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They ground morality in their own sinful desires.

Yeah, I did. Did you read my response? Objects like human brains and machines that transmit electrical signals are all part of the perceived world. So...

Atheism is not mere disbelief. It is primarily a form of rebellion.

Why not?

If multiple all-powerful beings are perfectly united in will and purpose then they can co-exist together without destroying one another. So there's no...

If the world doesn't exist then neither does your brain since your brain is just another part of the perceived world.

As a Christian, I consider it a privilege to be deemed 'weak'. After all, we are told in 2 Cor. 12 that Christ's strength is made perfect in weakness....

Agreed. But, sadly, spiritual blindness prevents many from recognizing/admitting this fact.

I disagree since a being who is uninterested in the welfare of others obviously wouldn't be morally perfect.... I agree. I disagree since Pascal's wag...

The ontological argument entails the existence a morally perfect being. And a morally perfect being would be worthy of worship. A morally perfect bein...

Yes you did consent to being born. You can read more about our pre-mortal existence and our choice to come to earth here: http://eom.byu.edu/index.php...

Classical theism and Berkeleyan idealism.

The answer is simple: sin. They don't want to give up their sinful lifestyle.

Thanks for the Pascal quotes. It is a shame he died so young :C

Hume used the same boring trick in ethics too. "There's no necessary connection between an 'is' and an 'ought'" -- > skepticism about morality Hume wa...

I was a devout life-extenionist a few years ago. I kept a strict calorie restriction diet, abstained from all hedonistic activities, and had ambitions...

Hume was a pretty boring philosopher, imo. He used the same tired trick over and over again to produce various forms of skepticism.......... "There's ...

I was sort of with you up until this... Sorry, but a god you can't communicate with is not really a god at all.

Eh, not so fast. It all depends on the spiritual state of the person who dies. If someone dies after living righteously before God then you ought to b...

Doctors have actually made progress in finding cures to particular diseases; whereas philosophers have made no progress whatever in refuting skepticis...

LOL. I'd say that ship has already sailed.

I'd say most academic philosophers have the exact same mindset.

Define 'natural world'

It's not the job of humanity as a whole to find answers to those questions. But it is the job of philosophers to get satisfactory answers to those que...

As one who subscribes to libertarianism, I define a being with free will as one who is the 'uncaused, cause of their actions.'

Religious beliefs should seem absurd to those who haven't had any religious experiences - see 1 Cor. 2:14 (the whole chapter hits on the same theme).

Actually, I would put the percentage of theists lower since most "theists" in philosophy don't really take their religion seriously. Most theistic dis...

They're correct. After thousands of years of philosophy, philosophers are still unable to determine whether they're dreaming or not, whether there's a...

incredible. Thanks for sharing! (I'm referring to the music by Ravel, btw)

What's wrong with an infinite regression of decision making processes? If the past is eternal, then such a regression becomes possible.

Says who? I'm quite philosophically satisfied with that statement.

Apostolic United Brethren.

... There’s the rub, eh? Cartesian dualism may be currently out of philosophical fashion but it still remains the most accurate description of conscio...

God exists. Get over it.

“Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”

There's nothing wrong with violence if God commands it.

That looks about correct to me...

Sounds like solipsism (a denial of other minds) to me...

God's love. All else is vanity...

Never understood the hype surrounding Bertrand Russell.

"Laws of nature" don't exist. What appear to be "laws of nature" are only the regularities by which God governs creation.

If your life is a continuous dream then it's the other way around: dreams form the basis of your idea of 'material reality'. So your assertion begs th...

Prove it. Prove it.

I think there's a lot of counterevidence to the ‘nothing happens when you die’-understanding of death. Consider dreams. I frequently die in my dreams,...

Write a controversial book? Dude, the chances that anybody will actually read your work is close to nil. http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/why-p...

No… The experiential content of my present sensations is incorrigible.

Not lately, but massacres in the name of Mormonism have happened. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre https://mountainme...

They're quite similar, to be honest. The way many philosophers cling to positions like materialism or realism reminds me of the way most religious fun...

I think we can reasonably infer the existence of a non-perceptual reality since perceptions are constantly changing. It's not a "refutation" of solips...

Two things. 1. This looks more like a poll for the best philosopher of Christianity as opposed to a poll for the best philosopher of religion. If you ...