Why is science and religion so often pitted against each other as if the two are inherently at odds? I’ve written on this before and have read mountains of material on the subject, but I’m still surprised every time I hear the charge that science and religion are in some sort of locked combat to…
I’ve been thinking about writing on this topic for a long time. I hasten to write it now while the thoughts are still fresh on my mind. I need to get it down, no doubt, more for myself then for my readers. Over the years I have witnessed some of the most frustrating and, in…
In my experience, this is one of those topics that drives many atheists crazy – the idea that materialism does not allow for a thoroughgoing account of moral and ethical values. Many atheists are perfectly comfortable with confining the notion of value to a mere evolutionary product of the brain which serves to amplify a human’s…
Revised Introductory Note Since the first posting of this article in 2013 it has received 100’s of comments on my blog and has been reposted to numerous atheist forums and private blogs. What I’ve noticed about the general nature of atheist responses to this article is an unfortunate misunderstanding concerning my purpose. Most seem to…
Which of these two statements is true: God is all-powerful but does not care about human suffering. Or, God cares about human suffering but he is not all-powerful. This dichotomy is usually how the subject of human suffering and tragedy is approached, if not explicitly, it is the way many of us process the problem…
The finest argument I have ever heard against atheism would have to be the ‘argument from reason.’ The typical arguments one hears in atheist vs. theist debates generally do not interest me. However, the argument from reason is one of those arguments that would definitely cause me to struggle with atheistic claims if I were…
