Posted in atheism on June 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I found a very interesting article in the Atlantic archives (from December 2005). The author is Paul Bloom.
It’s a fairly detailed article (four pages) searching for an evolutionary explanation for religion. It’s well worth reading in its entirety, but here’s a bullet-point outline:
Introductory observation: even in our scientific era, most of the world [...]
Posted in apologetics, atheism on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a follow-up to an earlier post. See also the comment by Cliff Martin.
Cliff agreed with me in part, while (diplomatically) dissenting in part:
I, too, have found that many of my atheist friends have lives filled with purpose and meaning, even if such meaning is of their own imaginings. I am frankly [...]
Posted in apologetics, atheism on May 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »
In a post at Jesus Creed, RJS summarizes six clues for the existence of God, expounded in a book by Tim Kellers. I’d like to add one point of my own, and then respond to one of RJS’s points.
The “clue” I’d like to add is human consciousness. I see the following marvels as [...]
