This series contains the following articles: Analyzing the 6 C’s of Atheism – Part I Analyzing the 6 C’s of Atheism – Part II Analyzing…
In Part I,I discussed Pascal’s Wager as a risk calculation, similar to how we estimate risk in project management. In Part II, I attempted to…
This wonderful cartoon from ASBO Jesus got me thinking about the whole vision thing. As a pastor, one of the chief difficulties is inspiring volunteers…
In the latest podcast over at Reasonable Doubt, the resident atheists discuss my comment on their blog, where I suggested that there is a historical…
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…
In this series, I explore the possibilities of eliminating pretender Gods, and trying to find likely ones to have faith in. Pascal’s Wager 1: Why apatheism…
Population experts such as Paul R. Ehrlich and Thomas Malthus have long contended that humans are heading for mass starvation due to overpopulation. They have…
Here’s some good stuff I got in a religious ‘spam’ letter on the feasibility of the Red Sea crossing by Moses and the people…
Discussions of what the bible says about Christianity and government often come up, and one book I oft refer to is Pilgrim’s Uneasy Neighbors: Church…
This series contains the following posts: Darwinism Impeding Science I – Spontaneous Generation or Creation Darwinism Impeding Science II – The Appendix Darwinism Impeding Science…
American Thinker has a nice post entitled Judeo-Christian Values, in which they examine America’s Founding Fathers’ view of religion and state, and they make some…
In An Idiot’s Guide to Evolution, First Things author Stephen Webb discusses David Sloan Wilson’s new book Evolution for Everyone (2007). The dirty Darwinian secret…
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) indicates that chimps may be more evolved than humans. While this…
In her recent book Unprotected, UCLA campus psychologist Dr. Miriam Grossman discusses how women’s bodies release oxytocin during childbirth AND during sexual activity, and that…
This post is part of a series. In Parts I, II, and III of this series, we were introduced to the Wesleyan Quadrangle (WQ), and…
This post is part of a series. In Parts I and II of this series, we were introduced to the Wesleyan Quadrangle (WQ), and discussed…
This post is part of a series. In Part I, we were introduced to the Wesleyan Quadrangle, a tool with which to understand the elements…
This post is part of a series. The Wesleyan Quadrangle (wikipedia) is “a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley, leader of…
To many, serving an invisible God that only answers in subjective, non-verifiable ways, is pure superstition at best. And while I understand this line of…
Recently, I wrote a piece on various issues, and where various groups stand on them – I outlined the far left, left, right, and far…
As a former biochemist (I’m in computers now), I totally identified with Geoff Down’s story of how he became a creationist (from the book In…
William Dembski, well-known Intelligent Design spokesperson, had a very funny article the other day entitled Evolution and the Stages of Grief. I just *have* to…
In Part I, we introduced the idea of wounded masculinity, and how all men have some level of injury, and many men have significant wounds…
Most men today arrive in adulthood with injured masculinity. We are victims of bad or absent fathering, or abuse by other males. Rather than displaying…