Christian Belief as Wish-Fulfillment
There’s an objection against Christianity that goes something like this: Christian belief is the result of wish-fulfillment and so it is unwarranted. Note that two claims are being made here:…
Share
Posts by tag
Epistemology
20 posts
Do Other Religions Show that Christian Belief is Unreliable?
A popular objection to Christian belief comes from religious diversity. The objection goes something like this: Christianity is not the only world religion. Many other religions–Judaism, Mormonism, Islam, Hinduism, etc.–cite…
Share
My Conversation with a Street Epistemologist
Over the course of about a week, I’ve been engaging in a written dialogue with a Street Epistemologist (SE). If you haven’t yet heard of this movement, check out my…
Share
What is “Street Epistemology”? (Part 3)
The time has come for me to weigh in on Street Epistemology (SE), which, as we should all know at this point, is a method for creating atheists. To review…
Share
What is “Street Epistemology”? (Part 2)
We saw in Part 1 of this series that Street Epistemologists (SE’s) see themselves as interventionists. This guides their interactions and the way they talk to people. They aren’t trying…
Share
What is “Street Epistemology”? (Part 1)
Street Epistemology is a method for creating atheists. It’s atheistic evangelism. It was invented by atheist Peter Boghossian. Having recently read his book A Manual for Creating Atheists, I want…
Share
Can We Know that Christianity is True? (Part 4)
In part 3 of this series we saw that generic theistic belief–general beliefs about God–can be warranted. The basic idea is that, if theism is true, God would have likely created within…
Share
Can We Know that Christianity is True? (Part 3)
The claim under investigation is that Christian belief is unreasonable, unjustified, or unwarranted. We saw in Part 1 this objection is understood best as the claim that Christian belief lacks warrant;…
Share
Can We Know that Christianity is True? (Part 2)
Before addressing the objection arrived at in Part 1 of this series, it would be prudent to spend a little extra time discussing warrant – what it is and how it…
Share
Can We Know that Christianity is True? (Part 1)
There are two sorts of objections to Christian belief. On the one hand there are objections to the truth of Christianity. These attempt to show that belief in Christianity is…
Share