Category Archives: Faith, Science & Doubt

Thoughts for a New Year: perhaps we really are special?

Posted on January 1, 2009 by me

Just when we think we know something, we find a twist that could unravel it all.  This morning I ran across an article from the November issue of New Scientist that challenges current thoughts on cosmology: IT WAS the evolutionary … Continue reading →

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Are modernism and Christianity incompatible?

Posted on December 12, 2008 by me

John Loftus claims that modernity is the Achilles’ Heel of Christianity, something I’ve discussed before, and addressed again in my “teacup” analogy.  Could he be right? Of course, Loftus believes that modernism (the operative Western worldview which is based on … Continue reading →

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The ongoing saga of the Dawkins delusions

Posted on November 2, 2008 by me

It would seem that Richard Dawkins has resigned his position at Oxford, the Simonyi professorship for the public understanding of science, to write a children’s book warning of the dangers of “non-scientific” fairy tales.  The “non-scientific” label is, of course, … Continue reading →

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The question of unbelief 2.5

Posted on November 1, 2008 by me

My friend David Hayward (a facebook friend, anyway…) has written a very interesting post on the 10 Movements of faith, most of which don’t sound very faith-like, using words like questioning, doubt, rejection, darkness, abandon and fear.  From a Western … Continue reading →

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