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How should we interpret the religious skepticism of elite scientists?
September 19th, 201105:43 PM ETThere have been many surveys of the religious belief (or lack thereof) of scientists. While certain factors vary, the overall pattern is strikingly consistent: scientists on the whole are less likely to be religious than the general population. And elite scientists (e.g. members of the NAS or Royal Society; nobel laureates, etc.) are less likely to... -
Is doubt good? Is skepticism a virtue?
September 14th, 201103:33 PM ETWhile reading through Michael Shermer's enjoyable book How We Believe: Science, Skepticism and the Search for God (New York: Henry Holt, 2000) I came across the following passage: "Doubt is good. Questioning belief is healthy. Skepticism is okay. It is more than okay, in fact. Skepticism is a virtue and science is a valuable tool that makes s... -
What is the Greatest Enemy of Faith?
June 27th, 201112:56 PM ETThe other day I came across the following passage in a Peter Kreeft book: "Dullness, not doubt, is the strongest enemy of faith, just as indifference, not hate, is the strongest enemy of love." (Everything you ever wanted to know about Heaven, 20) That gets my vote for thought provoking quote of the day, and it rings true to my own experience. As... -
The burden of the critic
June 28th, 201003:16 PM ETI feel as overwhelmed at the moment as Justin Bieber staring at his in-box. If I try to respond to every critic then this whole dialogue is going to grind to a halt because there just ain't enough hours in the day. So instead of engaging with any specific critic at this point I'll simply provide a concise summary and partial restatement of my epis... -
A close look at one atheist's reasons for rejecting supernaturalism
May 11th, 201007:28 PM ETI was just notified that the this post was sabatoged by someone who is threatened by reasoned discourse. Here it is again as a repost. I find that very sad. Anyway I have reposted it: Obviously it is important for all of us to think through our beliefs: why do we believe the things we do? It is that much more important to do so when... -
A close look at one atheist's reasons for rejecting supernaturalism
May 11th, 201001:04 PM ETObviously it is important for all of us to think through our beliefs: why do we believe the things we do? It is that much more important to do so when those beliefs concern the most fundamental questions of existence such as "Why does anything exist at all?", "What defines a life well lived?" and "Is there a god?" Thus it is with interest that I r... -
On not believing in God or London
May 07th, 201012:57 PM ETIt all began when in "Christian Atheism?" and "How to be saved by Jesus when you don't believe in Jesus (sort of)" I discussed what kind of relationship an atheist could have with God. Along the way I discussed some of the reasons people adopt atheism including a reaction to the less than stellar witnesses from Christians and other devotees of... -
How to be saved by Jesus when you don't believe in Jesus (sort of)
May 05th, 201004:22 PM ETI have argued in this blog for a form of inclusivism according to which a person may be saved by Christ without ever having heard of Christ. In the last post I even ventured to suggest that one might be saved by Christ while believing propositions about Christ which are incompatible with core Christian beliefs. It is time to offer a bit more explan... -
You ain't convinced me yet!
April 29th, 201006:48 PM ETIt is a common theme. AcesLucky observes (in the thread to "Believe propositions p and q and thou shall be saved"): "I have asked you before to demonstrate knowledge of such a supreme being. Of course you could not, I knew that and so did you, and yet you ACT as an authority of such knowledge." This reminds me of Kent Hovind. Back before he was i... -
Belief in God vs. belief in pink unicorns. Yawn.
April 28th, 201011:14 PM ETI have been asked by TheOtherSorcero to finish what I started in "Keeping an Open Mind about what exists". Being a congenial fellow, I agreed to revisit this aging post (now four weeks old which is positively ancient in blogosphere terms). But what to respond to exactly? Hmm. Well here's what AcesLucky posted (apparently quoting some bloke na...
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