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William Bateson and Inconceivability
"The properties of living things are in some way attached to a material basis, perhaps in some special degree to nuclear chromatin; and yet it is inconceivable that particles of chromatin or of any other substance, however complex, can possess those powers which must be assigned to our factors or gens. The supposition that particles of chromatin, ( Read more... ) -
Apologetics and Argumentum ad Baculum
"What, then, should be our approach in apologetics? It should be something like this: 'My friend, I know Christianity is true because God's Spirit lives in me and assures me that it is true... Now, to try to show you it's true, I'll share with you some arguments and evidence that I really find convincing. But should my arguments seem weak and ( Read more... ) -
Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL] on the Eschaton and the Postdiluvian Period
During a meeting of the US House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment that was focusing on contemporary findings concerning global climate change, Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL] drew a parallel between rising sea levels and the biblical flood. He stated that since God promised to never again flood the earth, we have nothing to fear concerning man-made ( Read more... ) -
Pat Churchland on Philosophical Zombies and the Hard Problem of Consciousness
"That someone can imagine the possibility is not evidence for the real possibility. It is only evidence that somebody or other believes it to be a possibility. That, on its own, is not especially interesting. Imaginary evidence, needless to say, is not as interesting as real evidence, and what needs to be produced is some real evidence… The ( Read more... )
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