Category Archives: Postmodernism/ Relativism

It Must Be Christmas: I Agree With Jerry Coyne!

I’ve been quite critical of University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne on more than one occasion, so I was quite surprised to find myself nodding in agreement with him today on a religion-related topic. He opened up this blog post saying, There’s a pretty dreadful piece by Tim Padgett in the latest online Time Magazine (I’m …

December 23, 2011 – 6:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Postmodernism/ Relativism, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

If Christianity Is Your Religion, Don’t Thank God for the Cross

If Christianity were my religion, I wouldn’t thank God for the Cross. But it’s not my religion, and on Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. tomorrow, I will be giving God all the thanks I can give him for the Cross of Jesus Christ. I know I need to explain that, and I will. First …

November 23, 2011 – 8:13 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Religions, The Faith, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (13)

The Morality of Christian Exclusivism

The morality of Christian exclusivism: exclusivism-ly at First Things: Evangel.

June 10, 2011 – 2:41 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Evidences, Postmodernism/ Relativism, The Faith | Comments (24)

Art That Doesn’t Tell Us What To Think Of It?

Joe Carter linked to this video at First Thoughts: It’s fascinating how the students react to this. One of them said, It’s your own interpretation. It’s not telling you what to think of it, it’s what you think of it. She ended that with a rather embarrassed-looking smile. I can’t help wondering what it mean. …

March 15, 2011 – 11:36 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Did God Make This Huge Mistake?

My column, “Christianity: Not part of a menu of nice ideas” was published in this morning’s Daily Press. Here’s another view on the same issue.* A Pew Forum poll in 2008 found that about seventy percent of religiously-affiliated Americans believe there are many ways to God. Fifty-seven percent of people who attend evangelical churches think …

February 13, 2011 – 8:06 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Age, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Religions | Comments (2)

Why We Need Worldview Education

Bless Bill O’Reilly for trying, but Dawkins wins this big-time, especially from 2:27 to 3:00: The reason he wins is simple: he is right and O’Reilly is wrong. How many of us would make the same mistake? A 2008 Pew Forum poll found that 57% of evangelical church attenders believe there are multiple ways to …

January 31, 2011 – 8:54 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Tagged , | Comments (8)

Arrogant Christianity? (The Truth Holds Us: Full Version)

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Arrogant Christianity?

Are Christians arrogant when we say we know the truth? Is it morally acceptable for us to say we have access to truth that applies to every person? Or are we being offensive and rude, trying to impose our version of truth on everyone else? I posted a short version of this talk a couple …

January 6, 2011 – 2:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Religions, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

The Essential Missing Prologue To All Apologetics

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Arrogant Christianity?

The practice of Christian apologetics faces a new and mostly unrecognized hurdle. Although this hurdle’s pieces and parts are familiar to apologists and worldview thinkers, few have recognized their full implications. It is the new fundamental obstacle to listeners’ and readers’ saying “yes” to Jesus Christ and to Christianity, so much so that for many …

December 13, 2010 – 11:41 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (14)