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A jerk before Jesus becomes a jerk for Jesus
October 03rd, 201112:04 PM ETThe story behind "Machine Gun Preacher" is made for Hollywood. The film tells the (true) story of Sam Childers, a biker who becomes a Christian and then is deeply moved when he hears a missionary describe the plight of Sudanese orphans. So moved is he that he leaves his family, flies to Sudan, gets a gun, and begins defending those orphans. There ... -
Is it moral to divorce a spouse with Alzheimer’s Disease?
September 17th, 201108:32 AM ETIf you would have told me yesterday that I would find myself in sympathy with a controversial ethical position taken by Pat Robertson I wouldn't have believed you. But here we are. Christian Post blogger Olabode Ososami's article "Divorce and Pat Robertson's Alzheimer's Gaffe" has changed all that. In an interesting article Ososami points out that ... -
Does God answer prayers for parking spaces at the Pottery Barn?
September 16th, 201104:24 PM ETRight now a prayer is being offered up by a desperate mother somewhere at a camp in Somalia. Her severely malnourished child is suffering from severe diarrhea and vomiting. She has been told by one of the men that these are signs of cholera. Her child is dying in her arms and she can do nothing. Her prayer is desperate and anguished. If God hears ... -
Abortion and the old Coat hanger Argument
August 22nd, 201111:49 AM ET"We tried universal illegal abortion and the results were quite horrific." That statement was written by one of my faithful readers named Beetle and it is worth some reflection. It is worthy of that reflection because it provides a handy rehash of that most venerable and visceral of pro-choice arguments: the coat hanger argument. That argument see... -
How many ‘F’ words in a film is TOO many?
August 09th, 201103:04 PM ETIt has been nineteen years since conservative commentator and film critic Michael Medved published the bestseller Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values (HarperCollins, 1992), a book that made him a hero for "family values" conservatives across North America. While Medved made some valid points about the... -
Would Jesus drink a Budweiser?
August 03rd, 201104:11 PM ETYou know what the difference is between Catholic and Baptist communion? When the Catholic priest prays for the wine it becomes the blood of Christ. When the Baptist pastor prays it becomes grape juice! Okay, maybe it isn't the funniest joke in the world. Theological jokes do tend to be a bit on the stale side (kind of like the Halloween candy you ... -
On the ethics of a Christian positively blurbing a book on atheism
July 20th, 201111:07 AM ETJohn W. Loftus' new book, The End of Christianity (Prometheus, 2011), a collection of essays by atheists, was just released a few weeks ago. It serves as a companion volume to last year's The Christian Delusion. And it wears its raison-d'etre on its sleeve. I intend to provide a review of the book in the weeks to come after I finish up some other o... -
Can atheists be trusted?
May 07th, 201110:27 AM ETLast week Stephen Maitzen, a very fine philosopher of religion, provided the links for two of his papers. The popular distillation of the argument is "Does God Destroy our Duty of Compassion?" (Free Inquiry, (Oct/Nov 2010), 52-53). That is the place if you want a quick overview of the argument. The second paper, ostentatiously titled "Ordinary Mora... -
Are atheists all fools?
February 10th, 201005:40 PM ETIt would seem that Psalm 14:1 and 53:1 are both pretty clear: "Fools say in their hearts, 'There is no God.'" If fools say in their hearts there is no God, and atheists say there is no God, then atheists must be fools, right? So perhaps I should go out and buy a "April 1 is Atheist Day" bumper sticker for my car. On the other hand, maybe thi... -
Can there be morality without God?
November 13th, 200909:01 AM ETWhile walking among the book tables at the American Academy of Religion conference in Montreal this year I came across Walter Sinnott-Armstrong's new book Morality Without God? (Oxford University Press, 2009). Sinnott-Armstrong is an atheist at Dartmouth College, a respected scholar (as employment at an ivy-league school surely implies!) and a vete...
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