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Does Evolution Cause Hopelessness? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Human Evolution - Skeletons Hulton Archive / Getty I suppose it should go without saying that conservative evangelical Christians don't like evolution, but the reasons they give for why they don't li...
Comment of the Week: Church, State, and the Constitution 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
U.S. Constitution Photo: Dieter Spears/Getty By far the most popular argument against church/state separation has to be the idea that the words 'separation of church and state' don't appear in the Co...
Myth: Atheists Interfere with Theists' Religious Expression, Free Exercise 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
There's nothing about religious theism that would cause a person to imagine that they are being persecuted, but it is something common to Christians. Christianity has taught from the very ... Read Fu...
Killing Civilized Christianity 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Image Source: Jupiter Images Has Christianity become too "civilized"? Pastor Erwin McManus has said so, arguing that Christianity should challenge people and make them think differently rather than m...
Book of the Week: God? A Debate Between a Christian and an Atheist 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Image courtesy PriceGrabber.com Debates about the existence of God fascinate some and bore others; nevertheless, they have occupied a great deal of philosophical, theological, and scientific interest...
Bible Commentary: Jesus' Messianic Secret: Did Jesus Conceal His Identity? 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Image: Jupiter Images Throughout the gospels, but especially in the gospel of Mark, we have regular examples of Jesus' admonishing both people and demons not to reveal to others who he ... Read Full...
Mailbag: Atheism Not Valid? 25 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
From: "Richard" Subject: Question: Why do people choose to be atheists? If you cannot refute a person's arguments for theism then how is it that you can now become an "atheist"? I thought you had to ...
Should Atheists Be Politically Active? 24 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
There isn't much in the way of explicit political activism on the part of open, godless atheists in America. There are no godless, atheistic political parties, for example. Why is ... Read Full Post
Why Does Belief in God Decline with Education in America? 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Surveys consistently show that the less education an American has the more likely they are to believe in God while the more education they have the less likely they are to believe in God. What is the ...
Focus on Religion: Functional Definitions of Religion 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Functional definitions are so common that most academic definitions of religion can be categorized as either psychological or sociological in nature. Psychological definitions focus upon the ways in w...
