Did God create a wasteful universe?
The universe seems way larger than it needs to be to provide a place for us humans. Is that an argument against creation by God? What does science say?
Tag: Arguments
Impossible to believe – or just hard?
It’s complicated trying to understand whether there’s a God and how we can know him or please him. Here’s my thoughts on what I can and can’t believe.
How to think your way into religious belief?
A journalist sums up some of the evidence that there is more to the world and life than materialism suggests.
The silliest claim ever made?
If science and philosophy can’t explain consciousness, does that show consciousness is an illusion, or that science and philosophy are not adequate to the task?
Why I don’t think I could ever be an atheist
Although I have many doubts and questions about God, I could never be an atheist. Here’s why.
Does beauty point to God?
It doesn’t seem necessary for humans to be able to appreciate beauty to survive, so does our aesthetic sense point to God?
Proofs of God: surprisingly, lots of people aren’t interested!?
Why do people believe or disbelieve in God? Do they have good reasons for their conclusions? I think I can see some trends in the way both believers and non-believers think about God. Working out how to respond is exercising my mind. See what you think. The ups and downs of theistic arguments When I […]
God and time
Does God experience time, or not? Both viewpoints explain some things and not others.
Where do you go when the argument’s over?
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 […]
Christians and evidence
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.