interview with James Morrow by Faith Justice. Blanshard's Beliefs: Are Blanshard and Clifford correct in claiming that our duty to proportion beliefs to the evidence is absolute? Evidentialism
(http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/evidenti.htm)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Evidentialism Evidentialism v. Pragmatism
(http://www.mit.edu/~shaslang/2400-01/cliffjames.html)
Lecture notes on Clifford's Evidentialism vs. James' Pragmatism Evidence, Pragmatics, and Justification
(http://www.missouri.edu/~mcgrathma/pubs-papers/EvidencePragmaticsJustification.doc)
Jeremy Fantl and Matthew McGrath's paper arguing against evidentialism Opiniatrety: Evidentialism
(http://mattweiner.net/blog/archives/000251.html)
Blog entry discussing the Fantl and McGrath article A
Flawed God: Could a being that was neither all-knowing, all-powerful, nor
all-good still be God? Things God Cannot Do
(http://www.letusreason.org/Apolo2.htm)
List by Mike Oppenheimer (Let Us Reason Ministries) God, Evil, and the Holocaust
(http://www.probe.org/docs/evil-holo.html)
Article by Jimmy Williams exploring many reponses that have been proposed
by Jewish scholars to the problem of evil raised by the holocaust The Problem
of Suffering
(http://allanturner.com/ss10.html)
Article by Allan Turner critiquing various versions of the finite God argument If
God is so great. . .
(http://hometown.aol.com/purrplepoppie/godshortcomings.html)
Set of questions by Diane Poppie whose answers seem to suggest that God is
not omniscient or omnipotent | 