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...
by Karlo Broussard | Aug 16, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
That God demands man—indeed, created man—to worship him is a fact. He desires the praise and worship of every man and woman without exception. What does this tell us about God’s character? Is his demand and desire for worship unreasonable? An article at the Richard...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 7, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Can the universe be a mere brute fact? Can we say, “The universe just exists and that’s that—it has no explanation at all”? Sean Carroll, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, thinks so. In a recent interview with Phil Torres at salon.com,...
