by Karlo Broussard | Apr 29, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
At the heart of the philosophy of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas is the idea that we come into contact with reality through the senses. But what if our senses are not a reliable source? Perhaps our senses are deceiving us, and everything we perceive isn’t real but...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 21, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
After reading some exchanges on Facebook that were inspired by my recent blog posts concerning miracles, it became clear I need to explain exactly what a miracle is. A miracle is defined as an extraordinary sensible effect wrought by God that surpasses the power and...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 12, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Skeptics argue that miracles are impossible because the laws of nature are necessary. A miracle, they argue, involves a violation of a law of nature. But the laws of nature cannot be violated. Therefore, miracles must be impossible. One modern skeptic of repute who...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 21, 2016 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Many skeptics assert that the early Christians believed in miracles because theirs was a primitive, prescientific culture where people were ignorant of the course of nature. As such, it is argued, they were not able to perceive a miracle as being contrary to nature...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 15, 2016 | Articles, General Ethics
A person with whom I was corresponding recently asserted that skeptics are free to hold that objective morality is derived from the society in which we live. In this view, he claimed, moral principles exist beyond the individual and thus are objective. This...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 18, 2016 | Articles
A year or so ago, after I gave a talk on God and science, a gentleman expressed his doubt concerning the principle of non-contradiction. The principle of non-contradiction is a self-evident first principle of reason upon which all knowledge is built. It states...
