thoughtful ideas on life's big questions
October 31st, 2021
The very public argument between the “new atheists” and religion was big news a decade or two ago, but it seems to have faded away. So what has happened to the players on the two sides, and what has happened to the arguments? Are we any closer to the truth? A long look back In […]
September 29th, 2021
If you don’t believe in God, are there reasons in your own feelings that can tell you something worthwhile?
September 7th, 2021
It’s hard to believe something we can’t see. So why doesn’t God make himself visible to us? Or is God more “visible” than we might first think?
August 5th, 2021
In almost 60 years as a believer, I have had times of faith and times of doubt. So why do I keep on believing in Jesus and trying to follow his teachings?
July 30th, 2021
Can we judge a belief by how much it benefits or hurts the human race? If so, how does christianity measure up?
July 5th, 2021
An old Sean Carroll video asks whether God is a good scientific theory. The video is persuasive, but most of the arguments fall down on analysis.
June 19th, 2021
Christians are sometimes accused of believing things with no evidence, or even against the evidence. But a closer look shows that the matter isn’t that simple.
June 3rd, 2021
Everyone likes a story with a happy ending. Here are brief accounts of 8 people who converted from atheism to christianity, and their life ended up better.
May 20th, 2021
We like to think we are logical and right in our opinions, including opinions about God. But there are reasons to question this, for both believers and non-believers. Looking at what psychologists say and what believers and unbelievers say, leads to some interesting conclusions.
April 15th, 2021
The Old Testament is a strange book – well a collection of dozens of books actually. How can any twenty-first century person understand it? Can any thoughtful person really believe all of it? What do the experts say? These are questions I have grappled with for much of my life. I feel, finally, I have […]
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