Heat to Light: Our Lost Moral High Ground, and How to Begin Reclaiming It
Remember when Christianity held the moral high ground? Maybe not. Depends on how long you’ve been around. It sure isn’t the case now, at least not...
May 3, 2021
Are You Rationally Competent To Assess Your Rational Competence?
Observation: The one who is incompetent at rational argument will never be persuaded of his incompetence by rational argument; nor will he be persuaded rationally of...
August 13, 2014
We’re Not All Like That, Dan Savage
Our old friend Dan Savage is at it again, this time with a website saying “Christians are not all like that.” (You can search for it...
September 9, 2013
Morality and Human Nature: Why Atheists Get It Right and Wrong (Part 2)
Atheists who believe it’s good to maximize human well-being cannot support that position with evidences or with reason, but only with prejudice and sentiment. In today’s...
July 30, 2013
Morality and Human Nature: Why Atheists Get It Right and Wrong (Part 1)
I thought you might be interested in these quotes concerning morality: The first principle of morality is that “one ought always to choose … in a...
July 28, 2013
Three Reasons Freedom of Religion Matters
Freedom of religion matters. It is unique from other freedoms. It wasn’t chosen ad hoc for inclusion in the Bill of Rights. Freedom of religion is...
July 1, 2013
Christianity Preserving and Advancing Knowledge
“What saved rationality after the Greeks gave it up?” Vishal Mangalwadi asks that question and answers it at length in his wide-ranging The Book That Made...
June 13, 2013
Getting the Moral Argument Wrong — Again
Atheists are forever getting the moral argument wrong. A.C. Grayling, in The God Argument, says, The argument that there can be no morality unless policed by...
May 12, 2013
