‘The biblical concept of God evolved from polytheism to monotheism’
In chapter 2 of God or Godless? John Loftus asserts that the biblical concept ...
‘The biblical God requires child sacrifices for his pleasure’
This is the strange theory advanced by John Loftus in chapter 4 of God or ...
“If there is no God, then everything is permissible”
This is the topic of debate in chapter 3 of God or Godless? Randal Rouser opens ...
“If there is no God, then life has no meaning”
This is the first topic debated by Randal Rauser (a Christian) and John W. ...
“Science is no substitute for religion”
We're up to chapter 5 of God or Godless, by John Loftus (atheist) and Randal ...
“The biblical God commanded genocide”
At last, in chapter 6 of God or Godless?, we have a real problem to debate. ...
Antony Flew, 1923-2010
Antony Flew, the noted philosopher, died in April of this year. Albert Mohler ...
Atheism: terrible, if true
Some atheists are optimists. They are so enchanted by the idea of giving ...
Atheisms
Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hall College, gave a talk a little while back on the ...
Bertrand Russell’s strange collocation
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a prominent British philosopher. He was ...
Brideshead Unvisited
I'm not a huge movie buff, but, faced with a long rail journey, I settled down ...
Contradictory texts, bizarre miracles, man-made myths?
A recent discussion on Premier Christian Radio's Unbelievable show promised ...
Craig, Strobel, Wilson, Denison, and Hitchens debate God’s Existence
You've got to hand it to Christopher Hitchens. Such is his self-confidence, and ...
Darwin and a Godless universe
If any one theory can be said to have converted the Western world to atheism, ...
Dawkin’s God
I would like to draw attention to a fascinating exchange between the well-known ...
Did he really say that?
Shared recently on Facebook was an image of Pope Francis and the following ...
Do atheists exist?
Self-confessed atheists are likely to be infuriated by the suggestion that there ...
Evangelicals and child abuse (?)
Peter Lewis writes in a recent edition of Evangelicals Now:- A short while ...
Genes: masters or slaves?
In Richard Dawkins' celebrated book The Selfish Gene, there is a passage which ...
God bless the ‘Sunday Assembly’
Yesterday morning (9th November 2014), the Norwich 'Sunday Assembly' held its ...
God or Godless?
This is the title of a recent (2013) book of written debates by John W. [...] ...
God, evolution, and Charles Darwin
Next year sees a major Charles Darwin anniversary: 200 years since his birth, ...
Has neuroscience killed God?
I recently got round to listening to the podcast of a discussion on this topic ...
Has science eliminated God?
The best short summary and discussion that I have seen of Richard Dawkins' ...
Has science got rid of God?
This is the title of a book by John Blanchard, published in 2004 by Evangelical ...
Is God the Ultimate Boeing 747?
In chapter 4 of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins attempts to demonstrate ...
Out of the mouth of…Christopher Hitchens
Noted atheist (anti-theist, really) Christopher Hitchens was once interviewed ...
Science: the last nail in God’s coffin?
'Humanity should accept that science has eliminated the justification for believing ...
Stephen Hawking and the God of the Gaps
It is not only theists who commit God-of-the-gaps fallacies ("I can't explain ...
Ten virtues for atheists
Good for philosopher Alain de Botton, who has challenged atheists to consider ...
The Christian revolution – putting the record straight
I was prompted by this post to get hold of an (audio) copy of David Bentley ...
The Curious Case of Madalyn Murray O’Hair
Madalyn Elizabeth Mays was born in Pittsburgh on Palm Sunday (April 13) 1919. ...
The Hitchens Challenge
Arch-atheist Christopher Hitchens repeatedly held out the following challenge ...
The trouble with Dawkins
Professor Richard Dawkins is a clever chap, and a scintillating writer. Some ...
There’s probably no bus…
Noel Ford's cartoon accompanies a story about the atheist bus advert in the ...
To atheism – and back again
The writer A.N. [...]
Which God don’t you believe in?
'For seven years,' (writes Tom Wright) 'I was College Chaplain at Worcester ...
Why an atheist says, ‘We must rekindle our religion’
According to Richard Dawkins, religion is 'the root of all evil', and the teaching ...