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Thorn's Atheological Credo: Why I Have No god-belief

Why an Objectivist Atheology? (Index)

Ode to the Rational Man
Dear Apologist
Objectivism Links

The Argument from Existence (Index)

The Issue of Metaphysical Primacy
The Argument from Existence Presented as a Formal Syllogism
Important Terms
The Ruling Consciousness
How the Theist Checkmates Himself
How the Claim "God Exists" Contradicts Itself
Possible Objections to the Argument from Existence
Thorn's Metaphysical Challenge to Theists
Osborne's Criticism of the Argument from Existence
The Byron-Choi Dilemma
Review and Commentary on Sean Choi's Response
Review and Commentary on David Byron's Response
In Defense of Objectivism
Common Fallacies Atheists May Encounter When Dealing with Religionists

Thorn's Court (Index)

Presuppositionalist Circularities
Grease Remover
Religion Wears a Bloody Glove
What the Buck?
An Aborted Rise to Challenge
How to Make Striped and Spotted Offspring
A Lesson on the Issue of Metaphysical Primacy
A Relationship with Jesus?
Observations
Letter to an Evangelist

Kicking Against the Pricks (Index)

Volley 1: The First Lob
Volley 2: Clarifying the Onus of Proof
Volley 3: Deconstructing Faith
Volley 4: Undoing Misconstrual
Volley 5: Rescuing Reason from Plunder
Volley 6: The Great Concession
Volley 7: A Bitter Kick
Volley 8: The Persistence of Misconstrual
Volley 9: Back to Square One
Volley 10: Still Kicking
Volley 11: The Final Word

Letters to a Young Atheologist (Index)

Letter 1: The Issue of the Historicity of Jesus
Letter 2: The Certainty that the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow
Letter 3: Regarding the Validity of the Bible
Letter 4: On Theories and Epistemological Obligations
Letter 5: The Mechanics of Evasion
Letter 6: God and Pure Self-Reference
Letter 7: Correcting Common Errors

The Dialogues (Index)

A Mountain of Broken Promises
A Dialogue on Induction
A Dialogue With Greg Bahnsen
The Christian Questionnaire

Problems with Christianity (Index)

A Perfect Being?
God and Omniscience
An Unchanging God?
Why an Immortal God Cannot Value
Do You Love Jesus?
Do I Think I'm God?
Spittle and Sand
A Query on the Resurrection
More on the Resurrection Tale
The Resurrection Story Revisited
By Means of Threat: Mysticism and the Transmission of Ideas
Introductory Treatise on Morality
The Lessons of Jesus: Imperatives Without Reason

Thorn's Morgue (Index)

An Introductory Critique of Presuppositionalism
TAG and the Fallacy of the Stolen Concept
Induction and Presuppositional Apologetics
Considering Mr. Smallwood's Apologetic
An Examination of Panabaker's "TAG roughly stated"

Why Van Til Believed in God (Index)
  1. A Conversation Starter

  2. The "Accident of Birth"

  3. Childhood

  4. Early Schooling

  5. Later Schooling

  6. Objections Raised, Part 1

  7. Objections Raised, Part 2

  8. Objections Raised, Part 3

  9. Conclusion

The Tindrbox Files (index)

  1. 02.20.98: Christians and Persecution
  2. 02.21.98: An Example of Genuine Persecution
  3. 02.21.98: Some Thoughts on Abortion
  4. 02.21.98: More Notes on Persecution
  5. 02.22.98: China and Primitive Philosophy
  6. 02.22.98: Some Notes on Abortion and Objectivism
  7. 02.23.98: First Memo on the Primacy of the Individual
  8. 02.23.98: Second Memo on the Primacy of the Individual
  9. 02.24.98: On Enmity; The Knowable vs. the Unknowable
10. 02.25.98: My 'Revelation'
11. 02.25.98: Day Age Theory of Genesis and the Ark
12. 02.28.98: The 'Origin of the Universe' Fallacy
13. 03.01.98: Exodus Versus Abortion; Vegetation and the Flood
14. 03.02.98: Two Questions About the Flood
15. 03.03.98: An Impersonal Bible
16. 03.04.98: Christian Justice, Pt. 1
17. 03.05.98: Christian Justice, Pt.2
18. 03.05.98: Mosaic Legalism; Seeds Floating
19. 03.06.98: Philosophic Parallels Between Religion and Nazism
20. 03.07.98: Basic Metaphysics
21. 03.08.98: The Culture of the Bible
22. 03.08.98: Reason vs. Faith? Rights vs. Religion?
23. 03.11.98: The Sins of Mother Theresa
24. 03.11.98: The Morality of Rational Self-Interest
25. 03.12.98: Re: The Problems of Rational Self-Interest
26. 03.13.98: The Crucible
27. 03.13.98: Weather Prediction; Christianity; Philosophy
28. 03.15.98: The Anti-Concept 'God'
29. 03.16.98: Why Faith Requires Force
30. 04.01.98: The Ethics of Values Vs. the Ethics of Sacrifice
31. 04.02.98: Biblical Prophesy Versus Thomas Paine
32. 04.02.98: Regarding Midrash
33. 04.03.98: Rationality as Volitional; An 'Afterlife'?
34. 04.09.98: Christianity and the Notion of Immortality
35. 04.10.98: A Comment on Volition and Selfishness
36. 04.10.98: Regarding Omnipotence
37. 04.12.98: Thomas Paine and the Disharmony of the Gospels
38. 04.13.98: Satanism Versus Atheism
39. 04.13.98: "Family Values"
40. 04.15.98: The Bible on Polygamy
41. 04.15.98: Thinking for Yourself
42. 04.21.98: Re: Ayn Rand on Christianity
43. 04.21.98: Some Misonceptions of "Greed"
44. 04.22.98: On Proof and the Laws of Logic
45. 04.22.98: The Political Ramifications of Religion
46. 04.25.98: More Howardian Presumptions, Pt. I
47. 04.25.98: More Howardian Presumptions, Pt. II
48. 04.27.98: Re: More Howardian Presumptions, Pt. I
49. 05.05.98: Existence Exists Absolutely
50. 05.06.98: Re: Response to Tindrbox
51. 05.08.98: Existence Still Exists
52. 05.11.98: Tindrbox From Exile
53. 05.12.98: Re: Tindrbox From Exile
54. 05.13.98: Adam, Howard, and the Flood Myth
55. 05.14.98: Re: Adam, Howard, and the Flood Myth
56. 05.14.98: Re: Tindrbox From Exile
57. 05.15.98: Putting the Shoe on the Other Foot!
58. 05.16.98: Just What Is Christian Epistemology?
59. 05.16.98: A Thought on Evil
60. 05.17.98: Can the Bible Stand on Its Own?
61. 05.20.98: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
62. 05.20.98: Consistently Evasive... As We Have Seen
63. 05.21.98: The Devil's Advocate
64. 05.22.98: I Agree: Howard is Still Stalling
65. 05.22.98: The Definition of Atheism
66. 05.22.98: Re: The Untenability of the Atheistic Position
67. 05.24.98: Re: Just What is Christian Epistemology? Pt. I
68. 05.24.98: Re: Just What is Christian Epistemology? Pt. II
69. 05.24.98: Re: Just What is Christian Epistemology? Pt. III
70. 05.24.98: Re: Bible Alone As Evidence?
71. 05.28.98: Checkmate
72. 05.31.98: Re: Eternal Universe?
73. 05.31.98: Re: But Whose Faith Is Better Placed?
74. 06.01.98: Re: Tinkerbox Does a Reversal
75. 06.04.98: Public Response to BKNewton, Pt. I
76. 06.05.98: Public Response to BKNewton, Pt. II
77. 06.05.98: Howard's Ruse... A Hypocrisy?
78. 06.06.98: Responses to Howard, Pt. I
79. 06.06.98: Responses to Howard, Pt. II
80. 06.06.98: Responses to Howard, Pt. III
81. 06.07.98: Responses to Howard, Pt. IV
82. 06.09.98: The Bible Commands Men to be Empirical?

Who Is Anton Thorn?

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