Sad News

Posted on April 5, 2010 by me

Blogging pioneer (and one-time commenter on this blog) Michael Spencer, the Internet Monk, passed away today of cancer.  He was 53.  More info here.

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Spam

Posted on April 4, 2010 by me

Some of the spam comments I get on this blog (and I get many, many spam comments…) are quite funny.  Too bad I can’t quote them – I try to keep this a PG-rated blog.  How in the world do people think up this stuff?

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There Are Stupid Questions

Posted on March 20, 2010 by me

From Debunking Christianity:

Tell us. What would you believe? THAT is the question. My claim is that biblical criticism is an undercutting defeater for what Christians believe such that without the Bible they would become agnostics and then afterward possibly atheists. At that point they would see the arguments for the existence of God as little more than a shell game.

How would you respond?

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Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God

Posted on March 17, 2010 by me

Peter Hitchens, well-known journalist, author and brother to outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens, has just written a book entitled The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me To Faith.   Here’s a short trailer:

And from the back cover:

With unflinching openness and intellectual honesty, Hitchens describes the personal loss and philosophical curiosity that led him to burn his Bible at prep school and embrace atheism in its place. From there, he traces his experience as a journalist in Soviet Moscow, and the critical observations that left him with more questions than answers, and more despair than hope for how to live a meaningful life. With first-hand insight into the blurring of the line between politics and the Church, Hitchens reveals the reasons why an honest assessment of Atheism cannot sustain disbelief in God. In the process, he provides hope for all believers who, in the words of T. S. Eliot, may discover ‘the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.’

This should prove interesting.

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