The Catholic philosopher (and former atheist) Edward Feser has a great post up discerning among types of atheism, and why the most popular form of atheism today is the worst, most irrational sort.
“What books should I give an atheist?” a friend asked me. It wasn’t an easy question for me to answer, because I don’t get atheism. I’m wired for agnosticism, in that “I don’t know” seems to me the ...
Some people find it incredible their otherwise intelligent friends believe in a God, a Virgin Birth or the Resurrection of Christ. Others find it incredible that their otherwise intelligent friends ...
"If you want to understand atheism and religion," writes John Gray in his new book, "Seven Types of Atheism," "you must forget the popular notion that they are opposites." The book, just like the rest ...
Major General Thanatos[/url]":1uyab7av]At least in this thread, that isn't the message people have been trying to get to atheists. It isn't what is said, but how it is said. It's been really hard for ...
Three unsolicited e-mails, received in the past day, have all prompted or provoked me into contemplation on the human person’s quest for goodness and truth. The first was what can best be described as ...
I am writing to make some observations about atheists. It seems to me that, generally, there are two different types. First, there are those who have good character, are tolerant, but cannot honestly ...
In September, standing before a room full of Christian conservatives, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a bold pronouncement: “I don’t know how you could be a leader without having faith in God.” Being ...
Atheism is far from new, but the various ways that people say “no thank you” to belief in gods, deities, or particular religions are so diverse that they’ve had a huge impact on world belief systems.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Professor of Sociology and Director of The Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University and David R. Johnson, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Georgia State ...
Giving to the church to maintain the building, add an extra ruby encrusted chalice to the altar (for a religion that preaches against the accumulation of wealth), pay for the religious leader to have ...