Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Atheist Ethicist and “Faith”

I’ve been having an interesting interaction with The Atheist Ethicist on the nature of faith, here and here. Please feel free to join in.

April 8, 2009 – 6:11 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism | Tagged , | Comments Off

“White House confirms it got 2 million red envelopes”

Thank you, everyone who took part! The White House mail office has confirmed it received a “deluge” of as many as 2.25 million red envelopes symbolizing the empty promise of lives snuffed out in abortion in a massive campaign that was larger than most White House mailing movements in the last 35 years. [Link: White …

April 7, 2009 – 7:47 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Life for a Biographer

Quite a story here: I know the biographer A. N. Wilson primarily because I read parts of his biography of C. S. Lewis for one of my theses; he has also written biographies on John Milton, Leo Tolstoy, Hilaire Belloc, and Jesus. Additionally he wrote the book God’s Funeral: The Decline of Faith in Western …

April 5, 2009 – 6:10 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, The Faith | Comments (3)

Bart Ehrman Again

On a Telic Thoughts thread based on my “Two Views of Faith” blog entry, Allen MacNeill left a comment suggesting we read this Salon.com article on Bart Ehrman. Ehrman is a best-selling author devoted to debunking the New Testament. The article presents his work as if it were nothing but normal scholarship made accessible for …

April 3, 2009 – 7:29 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , | Comments (54)

The Late Great Ape Debate by Bayard Taylor

Book Review Bayard Taylor has a knack for explaining issues for teens and college students, and doing it clearly, with a refreshing sense of humor. He did it previously with Blah, Blah, Blah, an excellent guide to worldviews (and yes, that’s its title, or at least part of it). He has done it again with …

April 2, 2009 – 3:18 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off