My previous post was mainly continuing my train of thought on the controversy over “faith” vs. “reason” but somehow the comment section got pulled into the subject of divine healing. That wasn’t really the point of the post, but while we’re on the subject, I just thought I’d mention a fascinating book I read on […]
I appreciate the comments many folks have made the past few days here extolling the virtues of atheism — unfortunately I have neither the time nor the wherewithal to continue in point by point refutation of various truth claims. It’s not that I’m not able to, it’s simply that I don’t see a good reason […]
Wow, the mood’s been pretty intense here the past few days. I’m not used to it! One thing’s for sure — I now know how to grab traffic and generate discussion in the comments: talk about something really controversial and challenge your opponents. Hmm, maybe that’s why Fox News and talk radio are so popular. […]
Update: I have written a response to criticism of this article here, so please do not read this post without also reading my updated response which clarifies many of my more emphatic statements.
I have many thoughts about the recent exchange I’ve been having lately on this blog and elsewhere. Mostly, I’m appalled by the schoolyard […]
Shalini over at Scientia Natura responded to my previous post and subsequent inline comment attempting to refute both my off-the-cuff as well as carefully considered remarks on the whole idea of atheists opposing faith in the supernatural realm and in God on essentially moral grounds. I will now respond not to all of her individual […]
You know the Chinese proverb: give a man a fish, and he won’t go hungry for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he won’t go hungry again. I agree with that statement, and that’s why I support efforts to help the poor that result in the valuation of honesty, work, and solid education. […]
Via Teltic Thoughts, I read some choice bits from this blog post by a self-described “evangelical atheist” who feels it’s her Dawkins-given duty to rid the world of “religion” and replace it with religion atheism. Basically, the point of the post is that we are in a war between people who believe in rationality and […]
Hey, I just passed the 100 comment mark for the blog! Not bad for something I casually started at the beginning of this year and never really promoted. Just wait until I get going!
Another piece of useless trivia: one of the top search phrases that people find my blog by is “hunger is […]
Wow, I just read this impassioned post (more like a combination of hard-hitting essay and a cry of desperation) by Adrian Warnock over in the U.K., and it struck to the heart of everything that’s been rumbling through my head the past few months. I too want it all. I hate all the individual extremes […]
A number of years ago, my family was involved for a while in a church plant. Due to some differences in vision and priority, my parents told the founding pastor that they were planning on leaving the church and moving on. The pastor, who generally was an OK guy, then made this strange comment: “so […]
