Chemistry, Not Character, and Why Is No One Suing Ohio Over This?
Driving on I-75 in Cincinnati the other day I passed a billboard telling people with a gambling problem, “It’s not your character, it’s your chemistry.” The...
October 3, 2015
Jerry Coyne, Neuroscience, and Research Methods 101
Dr. Jerry Coyne, atheistic biologist and blogger, thinks it’s surprising some people still believe in dualistic free will. To add to V.J. Torley’s excellent extended response...
January 31, 2015
Here We Go ‘Round the No-Free-Will Bush ♫
Sheesh. SteveK [told us[(https://www.thinkingchristian.net/posts/2014/06/to-seek-god-sensibly-on-his-own-terms/#comment-101165) about this report, Free will could be the result of ‘background noise’ in the brain, study suggests. I’ve seen enough bad science...
June 22, 2014
Evidence for God: Humanness and Free Will
Part of the extended series Evidence for the Faith Introductory Humanness and Theism The most immediately available evidence we all have for the reality of God...
February 8, 2014
Purpose In Life: Nothing But Illusion?
Update 5 pm May 16: Several commenters here and on Twitter are making the mistake of reading this as the usual meaning-and-purpose discussion. The apologists’ usual...
May 15, 2013
Real vs. Counterfeit Compassion (Part 2)
Sam Harris thinks we’ll see how rational it is to be compassionate toward evildoers if we recognize that no one has free will. If criminals are...
September 18, 2012
Real vs. Counterfeit Compassion (Part 1)
I am no expert on compassion. To talk about it is easy, but to know it is to practice it, and there are others who practice...
September 17, 2012
Phil Torres’ Compendium of Internet Atheist Ignorance
A few weeks ago Phil Torres asked me if I would review his book A Crisis of Faith, which he said would present a strong case...
August 11, 2012
How Deeply Atheism Can Corrupt Rationality
Jerry Coyne, the University of Chicago biologist, is nothing if not dependable. When he takes religion to task for errors in thinking, you can always count...
August 8, 2012
