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- Session 1. The Case for God - Considering Design
- Session 2. Considering Truth: Glimpsing the Moral Law ... and God behind it
- Session 3. Assessing 'The Book' - Considering the Textual Reliability of the Bible
- Session 4. Examining External Evidence - Considering the Historical Reliability of the Bible
- Session 5. Considering Inspiration - How Allusions in the Bible point to a Divine Author
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Author Archives: oborn
Glimpsing the Tao … But not able to Grasp it
In the 2nd video of Session Two I summarized the ethical teachings of major world religions of today. What I found striking when I first studied them was their degree of congruence. Every teaching upholds honesty, truthfulness, self-control, chastity as more »
Posted in 2. Glimpsing the Nature of God - Considering Human Ethics
Tagged ancient moral values, are humans moral, Are there moral absolutes, Christopher Hitchens on moral values, CS Lewis and the Tao, do we follow moral values, Is there absolute truth?, is there right and wrong?, moral values of ancient chinese, Moral values of the vikings, The Tao from CS Lewis
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An Oscar Nominee hints at Objective Truth
A couple of weeks ago I was staying with some Iranian friends. After supper we watched an Iranian film, A Separation, which is being nominated for two 2012 Academy Awards – Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay. It more »
From Soapberry Bugs to SuperBugs: Nature’s slippery slide down & Naturalism’s slipperiness all around.
In the second video of Session 1 I documented immense confusion in attempts to try to identify a natural process which can be observed to increase the information and/or functional content in biological organisms. And given the confident (but mistaken) more »
Posted in 1. Basis for God - Considering Design
Tagged did the soapberry bug evolve?, do bacteria evolve?, evolution vs change, evolutionary analysis, have superbugs evolved?, is antibiotic resistance evolution?, is aperts syndrome evolution, Is DDT resistance evolution, is evolution observed, Is evolution occurring today?, is streptomycin resistance evolution
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Origins: Evolution or Design – why touch it?
This site is about the gospel. Yet Session 1 and several of my posts deal with origins, dissecting university textbooks and other books on evolution. Why bothering getting into this confusing and sometimes touchy subject? It is a good question more »
Posted in 1. Basis for God - Considering Design, 2. Glimpsing the Nature of God - Considering Human Ethics
Tagged evolution and ethics, evolution and gospel, evolution and humanities, is evolution an important question, is evolution or design an important issue, is origins important, why evolution vs creation, why evolution vs design, why is origins question foundational
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Antony Flew Considered Design
When I was a university student, Antony Flew was considered to be one of the outstanding philosophers alive at the time. He was also a prominent – world famous even – atheist. In fact one of his contributions in the more »
The Ubiquity of the Design Inference
I have noticed that it is often the very things that surround us all the time that escape our notice. Or at least we seem to easily miss the significance of that which is everywhere – the ubiquitous. It is more »
Posted in 1. Basis for God - Considering Design
Tagged creation, creation or evolution, creator, did stickleback fish evolve, dobzhansky, does evolution occur today?, gain of function mutation, intelligent Design, intelligent design or evolution, Is evolution occurring today?, is natural selection evolution, Richard Dawkins, stickleback fish, university evolution textbooks
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First FAQ: Constantine’s impact on the Gospel is up
Did Constantine corrupt or manipulate the Gospel? What was his role in the development of the Bible? This FAQ is now uploaded here.
Posted in 3. Assessing 'The Book' - Considering the Textual Reliability of the Bible, 4. Considering the Historical Reliability of the Bible
Tagged arianism, Arius vs. athanasius, constantine and christianity, constantine and the council of nicaea, did constantine change bible, did constantine change the gospel, did the council of nicaea change the bible, did the council of nicaea change the gospel, how did we get the nicene creed, Nicene creed and the gospel, Ragnar Oborn, the gospel and constantine
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Conversing on External Evidence (Part 2): substantiating the allusions of Abraham & Moses
In my previous post I noted that a really good comment had been submitted on the External Evidence Session, basically questioning the value of external evidence. The comment noted that external evidence does not tell us whether or not the more »
Posted in 4. Considering the Historical Reliability of the Bible, 5. Considering Inspiration - How Allusions in the Bible point to a Divine Author
Tagged Abraham and Bible, bible inspiration, biblical external evidence, Consider the Gospel, DId God inspire the bible, is the bible historical, Is the Bible reliable, is the bible true, Jesus and Mount Moriah, Jesus and Passover, Jesus in talmud, Josephus and Bible, Moses and Jesus, Ragnar Oborn, Tacitus supports Bible
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