Some years ago the Jewish philosopher David Shatz wrote an essay titled “The Overexamined Life is not Worth Living.” That […]
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What is the Trinity? A Review
Dale Tuggy. What is the Trinity? Thinking About the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. CreateSpace, 2017, 142 pp. In one of […]
Dale Tuggy, doctrine, reason, review, theology, Trinity, What is the Trinity?Atheists who celebrate intellectual regression
Intellectual development involves, among other things, the increased ability to analyze the views of others with critical nuance and charity. […]
Dan Barker, fundamentalism, indoctrination, rationality, reasonHow the atheist rhetoric of “reason” undermines reason
I opened my 2011 book You’re not as Crazy as I Think by chronicling some of the myriad ways that evangelical Christians […]
atheism, freethought, indoctrination, reason, rhetoric, secularismCan a person be a fundamentalist about atheism?
The question was posted by Mike D in reaction to my article “Atheist Fundamentalism Lives.” Mike writes: “How can you […]
atheism, fundamentalism, John Loftus, reasonDo theists need a proof for God to be rational? A response to Dan Barker
Over the last few days I’ve been reading through Dan Barker’s book Godless. I thought it only fair to do so […]
atheism, Dan Barker, epistemology, evidence, faith, reason, theismFaith is Irrational: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 5)
Let’s get back to our list of the worst arguments against Christianity as suggested by my readers. Tim offered a long […]
apologetics, atheism, faith, Peter Boghossian, reason, skepticismUnderstand Why You Believe? The Problem of Confabulation
Here is the cover of The Apologetics Study Bible. Note the tagline at the top: “Understand why you believe.” Uh? […]
apologetics, confabulation, rationality, reasonIrrational? Faith from Ignatius of Loyola to Carl Sagan
The philosopher Wilfrid Sellars famously distinguished between the “manifest image” of the world — i.e. the way the world presents […]
Carl Sagan, faith, Ignatius of Loyola, new atheism, reason, Richard LewontinWheaton College, Larycia Hawkins, and Freethought
Larycia Hawkins has stated that she is “flummoxed and flabbergasted” at Wheaton College’s decision to place her on administrative leave and […]
academic freedom, freethought, Larycia Hawkins, reason, Wheaton College