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meaning of life

The Meaning of Life: A New Year’s Eve Reflection

December 30, 2015 by Randal

The dawning of a new year is a great opportunity for a little life reflection. But this New Year’s Eve, don’t stop with the standard resolutions (e.g. lose weight!; spend more time with family!; read more books!). Dig a little deeper by considering the question of meaning. A little while ago I was reading an essay in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: existentialism, meaning, meaning of life, purpose

You Don’t Own Yourself: Christianity Against Culture Part 1

September 18, 2015 by Randal

Several weeks ago, blog commenter extraordinaire Luke Breuer posed the following question to me in a discussion thread: “What are some of the ways you think Christianity [strongly?] contrasts with contemporary culture?” It’s an interesting question, not least because I spend a lot of my time emphasizing the points of continuity between Christianity and contemporary […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anthropology, meaning, meaning of life, purpose, worldview

Real Atheology considers whether a meaningful life requires God

August 17, 2015 by Randal

Like many listeners I was disheartened a few months ago when “Reasonable Doubts” decided to call it quits on their popular radio show/podcast. But just as autumn death gives way to rebirth in spring, so the demise of Reasonable Doubts has given way to Justin Schieber’s new YouTube channel “Real Atheology“. And just two episodes […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, existentialism, God, Justin Schieber, meaning of life, Real Atheology, theism, William Lane Craig

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses religion, bacteria, and the meaning of life

June 30, 2011 by Randal

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 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: agnosticism, astronomy, atheism, meaning of life, Neil deGrasse Tyson

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