Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
Some people are probably surprised that this question even gets asked. And when they see it asked, they might suspect an ulterior motive. Yet, it has come up as a conversation on social media. The reason is that a certain person was given a very significant platform to state that Winston Churchill, and not Hitler, … Read More “Who Were the Good Guys and Bad Guys in the Second World War?” »
One of the arguments for the existence of God is that there needs to be a measurement for moral law. A moral law requires a moral law-giver. This requires that morality is objective and not just subjective. But are there really moral absolutes? It has been observed that while there are great areas of overlap … Read More “Do Moral Differences Contradict Moral Absolutes?” »
As a Canadian, I hesitate to speak about American politics. I usually don’t even address Canadian politics. However, the current presidential race has been very tempting. The most recent event in a bizarre race has been the revelation of some very lewd comments about women by Donald Trump. I will admit that I have not … Read More “What We Can Learn From The Donald Trump Controversy” »
The nature of morality, whether it is objective or subjective, is one of the most important topics of today. Brett Kunkle of Stand to Reason does a great job of explaining how we can know objective moral truths. If you want to learn more on this topic, I recommend Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air … Read More “How Can We Know Objective Morality?” »
Exposition Richard Dawkins is one of the most outspoken of what is commonly called the new atheists. As one of the “Four Horsemen of the New Atheism” (along with Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett), Dawkins has been very influential as a critic of religion. The web-site for the Richard Dawkins Foundation (www.richarddawkins.net) gives … Read More “Richard Dawkins’ God Delusion” »
From time to time, I encounter atheists who argue that atheism is morally superior to Christianity. We will leave aside what they mean as the measure of morality. Their reasoning is that atheists are free to do good because they want to, whereas Christians do good out of fear of hell. Christians seem to need … Read More “Motivation for Doing Good” »
