I have been arguing in this space, (most recently in the context of questioning Mormonism) that most religions do not offer any good reasons for believing what they believe. On the other hand, orthodox Christianity offers many good reasons – it accepts...
I thought a couple of comments on my post about the Newsweek Mormon story deserved at least a brief response. (For a more comprehensive discussion of this topic I recommend everyone attend our open forum panel discussion on faith vs. reason and evidence in religion...
This week’s Newsweek cover story on Mormonism produced some hilarious lines. (I assume it was unintentional given that the author is Mormon). Among the best:For Mormons, [Joseph] Smith’s importance is singular. "He stands alone as a source of...
Chuch Colson has some insightful comments about the real motives of stem stell researchers.
A pointed observation from Best of the Web:In an apparent effort to reduce the number of casualties from future hurricanes, a Little Rock, Ark., doctor "has offered to perform free abortions on hurricane evacuees," the Associated Press reports:Despite...
The Don Johnson Show, 9-24-05 We analyze pop culture’s current fascination with the supernatural and the occult.
The Don Johnson Show, 9-17-05 The religious response to Katrina and what the press is not saying about it. Why we are not very worked up over the decision to bar the Pledge of Allegiance from some California classrooms. A Jonathan Swift Award goes to Mediterrània...
The Don Johnson Show, 9-10-05 The human response to Hurricane Katrina has varied from amazing courage and compassion to astounding depravity. We explain how the Christian worldview provides the best explanation of this phenomenon.
The Don Johnson Show, 9-3-05 In the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we discuss how a supposedly all powerful and good God could allow such suffering. Also, we talk about the the new guidelines issued by the Air Force regarding public...
Just one more example of the radical multiculturalists pushing their religion on the rest of us.
The Don Johnson Show, 8-27-05 According to Newsweek and other sources, the trend in American spirituality is towards love of money and ecstatic experiences. We analyze this development.
More evidence that the church has lost its mind: Here are stories about America’s biggest church (I copied it into a word document because they require a paid subscription), Toronto’s fastest growing church, how many churches now want someone with a...
The Don Johnson Show, 8-20-05 We talk about why Islam is one of the world’s fastest growing religions and whether there are any good reasons to believe it is true with Muslim apologist Nadir Ahmed of ExamineTheTruth.com.
Has organized religion gone crazy? William Thomas presents a fairly compelling case for answering yes.
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...
The Don Johnson Show, 8-13-05 Dave Thomas 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 Magazine cover story on the Intelligent Design Movement...
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...
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...
From OpinionJournal’s "Best of the Web": Life Begins at Conception–if You’re a Panda "A 13-year-old giant panda gave birth to a cub at San Diego Zoo, but a second baby died in the womb, officials said Wednesday."–Associated...
I have argued often in this space that the breakdown of a Christian worldview will inevitably lead to totalitarianism in the West. In the words of Pope John Paul II, "If one does not acknowledge transcendent truth, then the force of power takes over, and each...
This week’s winner (in a landslide) of our Jonathan Swift award for most ridiculous pro-abortion argument goes to Michel Read. He was born with a skin abnormality that caused some disfigurement. His looks have since been fixed by plastic surgery and he openly...
The Wall Street Journal offers a review of The Doors of the Sea, a new book about why God allows natural disasters. It looks pretty good.
It seems like I should be encouraged by Time Magazine’s story on the religious lives of American thirteen year olds. After all, a large percentage of these teens are interested in God and active in local churches. However, the following anecdote gave me...
As reported by Gene Edward Veith, Bono sounds like C.S. Lewis in this excerpt from the book Bono in Conversation: Then the interviewer marvels, "The Son of God who takes away the sins of the world. I wish I could believe in that." "The point of...
In the context of a very good article discussing homosexuality and parenthood, Kathleen Parker has some astute observations about how our culture views children: Throughout our culture, children have become objectified, "thingified," created or...
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