In The "God" Part of the Brain, Matthew Alper seeks to explain why our species ever began to believe in God in the first place. It’s a lofty goal, but one Alper seeks to answer by combining research from a variety of fields. He opens the book by explaining why science has taken away the need for a God in recent history and yet many people still believe in Him. He also gives us “a very brief history of time,”… Read more
The campus atheist group at the University of Florida held its Free Hugs from Atheists event yesterday. Today, there was a great article about it in The Gainesville Sun: Frank Zaccaro, toting a Bible, was screaming warnings of hell to passersby when a group of atheists tried to hug him. “No, I don’t want that!” he yelled, and jumped back beyond their reach. One of the rejected huggers, Robert Stark, said, “It would have been a good juxtaposition to the… Read more
Just a heads-up. The cover story in tomorrow’s issue of Time magazine is: Why We Should Teach the Bible in Public School. Oh boy. Some excerpts: The class has its share of conservative Christians. Front-row center sat Rachel Williams, 18, whose mother does teach Sunday school at Oakwood. But not 20 ft. away sat a blond atheist who asked that her name not be used because she hasn’t outed herself to her parents. Why take a Bible class? I asked… Read more
Let me preface this by saying I realize it’s written for Baptist Press (“News with a Christian Perspective”). John Avant writes: I just read one of the great evangelistic books of our day — “Letters to a Christian Nation” by Sam Harris. Actually, there’s just one “Letter.” It takes up the whole book. Seriously, how do you “read the book” but get the title wrong? Anyway, Avant mentions that Harris is an “evangelical atheist”: passionate, wanting to defend his faith,… Read more
Well, my page on the site was approved last night. It hasn’t even been a day. According to my email, I received two friend requests and got three comments in that time. But when I went to check them out, I was unable to log in. I requested a new password but that didn’t work, either. It seems my account has been disabled. Note to self: Next time, don’t use “Bob Jones” as an alias… they seem to catch on… Read more
