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The Inane Atheists

Posted on January 26, 2009 by me

The “New Atheists” – people like Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and of late, Christopher Hitchens – have been making the news now for a couple of years, as their books promoting their strain of anti-theism can be found on endcap … Continue reading →

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Modernism is the disease…

Posted on January 11, 2009 by me

From a review of Edward Feser’s The Last Superstition, a response to the New Atheists, from the Christian Cadre: Feser argues that modern thought itself is the disease of which their arguments are a symptom. His aim in The Last … 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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An atheist who understands the importance of epistemology

Posted on October 6, 2008 by me

This is one of the reasons l like John Loftus: If I have a focus when it comes to debunking Christianity it is with control beliefs. Control beliefs are those beliefs that control how we view the evidence, and so … Continue reading →

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