David Brooks cites two factions that are vying for control of a rebuilt conservative movement: In one camp, there are the Traditionalists, the people who believe that conservatives have lost elections because they have strayed from the true creed. George W. Bush was a big-government
A few weeks ago, we posted about atheists in England proselytyzing for their lack of faith by putting ads on buses. That has inspired a similar campaign in Washington, D. C. Atheists have bought space on metrobuses to display the slogan “Why believe in a
More from William Lane Craig on the new acceptance of God in contemporary academic philosophy: The moral argument. A number of ethicists, such as Robert Adams, William Alston, Mark Linville, Paul Copan, John Hare, Stephen Evans, and others have defended “divine command” theories of ethics,
The stock market keeps dropping. I am far from an expert and no investor beyond my retirement accounts, but why sell stocks now? On paper, everyone’s holdings look bad, but that is only if you cash them out. You don’t lose money until you take
The media is puzzled that Americans overwhelmingly elected Barack Obama and other Democrats, while overwhelmingly voting down gay marriage. See, for example, Same-sex marriage bans paradoxical in historic election – CNN.com. But the elections are proof of what can be seen from the discussions on
From William Lane Craig’s article on the rise of theism among contemporary philosophers, God Is Not Dead Yet in Christianity Today: The teleological argument. The old design argument remains as robust today as ever, defended in various forms by Robin Collins, John Leslie, Paul Davies,
The National Portrait Gallery is opening a huge exhibit on Abraham Lincoln. It includes this photograph by Alexander Gardner in 1865, shortly before the president’s assassination, a print made from a glass plate that had cracked. Art critic David Brown calls it “one of the
Now the government is getting ready to bail out General Motors and the rest of the American auto industry. William Katz contemplates the prospect: Let’s see if I have this right. I, and millions of my fellow citizens, in addition to our other burdens, will
“Christianity Today” reports on the way philosophy departments in American universities are no longer havens of atheism; rather, thanks to the efforts of a new generation of Christian philosophers and an increased sophistication of discourse, the existence of God and contemplation of His attributes are
From William Lane Craig, God Is Not Dead Yet in Christianity Today, on the new credibility of God in contemporary philosophy: The kalam cosmological argument. This version of the argument has a rich Islamic heritage. Stuart Hackett, David Oderberg, Mark Nowacki, and I have defended
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