The Atheists Are Right: No Stamp for Mother Teresa
As soon as the U.S. Postal Service announced plans for a new stamp of Mother Teresa, the atheists started crying foul. They claim it would be a violation of U.S. Postal Service regulations. I think...
View ArticleHoly Smoke!: Common Sense Prevails in British Hindu’s Plight for Proper...
Davender Ghai, 71, a devout Hindu from Newcastle, northern Britain, just wanted to “clarify the law, not disobey or disrespect it.” Back in 2006, he had requested a permit from the Newcastle City...
View ArticleCambrian Explosion Continues to Stymie Materialists
In a paper published in BioEssays journal last year, the authors admitted that the event known as the “Cambrian Explosion” still has no plausible explanation within a materialistic paradigm. The...
View ArticleOn the Origin of Religion
Modern theories abound… Whether based on the latest evolutionary hypothesis or sheer outrage at the thought of a God who is both loving and demands justice, modern conclusions about the origin of...
View ArticleThe Town that Lost (er, Temporarily Misplaced) Good Friday
Usually at this time of year, the “attacks” center on Easter Sunday, or, more appropriately, Resurrection Day. This time, however, Good Friday got some extra attention. The memo went out to municipal...
View ArticleI'm Not One of 'Em
Have you ever been a member of a group (e.g., Boy Scouts, Democratic Party, teachers’ union), or do you self-identify with some group (e.g., skeptics/ agnostics, Christians, political conservatives)? I...
View ArticleBad Bongo!: Are Chimps Moral? (Part 1 of 3)
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Bad BongoEvery once in awhile, you hear someone trying to describe how evolution/Darwinism — really, the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis — explains “morality”. Often the...
View ArticleBad Bongo!: Are Chimps Moral? (Part 2 of 3)
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Bad BongoIn my last post (Part 1), Koukl & Beckwith explained why morality entails more than mere conduct; motive and intent are also parts of the equation....
View ArticleBad Bongo!: Are Chimps Moral? (Part 3 of 3)
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Bad BongoLast time (Part 1 & Part 2), Beckwith & Koukl demonstrated how the evolutionary approach to explaining morality actually denies it. Now, for an...
View ArticleNASA's JPL vs. Intelligent Design
You remember that documentary called “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed“? That was the one that came out a year or two ago, hosted/narrated by Ben Stein, that looked at incidents where educators and...
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