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God's characteristics

New Books in Secularism Interview

As I am sure you are by now aware, I edited and published James A. Lindsay's Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly on my Onus Books skeptical imprint. It has received some great reviews and received a foreword by Victor Stenger. New Books in Secularism is part of the New Books Network whi

Vincent Torley replies to Adair and Lindsay, and gets earful

So I posted on John Loftus' DC the other day in plugging Aaron Adair's The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View and James A. Lindsay's Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus god Equals Folly. Vincent Torley, about whom I have written a series of posts, and who writes at Uncommon Descent, looked to critique the

Two Splendid Christmas Gift Ideas!

So, the celebrations are upon us to commemorate good ole Jesus and his rather miraculous (and dare I say imaginary) birth. Well, he may have been born, but not like that. But enough of that. Or maybe not. I have two rather decent suggestions with which to fill your stockings (Christmas, not underwea

God's characteristics

Answering for William Lane Craig: A series from notes about infinity, III

As previously noted, I'm writing a series of blog posts that are adapted from notes I made as preparation to talk with philosopher and author Peter Boghossian's Atheism class at Portland State on November 19, 2013. This is the third post in this series, which I anticipate will span four posts. The v

God's characteristics

Is infinity a quality or quantity: A series from notes about infinity, II

Having just edited James A. Lindsay's superb book Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly, i thought it would be appropriate to post some of his thoughts on number and God. Please support our project by buying the book! As previously noted, I'm writing a series of blog posts that are ad

God's characteristics

Infinity and God

http://youtu.be/GQT8mClsjhs Here is a video that I did with James A. Lindsay. He has put together some footage to go with my rendition of an extract from his excellent book, Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly.

About numbers: A series from notes about infinity, I

About numbers: A series from notes about infinity, I

Having just edited James A. Lindsay's superb book Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly, i thought it would be appropriate to post some of his thoughts on number and God. Please support our project by buying the book! Today was a fun day. Philosophy professor and best-selling auth