I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
Peter KreeftToday, idols are not made of wood, stone, or brass. They are made of money, sex, and power.
Peter KreeftMoral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent.
Peter KreeftIf we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, whether this is our feelings, or experiences, or sincerity, or good intentions, or reasonings, or plans. The reason these things will fail while faith will not fail is that all these things depend on us, while faith depends on God. It is a gift of God.
Peter KreeftThe most striking feature if this map is the stark fat of the Two Roads. There is the road that leads to Life, and there is the road that leads to Death. There is Good, and there is Evil. There is Right and there is Wrong.
Peter KreeftSocrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers.
Peter Kreeft