Archive: June, 2011
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses religion, bacteria, and the meaning of life
Neil deGrasse Tyson, writer, scientist and host of the PBS program Nova, is my favorite science-popularizer. However, that doesn’t mean I agree with him, certainly not when it comes to metaphysics or theology. Here is a great piece of rhetoric from Tyson on whether there is a meaning to life (or the universe on the whole). I [...]
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On God, leprechauns and really bad analogies
My first smile this morning occurred as I walked past a looking glass and caught a glimpse of my handsome visage peering back at me. My second smile came when I read the comment of Curt Cameron (not to be confused with Kirk Cameron) in response to my discussion of protest atheism. Let’s begin by citing [...]
Read moreOn Affirmative Atheism
Protest atheism is the belief that there is no God combined with the refusal to recognize or submit to or honor or worship God should it turn out that God does, in fact, exist. A close bedfellow to protest atheism is another type of atheism that I call affirmative atheism. This is the view that [...]
Read moreCan an atheist hate God?
One of my readers, the irrepressible Beetle, thinks not. Beetle writes: “The fundy stereotype of the atheist has the latter hating God. But that is absurd of course, because one would not waste so much emotion on something which one did not believe in.” But is it really absurd? Not according to protest atheism. This [...]
Read moreWhat is the Greatest Enemy of Faith?
The other day I came across the following passage in a Peter Kreeft book: “Dullness, not doubt, is the strongest enemy of faith, just as indifference, not hate, is the strongest enemy of love.” (Everything you ever wanted to know about Heaven, 20) That gets my vote for thought provoking quote of the day, and [...]
Read moreDefending the Apologetics Company Man?
Apparently Paul Manata didn’t like my complaint about apologists suffering from the company man image. However, I’m still scratcing my head as to what he’s complaining about. To begin with he writes: “Again, **given the def. Dr. Rauser provided,** it doesn’t appear to be **inherently** problematic to be a company man.” Really? I first referenced a [...]
Read moreApologetics and the ‘Company Man’ Image
Right after graduating university, my old roommate took a position with Sherwin Williams paint. He went off for a few days of training and came back with a thick binder of SW propaganda, a new shirt, and a whole new outlook on life. From that point on every time we went out he would point out the problems [...]
Read moreOn a theologian, his God, and his girls
As I noted last time, Thom Stark concludes his acknowledgements with the following: “After having written a book about the nature of the knowledge of God, I can safely say that the only thing I know for certain is that I love my ladies.” (xx) I mentioned Aaron Neville with respect to this (“Don’t Know [...]
Read moreLooking up to God or down a deep well: A Review of Thom Stark’s “Human Faces” (Part 1)
Thom Stark. The Human Faces of God: What Scripture reveals when it gets God wrong (and Why Inerrany Tries To Hide It). Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011, 248 pp. ISBN: 13:978-1-60899-323-9. With all the recent hullabaloo regarding the Stark-Copan-Flannagan debate concerning whether Thom Stark is too stark I thought it an opportune time to begin my review [...]
Read moreWho cares about truth when you have urban legends?
A few years ago I was at a church watching their Christmas pageant when the narrator shared with the audience the uplifting origins of the candy cane. According to the narrator, back in the 19th century a candy maker in Indiana, desiring to share his faith in Christ, developed a special new candy to share [...]
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