“The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low

Imagine for a moment being told that your history book is wrong because archaeologists digging in Georgia have discovered evidence that the United States previously allowed slavery. You would rightly scratch your head, because anybody who knows anything about U.S. history knows that slavery has always been one of its defining features. A similar scenario … Continue reading “The Bible was WRONG”… or Not; Religious Illiteracy in West Reaches New Low →

Book Review: The Psychology of Atheism – By R.C. Sproul

Much has been written trying to explain the psychology of theism. The foundational text in that field is probably Sigmund Freud's The Future of An Illusion, where Freud theorizes that religion came about as a sort of coping mechanism; it was comforting for early man to personalize the forces of nature and to turn their chiefs … Continue reading Book Review: The Psychology of Atheism – By R.C. Sproul →

Book Review: The Dawkins Delusion – By Alister McGrath & Joanna Collicutt McGrath

There are many individuals who act as poster-boys for certain religious and anti-religious movements. For the New Atheists, one of those individuals is Richard Dawkins; for evangelical Christianity, one of them is Alister McGrath. Both are doctoral graduates from Oxford with degrees in the sciences. The Dawkins Delusion, as one could easily guess from the … Continue reading Book Review: The Dawkins Delusion – By Alister McGrath & Joanna Collicutt McGrath →