How Could an Atheist Convert to Christianity?

October 5, 2012 By 259 Comments
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I’ve argued that well-informed atheists can’t be moved by intellectual arguments for religion. Let’s test that by examining three high-profile ex-atheists. What made them convert, and what does that say about my hypothesis?

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Dr Johnson: Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA)

September 8, 2012 By 95 Comments
“Rocks of Ages,” by Stephen Jay Gould (1999)

Stephen Jay Gould proposed the idea of Non-Overlapping Magisteria to calm the warring camps of Science and Religion. Well … it was a nice try.

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Dr Johnson: Abiogenesis and Panspermia

August 11, 2012 By 14 Comments
An asteroid impacts a planet. (Might it have a living payload?)

Richard Dawkins has been lampooned in Creationist circles for his reference to panspermia as a possible origin of life on earth, but it solves more problems than the Creationists realize.

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Back from the Reason Rally

March 30, 2012 By 57 Comments

I spent an interesting few days at the Reason Rally and that American Atheist conference. Here are some highlights.

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I’m Off to the Reason Rally

March 14, 2012 By 9 Comments

The Reason Rally is expected to be the world’s largest secular gathering … and I’ll be there!

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The “God is Simple” Argument

January 2, 2012 By 6 Comments

Apologists argue that God is simple. But their argument isn’t holy but full of holes.

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Bungling the Facts Behind Evolution

October 7, 2011 By 31 Comments

Is it reasonable for politicians to question science? A defense falls short.

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