Mark Shea (almost) always gets it right. This time, about the blanket rhetoric you may have heard about “the incompetency of religion.”: A correspondent of mine, all agog for the New Atheism, spouted the hackneyed slogan “Science Works. Religion Doesn’t” some time back, along with the claim that “all religions claim exclusive possession of the truth”.…
DetailsFollowup from the ToTheSource article I posted last week: Having laid out my case for the secular case against abortion in the May 5th broadcast of this series, I will now respond to ten common objections to the pro life position, beginning with five arguments that attempt to recruit certain scientific facts to serve the…
DetailsI don’t wanna do my paper right now, so I am going to do this instead! I always thought the atheist justifications for being pro-life were stronger than the religious ones. I formulate it thus: This is the only life we have. As the only life we have, this life is worth more than anything…
DetailsThe Moral Case for Drug Legalization: Baba Yetu is a fountain in Dubai that is GORGEOUS. Oh, as a side note, it costed $800 million U.S. to install. Worth it? Little did I know when I posted about Anthony Flew’s conversion the other day that he had died earlier this month. I hope he is…
DetailsAntony Flew, former champion of atheism, writes: Imagine entering a hotel room on your next vacation. The CD player on the bedside table is softly playing a track from your favorite recording. The framed print over the bed is identical to the image that hangs over the fireplace at home. The room is scented with…
DetailsOh-so-many objections to Harris in this one, but I have naught the time: William Lane Craig has a competing view,which Harris doesn’t even address (though he thinks he does): No study for you today. I have some, but I have to go pick up my new toy! Copyrighted under Creative Commons for Kevin Johnston 2011…
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