ISLAM, REASON AND THE WEST

I wrote below about the difference between Christian and Mormon epistemology. Simply put, Christianity accepts reason and evidence in discerning truth about reality and Mormonism does not. Unfortunately, the same is true of Islam (and most other religions, as far as...

DOES JESUS LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO TELL YOU ABOUT HELL?

I found an interesting exchange in the comments section of a previous post. Greg had been accused of not being very "loving" or "Christ-like" in trying to convince some other readers that they were wrong about reality and in danger of hell. He...

SCHOOL BOARD COMPARED TO TERRORISTS

I have often warned in this space against blaming the terrorism problem on "extremism" because the label is so easily applied to non-terrorists. As I wrote below, "people are considered extremists if they believe God speaks to them and are willing to...

SKEPTIC ON THIS WEEKS RADIO SHOW

I am looking forward to talking with Dave Thomas on this  Saturdays radio show. Dave is a physicist, contributing author of  Skeptical Odysseys and the president of New Mexicans for Science and Reason. You may have seen him quoted in this week’s Time...

Are Religious People Morons?

The Don Johnson Show, 8-6-05 The prevailing take on such current events as the Intelligent Design Movement, Muslim terrorism and stem-cell research is that the battle is between faith and reason. On one side you have intelligent rational folks and on the other you...
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