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
Recognizing the Real Thing: Is Christian Worship Manipulative?
The music in church was great last Sunday. Unfortunately my mind wasn’t on it totally. I flashed back on the memory of some atheist or skeptic’s...
September 11, 2012
The Image of God Under Attack
From the series, Ten Turning Points That Make All the Difference The image of God in humans is under attack. Evolutionary doctrine leads many thinkers to...
January 28, 2012
In His Image: Working and Creating
From the series, Ten Turning Points That Make All the Difference Genesis 1:26-31 says, Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our...
January 26, 2012
Says the Madman: “Humanity Is Dead, and We Are Its Murderers”
“Whither is humanity? cried the Madman. I will tell you. We have killed it. We are its murderers! But how could we do this? Are...
January 24, 2012
Coyne Responds on Free Will
Jerry Coyne has responded to my piece (and others’) yesterday on his Free Will article in USAToday. He begins, Predictably, at his own website the Thinking...
January 3, 2012
The Abolition of the Person
Godwin’s Law infamously predicts that as any Internet discussion continues, the probability that Hitler will be mentioned approaches 100%. I’ve wondered about this. Both Stalin and...
October 6, 2011
Books in Review: The Truth of the Soul of the Modern World
Dual Book Review The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization by Vishal Mangalwadi Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution...
September 20, 2011
