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		<title>Does atheism&#8217;s concept of morality have a Biblical basis?</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2011/09/do-atheists-concept-of-morality-have-a-biblical-basis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Tom Gilson reviews a couple of books that make the argument that the concept of morality that we have today, which is shared by Christians and non-Christians alike, including atheists, originates from teachings found in the Bible. If you&#8217;ve paid any attention at all to the writings (and speakings) of people like Richard Dawkins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New atheism, bad philosophy</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2011/02/new-atheism-bad-philosophy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing that distinguishes the so-called &#8220;New Atheists&#8221; from the old atheists, it&#8217;s that the New Atheists are notoriously bad at philosophy, something I&#8217;ve said before. Edward Feser writes on this topic, Philosophers and theologians are constantly told that they need to “learn the science” before commenting on quantum mechanics, relativity, or Darwinism.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Gardner, skeptic and Theist</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2010/05/martin-gardner-skeptic-and-theist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Garner passed away this weekend; he was 95. Gardner was a well-known mathematician, skeptic and author. I first became aware of him in the mid-80&#8242;s, when he edited The Annotated Alice, a fully annotated version of Carroll&#8217;s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. What is interesting about Martin Gardner is that while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fr. Dmitiri Dudko on faith and proof</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/07/fr-dmitiri-dudko-on-faith-and-proof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian Orthodox priest Father Dmitri Dudko was both a heroic and a tragic figure in Communist Russia.  He was under constant scrutiny by the KGB, but continued to teach the truth of Christianity. While Christian dialog was prohibited, in 1972 and 73 he asked his congregation to submit questions they had, which he then addressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit where credit&#8217;s due</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/07/credit-where-credits-due/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you who read this know, one of my more frequent commenters is my friend, Mike.  Mike and I became friends years ago because we both liked John Prine and the Guess Who, among other things.  A few years ago, we got reacquainted on the web.  Wonderful thing, the web. And, as most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credo ut intelligam: an approach to modernism</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/07/credo-ut-intelligam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credo ut intelligam is Latin for &#8220;I believe so that I may understand,&#8221; St. Anselm&#8217;s famous quote, who also used the phrase fides quaerens intellectum, or &#8220;faith seeking understanding.&#8221;  The full quote is actually, &#8220;Nor do I seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand. For this, too, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Limitations of Reason</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/03/the-limitations-of-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve reported once before, Jeff Carter at Sophie&#8217;s Ladder has recently published a series of posts summarizing the history of philosophy as it relates to the limitations of reason. As he states in the opening of his &#8220;summation&#8221; post, This series has demonstrated the limitations &#8211; and therefore the inadequacy and failure &#8211; of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bertrand Russell and the limitations of reason</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/03/bertrand-russell-and-the-limitations-of-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one thing that sets the so-called &#8220;New Atheists&#8221; apart from the old atheists, it is perhaps the general ignorance of philosophy, and specifically of the philosophical foundations for their own stated positions.  I will hear Hume quoted (for his atheism and specifically for his arguments against the Design Inference), while ignoring the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inane Atheists</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2009/01/the-inane-atheists/</link>
		<comments>http://aldenswan.com/2009/01/the-inane-atheists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;New Atheists&#8221; &#8211; people like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and of late, Christopher Hitchens &#8211; have been making the news now for a couple of years, as their books promoting their strain of anti-theism can be found on endcap displays and best-seller lists everywhere. While some of you who are arguably wiser than myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are modernism and Christianity incompatible?</title>
		<link>http://aldenswan.com/2008/12/are-modernism-and-christianity-incompatible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Loftus claims that modernity is the Achilles&#8217; Heel of Christianity, something I&#8217;ve discussed before, and addressed again in my &#8220;teacup&#8221; analogy.  Could he be right? Of course, Loftus believes that modernism (the operative Western worldview which is based on rationalism, a belief in progress, and which depends heavily on the scientific method) is good. [...]]]></description>
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