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Dualism and Christianity

Many theists reject materialism, believing that only dualism is compatible with theism. Very few seem to realize that Christianity has been the primary defender of a material-based soul for 2,000 years. The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed, which are the definitive statements of faith for virtually all of the world’s Christians, profess belief in …

June 28, 2010 – 7:41 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (15)

Is Christianity a Just-So Story?

If atheism is true, why did so many ancient cultures hold to some form of theism? Why did none of them get it right? Why did our ancestors adopt theism, rather than atheism? Atheists sometimes feel compelled to answer these questions. The most common answer goes something like this: “Ancient people were superstitious and ignorant …

May 3, 2010 – 9:35 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (13)

Christianity Is Not a Greek Philosophy

A friend is currently reading Peter Watson’s “Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud”, a book which promises to make you erudite about all of human religion, philosophy, and various “-isms”. The book plays to people’s vanities.  When humanity as a whole has arrived at no consensus about the validity of …

August 11, 2009 – 11:15 AM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)