Atheism

Responding to underhanded tactics to silence the creation message

Once-Christian nations are now ‘secular’ (God-less); how did this come about?

Vicious, mindless, random acts of violence are on the increase.

Neo-Darwinists are upset that an atheist philosopher has questioned their view of materialism.

Surprising findings from a study on why people chose to become atheists.

“I HOPE THERE IS NO GOD!” Thomas Nagel > “I speak from experience, being strongly subject to this fear myself: I want > atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most > intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn’t > just that I don’t believe in God and, naturally, hope that I’m right in my > belief. It’s that I hope there is no God! I don’t want there to be a God; I > don’t want the universe to be like that. My guess is that this cosmic > authority problem is not a rare condition and that it is responsible for much > of the scientism and reductionism of our time. One of the tendencies it > supports is the ludicrous overuse of evolutionary biology to explain > everything about human life, including everything about the human mind …. This > is a somewhat ridiculous situation …. [I]t is just as irrational to be > influenced in one’s beliefs by the hope that God does not exist as by the hope > that God does exist.” 1 REFERENCE 1. Nagel, Thomas, The Last Word, pp. 130–131, Oxford University Press, 1997. Dr Nagel (1937– ) is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University. Return to text.

How key terms in the origins debate have been defined to slant the ‘rules of engagement’ between Christianity and secularism against Christianity.

A neurologist describes a case where two parts of the brain seem to have conflicting beliefs about God’s existence, and mockingly asks which ‘entity’ will go to heaven?

How should a Christian respond to a hostile critic?

The brother of an ardent anti-creationist highlights the devastating effects of atheism.

Are atheists really gentle homebodies in the ‘quiet middle’? Or are they actually rabid provocateurs at the noisy extreme?

Atheist argues that meaning and morality are possible without God.

When the American Atheists convention was told ‘I’m a pastor currently serving a Methodist church … and I am an atheist’, the crowd hooted and clapped for over a minute.

Freedom of religion means living peaceably with people who disagree with you.

How Darwin rejected the doctrines of Christianity.

Was there enough room?