Theodicy

Science is always giving us new powers to push back the darkness.

The Brand New Testament, a 2015 independent film from Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael, is...

[I'm taking a break from the blog to bond with and care for my new...

A Christian charity that wants to cure people of a disease God sends to punish...

The apologetic doublethink required to believe in miracles while asking for donations.

The world needs more statesmen like Jimmy Carter. Since his presidency, he's been an unflagging...

Following up on last week's affray over cognitive dissonance in pro-LGBT Christians, I have one...

This is part 10 of my "Think! Of God and Government" debate series with Christian...

This is part 9 of my "Think! Of God and Government" debate series with Christian...

This is part 8 of my "Think! Of God and Government" debate series with Christian...

This is part 7 of my "Think! Of God and Government" debate series with Christian...

The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola virus is still raging in West Africa. There are over...

[Author's Note: I'm reposting some old favorites while I'm away on vacation this week. This...

Via Slacktivist, I came across an interesting essay by Greg Boyd, Getting Honest about the...

When you arise from the abyssal depths of self-chosen slavery, when you step out from...

You've probably heard religious apologists assert that if God didn't exist, the world would be...

The other day, I came across an essay titled "Staining the Silence" on Vox Nova,...

Earlier this week, I got a lengthy letter whose author gave me permission to share...

So, I've been debating Catholic commenters on Unequally Yoked again, and I came across a...

• President Obama signs a law to fight British libel tourism by barring such judgments...

The world has seen and heard enough about the misery and destruction in Haiti this...

Hello Quixote, Considering your last letter to me was some time ago, I apologize for...

Hello Quixote, In reference to your list of reasons why people become atheists or theists,...

It's not only professional philosophers and theologians who have an opinion on matters touching the...

Hello Ebon, To approach your larger question, what are the real reasons people believe or...

Since its inception, Daylight Atheism has been first and foremost a platform for atheist thought....

In 2006 and 2007, I wrote several entries in a series called A World in...

A correspondent to William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith column writes in with a very good...

In "All Possible Worlds", I wrote about the various religious responses to the problem of...

This month's Poetry Sunday features another classic by a famous poet who's already made an...