by Karlo Broussard | Oct 28, 2019 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Atheists often claim that it’s contradictory for believers to assert that God is at the same time both the universal cause of all being and immutable. In other words, God can’t be changeless and at the same time changing, in the sense that he causes things to come...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 15, 2018 | Articles, General Ethics
I’m always amazed at how modern animated movies are not shy to interact with philosophical concepts. Sometimes they do so in objectionable ways, such as when Skipper, the main character in Penguins of Madagascar, proudly proclaims, “I reject nature. Who’s with me?”...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 17, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
In “Testing the Causal Chain” I responded to critics who deny the causal principle that whatever is composed of essence and existence —that is, for which existence is not part of essence—needs a cause. A variant of this principle that some atheists also challenge is...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 22, 2018 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Last November, we looked at what some call the existential argument for God’s existence. One of its key premises is that whatever doesn’t have existence by nature must receive its existence from a cause outside itself (an “existential cause”—a cause that gives...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 15, 2017 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
When you look at a tree, what do you see? For the longest time I just saw branches and leaves. But after studying some philosophy, I now see something far greater: I see God. Now, you’re probably thinking, Oh no. Karlo has gone off the deep end and become a...