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Peter Kreeft
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Peter Kreeft's personal blog at peterkreeft.com covers philosophy. Since 2016, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Peter Kreeft's site for short philosophical arguments, especially for God's existence, and his accessible apologetics writing. Commenters point newcomers to it as a starting point.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
Have you read anything by Peter Kreeft? https://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/case-for-life-after-... might be of some interest to you.
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on “Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it”> Nobody deserves anything. That implies some kind of cosmic force or entity that is keeping track of who does what and enforcing some kind of justice. You’re right that it relies on a divine judge which is why there is a moral argument for the existence of God[1]. 1. https://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-ex...
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on “Advice to young people, the lies I tell myself”I don't know much about Mac, but I'm sure he was inspired by others, as was Kreeft. There's a lot more besides the one you read, e.g. http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-exi... I've read the Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Kreeft and it tries to make these philosophical topics more accessible to the average reader. There are numerous speakers and writers out there, and you may prefer one of…
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on “Sobriety startups shaking up the 12-step model”I've just read one ( http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/design.htm ) and it was less than convincing. In fact, I feel like it's a less-crude version of Mac's argument ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgk8UdV7GQ0 ).
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on “Sobriety startups shaking up the 12-step model”Peruse the short arguments section on Peter Kreeft's website: http://www.peterkreeft.com/featured-writing.htm
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on “Sobriety startups shaking up the 12-step model”I likewise appreciate your replies and thoughtfulness. You did remind me of one of my favorite "arguments" for God: > There is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. > Therefore there must be a God. > (You either see this one or you don't.) - Dr. Peter Kreeft ( https://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-ex... ) Bach, man, if you look at my HN comments you'll probably see Bach mentioned at least 10% of th…
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on “My grandfather Paul Tillich, the unbelieving theologian”In at least some religions, [part of] the definition of God is that he is the uncaused cause. Thomas Aquinas spends a lot of ink talking about this (there's a more accessible explanation at http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/first-cause.htm , but I'm pretty sure you can find the originals on the Internet).
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on “Is There an Artificial God? (1998)”I grew up Catholic. While I respect St Augustine as a doctor of the church, I find his writings not to my taste. I prefer modern apologetics like Peter Kreeft who taught at a Catholic university for a long time. https://www.peterkreeft.com/topics-more/20_arguments-gods-ex... My other favorite writer was Cardinal Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict. The current Catechism was edited by him when he was the head of…
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on “Thomas Aquinas – The world is divine”> I could understand the basis for climate change if I took enough time out of work and family and did my research. > With religious truths, on the other hand, investigations reach a dead end with "this is simply a matter of faith" or "you just have to feel this to believe it". No religion worth its salt would ever present a proposition, point blank (e.g., the divinity of Christ[2]) and then claim you are required t…
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on “You have to be educated to be educated (1997)”