One of the most obvious consequences of Darwinism, one which was very attractive to early adherents but completely ignored today, is that the same process that distinguished humans from other apes would still be in progress today, improving the genes of some groups of people at the expense of other Read more…
The act of creating something largely consists in making distinctions. Whether we are painting, writing music, building a website, or designing a rocket, at a most basic level we use color, tone, material, layout, shape and so many other details to make our creation what it is rather than something Read more…
Multiplication – so what? It’s no surprise that 8×4=32 or that my 3rd grader was able to solve this basic math problem. It’s just rational thought on the most basic level, but have you ever wondered why exactly we humans are capable of thinking rationally? We take it for granted Read more…
How would you answer this argument? If good and omnipotent God existed, he would prevent all evil. Evil things happen. Therefore, there is no such God. The problem is with the first premise. How can we be sure that a good and omnipotent God would prevent all evil? We are Read more…
I once had a friend ask me that if God exists, why doesn’t he do something to make that fact obvious to everybody. (His suggested miracle that would finally prove God’s existence beyond any doubt was to change the skin color of the president.) On one level, this question is Read more…
How many times have you heard an atheist say that they would be happy to believe in God, but nobody has presented him with sufficient evidence for God’s existence? We could at this point launch into a historical case for the resurrection of Jesus or some other standard argument for Read more…
I’d never heard of Anthony Magnabosco before, but I saw this on Twitter and am thrilled to interact with a question that opens up possibilities for discussion rather than shutting them down. Here’s what I would say: The first thing you have to understand about this question from the Christian Read more…
Alex O’Connor, aka the Cosmic Skeptic, has a few questions for God in this video. I don’t think he believes there are any answers to these questions, but I thought I would supply some anyway… Why would God make the vast majority of the universe completely uninhabitable? And to that Read more…
This is a response to part of Yuriy Stasyuk’s blog post about the atheist view of death in which he details “six reasons eternal life would inevitably become hell.” It’s a thoughtful post, and I would encourage everyone to take the time to read it before you read my response Read more…