Religion
I’ve weighed the evidence, listened to the best debaters, and carefully examined the scriptures. And I’ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that I simply can’t believe in it anymore. The most articulate priests and prophets were unable to persuade me of the validity of their position. And they were wholly unable to answer the serious [...]
As a biological phenomenon, religion is the product of cognitive processes that have deep roots in our evolutionary past. Some researchers have speculated that religion itself may have played an important role in getting large groups of prehistoric humans to socially cohere. If this is true, we can say that religion has served an important purpose. This does [...]
No matter where you go in the world you are confronted with the fact that mankind is a deeply religious creature. The religious behaviour may be a misfiring, an unfortunate by-product of an underlying psychological propensity which in other circumstances is, or once was, useful. On this view, the propensity that was naturally selected in [...]
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Men despise religion; they hate it and fear it is true. To remedy this, we must begin by showing that religion is not contrary to reason; that it is venerable, to inspire respect for it; then we must make it lovable, to make good men hope it is true; finally, we must prove it is [...]
Here are a few videos Greg Boyd talking about his book, Myth of a Christian Nation that I’ve recently read. Now I don’t agree with Boyd on everything he says (specifically his insistence on complete pacifism). But I do agree with his main premise that wedding Christianity too tightly to any political party of “version [...]
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Here’s a quote by Robert Jastro that I’ve heard in several debates around the compatibility of science and religion. [HT Brian] “For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the [...]
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I recently listened to a great lecture by Dinesh D’Souza1 on how we can reach a common ground with our atheist friends. I highly recommend it to anyone who interacts with atheists or who are intimidated by the “new atheists“. HT: Apologetics315 Who recently debated Christopher Hitchens. [↩]
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