I’m trying to think through some of my newfound beliefs and am pondering some of the “hows” and “whys” behind the Christian story of how God revealed himself to man. Sometimes I think it makes a lot of sense, other times it seems implausible. That’s from Jennifer. She used to be an atheist. Now, she’s on the way to becoming a Catholic. Before the rips on Catholicism begin, and people start saying, “It’s implausible,” let’s get this straight: That’s not… Read more
I’m watching The Bachelor (don’t ask). The bachelor (a prince) has two girls left to choose from. He introduced them to his parents. During some one-on-one time, the mom decided to read each girls’ palms… At this point, the correct reaction should be, “I don’t want your family’s genes.” And then the girl should leave the show. Instead, each girl became very excited. Not fake/I’m-on-the-Bachelor-so-I-must-play-it-cool excitement. It was real excitement. As in, “This is incredible!” excitement. The mom’s conclusion after… Read more
A few days ago, I wrote about the re-issuing of the Creationist pamphlet on a local church’s website. A person who attends the church had contacted me about some upcoming sermons they are having. I told her that I was disappointed that Parkview Christian Church had decided to put up the pamphlet even after they said they would remove it due to the massive errors. Well, now I received a brief email response from Pastor Tim. He says (referring to… Read more
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, responded to Richard Dawkins’ overall anti-religious attitude at the 2006 Beyond Belief conference. Tyson is quite articulate himself. Watch him: (By the way, many of the Beyond Belief sessions are available to download and watch on your iPod.) I started to agree with Tyson that Dawkins would do well to be more of the educator and less of the bulldog. I mean, part of being a teacher is understanding where your students… Read more
Through my work in groups like the Secular Student Alliance, I’ve been able to meet many of the leaders in the atheist community. So far, I haven’t met as many Christian leaders, but perhaps that’ll happen more when the book is released next spring. I’m hoping to put some interviews with these leaders up on the website in the near future. Similarly, I’d like to put up interviews with younger people who may or may not have made up their… Read more
