Atheists in Palo Alto realize that their kids need regular instruction in morals and ethics – so they’ve started a nice secular humanist class, held, ironically, by a man with last name of "Bishop." They are mimicking similar programs in other cities, and sending their...
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An Open Letter to Richard Dawkins
Father Jonathan Morris has an open letter to Richard Dawkins, whom he recently debated over the role of religion and atheism in society.
My Two Cents #112 – Atheism
Some news from around the web: The New Atheism – Excerpts from Marshall’s book The Truth Behind the New Atheism, and discussion of how atheism is built on the "Enlightenment myth" (also debunked in Stark’s book on the Biblical origins of Modern science) An atheist’s...
Golden Compass – the anti-Christian Narnia
The Anti-Christian Narnia – Ted Baehr reviews the new movie The Golden Compass, remarking that the anti-Christian atheist author (Phillip Pullman) wrote it out of obvious disgust with the Christian-themed Narnia, and yet "mechanically" mimics it’s story, but with a very different picture of God...
My Two Cents #110 – Darwinism
Nazi/Christian claims shame atheists – Discovery blog argues that we should encourage the debate with atheists like Christopher Hitchens who like to claim that Christianity was behind the Nazi ideology, because even a superficial look at history shows clearly Hitler’s anti-Christian sentiments, and the link...
D’Souza and Hitchens debate
In his latest debate-anyone-out-there-to-keep-my-book-selling debate, Christopher Hitchens takes on Dinesh D’Souza on whether Christianity is the problem or not.
Apologetics in a postmodern world
As I argued yesterday, atheism may be the current philosophy du jour, but it will struggle to win over followers the farther our culture moves into a postmodern era. How else can you explain the fact that 75% of Americans, including over 2/3 of college...
Reconciling Faith and Science

Boing Boing has an interesting, if short book review of God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion, a new book from Vatican Astronomer Guy Consolmagno. The atheist reviewer liked the book, particularly because it’s not just the author’s opinion, but the results...