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This Scientist Says ‘Serious Atheist Thinkers’ Are Re-Thinking Strict Naturalism That Excludes God
It is a commonplace belief among prominent contemporary atheist thinkers that the universe is strictly materialist, with nothing remotely non-material, or “spiritual,” as has been commonly understood for thousands of years. But John Lennox, the British mathematician, philosopher of science, and Oxford professor emeritus, detects some interesting trends among the atheists he often debates in…
Read MoreGREAT QUOTES: Your Brain Is Not The Same Thing As Your Mind
“There seems to be no way to match up sets of logically interrelated mental states with sets of merely causally interrelated brain states, and thus no way to reduce the mental to the physical.” — Philosopher Edward Feser.
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Who Are You? Why Are You Here? Where Are You Going?
Take a moment and ask yourself this simple question: What if there really is no God, does it really make any difference in how you live your daily life or what you think or do in any given situation? That may strike you as one of those irrelevant questions asked by philosophers and mad men,…
Read MoreThe Fine-Tuning Of The Universe Is Best Explained By God Or Chance?
Scientists are steadily adding new measures to the already lengthy list of aspects of the universe that illustrate how it is incredibly finely tuned to allow the existence of life on Earth. Take for example the relationship of the energy of the universe to its mass. If that relationship was off by an incomprehensibly tiny…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who’s Getting Promoted On The Hill
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Stephen Smith is the House Republican Conference’s new press secretary, working with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.). He was previously communications director for Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.). Stephen is a 2010 graduate from the University of Indiana, Bloomington, with a BS in business. Got a scheduling question involving Rep. Steven…
Read MoreTHINK ABOUT THIS: Why Can’t Plato’s Forms Explain Morality Without God?
It may seem like a question with no relevance in the real world, but the issue of the source and nature of concepts and principles like justice influences pretty much all aspects of everybody’s daily lives. It’s not often that Plato’s forms are discussed in campus discussion forums these days, but then Dr. Frank Turek…
Read MoreSo, You Think That Jesus Story Is Nothing More Than A Mass ‘Shroom’ Hallucination?
You may if you’re susceptible to conspiracy theories, love to get high with the assistance of natural or chemical “friends,” or just can’t be bothered with coming to grips with the central fact of history. Meet well-known comedian, religion critic, and podcast host Joe Rogan, who, according to The Federalist’s Hans Fienne, has fallen under…
Read MoreGREAT QUOTES: Josh McDowell On When Christians Challenged Him To Disprove Christ, Christianity
“I decided to start with the Bible. I knew that if I could uncover indisputable evidence that the Bible is an unreliable record, the whole of Christianity would crumble … “I took the challenge seriously. I spent months in research. I even dropped out of school for a time to study in the historically rich…
Read MoreSCIENCE AND FAITH: Free Will Is An Illusion If Choices Are Simply Determined By The Chemistry Of Our Brains
It is not uncommon to hear the claim that human thoughts and choices are actually nothing more than the product of material processes of neurons acting and reacting within our physical brains. Put another way, our minds are illusions. We only think we think of our own free will. As Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist…
Read MoreSTAFF MOVES: Look Who Is Getting Promoted On The Hill
Recent Staff Moves, As Reported By Legistorm: Kate Gould is the new senior policy adviser to Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), following a stint as a foreign policy fellow at the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center. She is a 2007 graduate of Western Washington University with a BA in international development, political science and international relations. Gould…
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