Readings from The Portable Atheist: Christopher Hitchens
As some readers know, my wife and I are converts to the Catholic Church. A prodigal son and daughter, my wife and I had wandered
As some readers know, my wife and I are converts to the Catholic Church. A prodigal son and daughter, my wife and I had wandered
A lot of people are falling for the illogical fallacy of atheism these days. Atheism asserts that there is no God who created us, and
Randomness refers to thought. Generally, randomness designates the ignorance of order. Specifically, it is the logical process of defining a population or set of new
Most books by Christians about the atheism versus theism debate start with the reasonableness of faith. Popular radio host and author Eric Metaxas starts with
If God is all-knowing and all-good then God has information which would benefit people, and He should want to communicate it to them. Yet God
In my youth, I wasted much of my time on science fiction, flying saucers, and aliens. I finally lost interest in those subjects, but today
“Separation of Church and state!” How many of us have heard this noxious axiom over and over again throughout our lives? While history has taught
We are always only one generation away from atheism. Paganism is faith in something, or somethings outside of a person. Atheism is faith in nothing
INTRODUCTION Scientism, the belief that science can explain everything about the world and ourselves, is a religion, although not formally expressed as such. When
Moses set before the people Life and Death; from another aspect, Intelligibility and Inanity. He urged them to choose life (Deuteronomy 30:19). The Transcendentals Life
Stories about our horrific hurricane season will be told for weeks to come. Most will eventually be forgotten. However, there is one that I am
If anyone reading has ever driven down Interstate 70 from Wichita, Kansas to Denver, Colorado, then you will know how completely uninteresting the drive can
There are any number of reasons to believe that a God exists. But actually proving that God exists is much harder. And once you prove
Being Good Without God For Catholics at least, the news that atheists can live a morally praiseworthy life, or people belonging to any other religion,
The great commission given to us by our Lord and Savior is to “go out and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). This is
We may be wary of the truth. Rather than setting us free, we may fear it will impose an obligation. We may be reluctant to
I have presented a critique of the first part of Sean Carroll’s lecture, “God Is Not a Good Theory”. In that first part, Carroll considers
In the video, “The Meaning of Life”, cosmologist, Sean Carroll, proposes atheistic naturalism as consistent with the complete explanation of the universe by the principles
This is the first of two essays on the philosophy of the atheist cosmologist, Sean Carroll. The main idea carried over to the second essay
Oftentimes the new atheists, including Richard Dawkins, are dismissed as offering nothing new, but simply expressing an evangelic fervor in spreading atheism. This could not
One of my favorite clichés to refer to when talking about atheism has been that human cliché Richard Dawkins. Nobody just reads his books, we
Pope Francis has been in office for just over 100 days. Nearly every day this charismatic man delights us with his actions and words, filling