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"A God about whose existence or non-existence you can argue …" (QOD)
Here’s a quote of the day from Paul Tillich from his Theology of Culture: A God about whose existence or non-existence you can argue is a thing beside others within the universe of existing things. And the question is quite justified whether such a thing does exist, and the answer is equally justified that it…
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Daniel McClellan & Doug Chaplin on Richard Dawkins & Aid for Haiti
Daniel McClellan and Doug Chaplin are two bloggers that I enjoy reading a lot. They have both drawn attention to a relief effort being made by Richard Dawkins for the recent earthquake in Haiti. Daniel is a little more hopeful; Doug is a bit more disappointed. These are interesting takes on the topic, and I…
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Engaging Atheism
My online buddy Joel Watts has written a post today with the main title as “Engaging Atheism.” There is a lot of discussion going on in the comments section, and I think Joel has done a service to write such a post. I would encourage readers to go and engage in the dialogue regardless of…
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Have You Heard that Religious Belief is Dying Out?
Have you heard that religious belief is supposedly dying out? Not according to THESE FACTS AND FIGURES. Thanks to John Hobbins over at Ancient Hebrew Poetry for posting them. Some of these statistics are absolutely astounding. I’ll give you just one to whet your appetite: 2#. Every 24 hours, the number of atheists in the…
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Chris Heard on Atheism and the Legitimacy of Change in Religion
I could not have said this better myself. Chris Heard points out one of the problems with recent atheist critiques of religion, namely that they disallow for any type of change or development in a religious belief system. Here is his conclusion: Change is normal in religions, including Judaism and Christianity. To admit that “we”…