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...
by Karlo Broussard | Oct 25, 2017 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Some atheists claim that science has buried God by proving he doesn’t exist, or at least by making him irrelevant. Stephen Hawking stated in a 2010 interview, for example, that science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator. So, is science...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 7, 2017 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
A few months ago a caller on Catholic Answers Live said he didn’t believe that God exists because the belief cannot be proven true (verified) or false (falsified) based on empirical observation. What he meant was that there is nothing in our sense experience that can...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 14, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Theists and atheists wield many weapons in the battle over the truth of God’s existence. One such weapon for theists is the moral argument, which asserts moral obligation is impossible without God. But since moral obligation is real, so the argument goes, it follows...
by Karlo Broussard | Nov 7, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
“For the living know that they will die,” says the author of Ecclesiastes (Eccles. 9:5). This is a reality we all face. But the question of what to do with the body after death remains. May we cremate it? If so, may we scatter the ashes or must we preserve them? May...
