Category: Existence of God

Last week we had a great discussion about John Walton's ideas regarding Genesis at The Forge. John Walton's approach to Genesis 1-2 is to read it in the light of the ancient context in which it was written, not in the light...

As my dad pointed out, the acronym for the Bellingham Lectures in Philosophy and Religion, BLPR, might be misread as "blooper." However, it is no such thing.  This is a high quality, highly relevant university lecture series in...

Being the biblically oriented kind of guy I am, I have always been a bit stand-offish about the doctrines of omnipotence (God can do all things), omniscience (God knows all things) and omnipresence (God is everywhere).  It's not...

If you've been around theology and philosophy you probably know about Friedrich Nietzsche's famous statement that "God is dead." (You may be unaware of some of the follow ups such as "Nietzsche is dead - God" and "God is dead,...

It's interesting to see the occasional critique of Richard Dawkins by a fellow skeptic. Here's a recent one from Daniel Craine at the Guardian: As a sceptic, I tend to agree with Dawkins's conclusion regarding the falsehood of...

Some captivating thoughts from Hans Kung in response to Freud's claim that God is a psychological wish-fulfillment, not a reality: "Freud's main statement on the critique of religion is: 'Religious ideas are fulfillment of...

It is a truism, a cliche even, to say that no one becomes a Christian by logical arguments. I've said it myself. Alvin Plantinga said it recently at a lecture. Everyone says it! And no one ever questions it. Oh yes, they say,...

I've been reading, thinking and talking about Plantinga's ideas for close to 20 years, so yesterday's luncheon at First Presbyterian Church of Bellingham was a real treat (and not just because of the yummy sandwiches). Plantinga...

I wish I'd seen this article, A Mission to Convert, a few years ago when Dawkins' The God Delusion was a hotter topic. Still, it's a great article for those interested in the "fundamentalist atheism" he has helped to spawn....

A new book by Alister McGrath on Darwinism is due out in 2011. Here is the description from Blackwell, There remains a widespread perception that Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection marked the demise of any viable...