Recently around the world, scores of people gathered together to celebrate the birthday of a man, whom they revere. The organizers called it a “global holiday that transcends separate nationalities and cultures.” They said prayers and sang hymns, including O life that makest all things...
Today on Forum with Michael Krasney (NPR), the author of Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us About Contentment was interviewed. Very interesting. Listen to it here. The author, who interviewed 250 people, discusses Measuring religiosity by both stated beliefs and...
This post is part of a series In Part 1 of this series, I examined Pascal’s wager as a risk calculation exercise. In Part 2, I proposed some criteria by which one could evaluate various faith claims, even though those criteria were outside of direct empirical...
I just finished listening to this excellent lecture by Dr. Paul Vitz, a professor of psychology at NYU, and author of Faith of the Fatherless. In it, he explores the psychological reasons for unbelief. What is really interesting, and missed by many listeners (you should...
I have been listening to more and more debates between William Lane Craig, probably one of the best living Christian apologists, and a variety of atheists (links to debate audio below). With the exception of Jonathan Shook, even their best efforts are easily destroyed by...
A recent study by Pew Research concluded that 21% of self-defined atheists in America believe in a god (6% in a personal god). That does not include agnostics (55%, 14% personal).
David Berlinkski, interviewed in the Intelligent Design movie Expelled, wrote a book on atheism and science entitled The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions. Interestingly, though he agrees with the premise of Expelled, he found it ‘lacking meat.’ He also advises young academics that,...
Just to show that I can listen to and appreciate a good quip even if I disagree with the sentiment, here are my favorite atheist (or "agnosticish") quotes from Quotes of the Day.
