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Edward Feser on Christians, Muslims, and the Reference of 'God'

So far, Ed Feser's is perhaps the best of the Internet discussions of this hot-button question, a question recently re-ignited by the Wheaton dust-up, to mix some metaphors. Herewith, some notes on Feser's long entry. I am not nearly...

Reader Considers Converting to Islam. Would Christian Unitarianism Satisfy his Scruples?

Here is the beginning of the letter he sent me: I've been considering converting to Islam.You've had a big part in this, though I know it won't please you to hear it. Your arguments against the coherency of the Incarnation are hard to...

David French, Donald Trump, Christianity, and Politics

David French maintains that Christians cannot, if they are to remain true to Christian teachings, support Donald Trump: The proper way for Christians to engage in politics is a rich subject . . . but there are some rather simple found...

Postscript to Minimal Metaphysics for Meditation: Reply to Dr. Caiati

Vito Caiati writes, . . . while I see the wisdom in your assertion “no one is likely to take up, and stick with, serious meditation, meditation as part of a spiritual quest, unless he is the recipient of grace, a certain free grantin...

Lydia McGrew on the 'Same God' Debate

She says that it is too important to be left to philosophers. She is right that the debate is important and has practical consequences, although I don't think any of the philosophers who have 'piped up' recently (Beckwith, Tuggy, Feser,...

On the Left's Toleration of Muslim Fanatics

Here is an important interview with Lars Hedegaard, Denmark's Salman Rushdie, whose life is in danger because he speaks the truth as he sees it. Hedegaard is a man of the Left, but do they come to his defense? Excerpt: DP: Where are t...

Religion of Peace or Religion of Pieces? Islamists Destroy Christian Monastery

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble by the Islamic State's relentless destruction of ancient cultural sites. The monastery, called Dair Mar Elia, is named for the Assyrian Christian monk — St....

Diana West on Dr. Ben Carson's Muslim Comment

Here is what Diana West says verbatim: A reporter just asked me if Dr. Ben Carson was correct to rule out a Muslim in the presidency. Below is my reply -- the short version. No caliphate, no jihad, even. First things first. Is this t...

Report from Afghanistan and More on Religious Zealotry

Spencer Case reports from Afghanistan, and I comment in blue (older comments of mine in dark orange): Greetings again from Afghanistan. I've been reading your blog regularly although I haven't written in a while, so I hope you'll forgiv...

A Comment Thread on Tribalism and Identity Politics from December, 2015

Part of an uncommonly good thread. Here is the entry to which the thread attaches. .......................................................... Anon, My point was that many short comments are better than one long one. One problem ...