After bidding farewell to blogging, Eric MacDonald decided that it’s really in his blood after all, and he’s restarted Choice in Dying, promising to contribute semi-regularly. I’m very pleased about this—though also a tad annoyed because I bid him a lachyrmose farewell on his last post. Eric’s always worth reading, for he’s erudite, thoughtful and […]
This is a good example of passive-aggressive Christianity, or should I say faux-friendly Christianity: Not so friendly inside! It’s hilarious, and the fun starts on the second page of the text: p. 10 Many educated people have no doubt that faith is irreconcilable with science. For instance, Jerry Coyne, an evolutionist at the University of […]
There’s been some discussion on this site and others whether it’s even useful to ask if there can be evidence for a god, given that the very notion of God is incoherent. I’ve maintained that there can indeed be evidence that would provisionally convince at least me of the existence of a divine being. But […]
A few weeks back, Peter Hitchens (brother of the late Christopher) argued in his Mail Online column that the notion of intelligent design (ID, aka creationism advocated by Ph.Ds) wasn’t religious because it didn’t specify the designer. I think I laid that one to rest, for the history of ID clearly shows that the designer […]
Here’s an equation: BioLogos + Templeton = Apologetics funded by a ton of money. That’s precisely what’s happened with BioLogos’s “Evolution and Christian Faith” program. The Templeton Foundation has anted up nearly two million bucks for this, handing it to BioLogos in their futile attempt to bring evangelical Christians to an acceptance of evolution. The […]
I’ve finished the book Atoms and Eden, a series of interviews by Steve Paulson of luminaries in the science-and-religion debates. The book includes interviews with people on all sides, including Karen Armstrong, John Haught, Sam Harris, Dan Dennett, Jane Goodall, and so on. Judging by Amazon, the book hasn’t garnered much interest, but I’d recommend […]
Alert reader Diane G. sent me this photo, with her title given above, and the message: I passed this today, in the little village of Augusta, MI. They can never spell, can they? Or is that deliberate?
Combining HuffPo with the new, wooish reincarnation of TED is likely to prove a toxic combination. Sure enough, HuffPo has begun featuring essays based on TED talks. The latest one, “Why do evil and suffering exist?” by Jeffrey Small (based on a nonreligious talk by Phil Zimbardo), is dire. It’s garden-variety theodicy dressed up for HuffPo […]
Anthony Grayling has a new pro-humanism and anti-religion book available now in the U.S. on Kindle for $15.39 (£9.78 in the UK) and, in the U.S, after Mar. 14 in hardback for a price to be determined (you can order it now in the UK for £10.78): The Amazon site gives a summary: There have […]
Nancey Murphy is a well-known theologian and philosopher of religion who is a Professor of Christian Philosophy at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. She’s also an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren, was on the board of advisers of the Templeton Foundation, and has written and edited numerous books, one of […]
