By Ajit Krishna Dasa
An interesting and persuasive argument for the existence of God is The Moral Argument. The argument can be presented as follows. Continue reading “The Moral Argument for the Existence of God”
No God, No Knowledge; Know God, Know Knowledge
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
An interesting and persuasive argument for the existence of God is The Moral Argument. The argument can be presented as follows. Continue reading “The Moral Argument for the Existence of God”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Atheists commonly argue against the existence of God by claiming that theists only believe in God due to psychological reasons. For example, Sigmund Freud, founder of the psychoanalytical school of psychiatry, claimed that religious belief is an obsessional neurosis, that God is nothing more than a psychological crutch, an illusion, a form of wishful thinking caused by human weakness.
Continue reading “Is God a Psychological Crutch?”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Abstract
Rational debate can only take place between worldviews that are internally coherent. And atheism, in whatever shape it takes, is not. It is self-contradictory. Continue reading “Evolution or Creation – Who is Qualified to Speak?”
Darwin’s doubt:
“With me, the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey’s mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?” [letter to William Graham, July 3rd, 1881]
“…why think for a moment that the beliefs dependent on or caused by that neurophysiology will be mostly true? Why think our cognitive faculties are reliable?” Continue reading “Naturalism is Self-Defeating”
Think twice if you believe in determinism: Continue reading “Determinism Can’t Be Rationally Affirmed”
By Ajit Krishna Dasa
Darwin – an objective scientist?
Darwin is often portrayed as a sort of textbook example of a perfect scientist who after objectively observing and studying the diversity of life came to conclude that the most logical explanation for this diversity is that life must have evolved over time from a common ancestor through natural selection.
Like The Moral Argument this is also an axiological argument since axio literally means “value”. Continue reading “Theistic Argument from Absolute Values”