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A Peek Into the Life of the Evangelical Christian College Student
Here’s a sneak peek at the rules and regulations at Pensacola Christian College. Students and staff at PCC are prohibited from: * the use of alcohol in cooking * watching PG-rated movies * listening to...
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Why the Argument from Morality (AfM) Fails
One of the most popular contemporary apologetics is the Argument from Morality (AfM); William Lane Craig uses it in every debate round, for example. Despite its near-ubiquity, I maintain that the AfM...
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A Short Response to the “Fine-Tuning Argument” (thanks, Siamang)
I think I was less than clear in my previous post on Francis Collins using creationist rhetoric to argue for the fine-tuning of the universe. That post was not really about the merits of Collins’...
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Is Christian Terry Eagleton the New PZ Myers?
One response by religious people to the rise of the so-called “New Atheist” movement has been to wade into the trenches and ratchet up apologetic arguments in an effort to convince the wavering that...
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The Intersection Between Politics and Religion
You’ve all probably seen this tape of Chris Matthews doing his usual Hardball shtick interview of Indiana Rep. Mike Pence: The money quote, in my opinion, is this: “This is why people don’t trust...
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More on Francis Collins: “Mumbo Jumbo”
In New Scientist, Andy Coghlan says that Collins’ BioLogos website (which I previously discussed here) “strays into the realms of mumbo-jumbo” in presenting quantum arguments for the existence of God:...
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Why I Blog About Creationism
In response to recent posts about the ICR, their lawsuit, and creationism generally, commenter Phil takes me to task: “Evaluating” Christianity by picking on the Institute for Creation Research is like...
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Presuppositionalism, Part 5 (Or: What Counts As a Worldview?)
Continuing the discussion of presuppositionalist arguments for Christianity, one common thread seems to be that Christianity as a worldview better “explains” certain features of the world than does a...
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Substitutionary Atonement and the Analogy to the Courtroom
The Christian doctrine of substitutionary atonement is often explained by an analogy to the courtroom: sinners stand before a judge (God) and are properly adjudicated guilty and deserve punishment, but...
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The Case Against Lee Strobel
Answering another email question, this time about the occasional asides I’ve made here against Lee Strobel. Let me say this: the works of Lee Strobel are one of the things that crystallized my atheism....
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