What Are Atheism and Secularism?

What Are Atheism and Secularism? – “Fallen men and women seek absolute autonomy, that is, complete independence from God. The greatest expression of autonomy is freedom from the constraints of divine authority and governance.”

10 Absurdities of Atheism – Plus a bonus #11.

10 Absurdities of Atheism – Plus a bonus #11.

The Not-So-Surprising Reason Kids Grow up to Be Atheists

The Not-So-Surprising Reason Kids Grow up to Be Atheists – “A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that the number one predictive factor for an American child becoming an atheist is growing up in a home with little religion or religious activity.”

The Turning Tide of Intellectual Atheism

The Turning Tide of Intellectual Atheism – G.K. Chesterton wrote in The Everlasting Man. “Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave.”

What We Can’t Not Know

What We Can’t Not Know – This is a longer read regarding  the recent radio interview with famed atheist Richard Dawkins. Ethical issues get complicated for an atheist.

Moral Standards and Goodness Can’t Exist Without God

Moral Standards and Goodness Can’t Exist Without God – “They (atheists) live in a culture influenced by a historic belief in God and the morality revealed in Scripture. This provides them a residual basis for believing that moral categories are important, while their own worldview doesn’t.”

What Is Life’s Ultimate Good? Open Letter to an Atheist Loved One

What Is Life’s Ultimate Good? Open Letter to an Atheist Loved One – “God, then, created humans for his own purpose. Our purpose — the meaning of life — is also importantly objective, just as morality is: it is human-independent.”

Atheism’s Empty Soul

Atheism’s Empty Soul – “Atheists don’t have a livable worldview. I don’t say that to gloat. Several atheists who have been candid with me have told me life is ultimately empty and devoid of meaning. That doesn’t mean they can’t feel happy, follow a set of morals, or believe their life is significant in some way. But their denial of God has serious repercussions.”

Does Science Really Disprove God?

Does Science Really Disprove God? – “Given all that we know today — given what science has told us — how can you be so confident about your atheism?”

Why I Could Never Be an Atheist

Why I Could Never Be an Atheist – Here are several, simple reasons.

Are You A Functional Atheist?

Are You A Functional Atheist? – “If you look around and look at yourself, you’ll see evidence of functional atheism everywhere in the lives of Christians.”

The Gospel and an Atheist’s Joke

The Gospel and an Atheist’s Joke – “The atheist’s argument actually makes the point, unintentionally, of why the gospel is such good news.”

Atheists, Don’t Lie to Your Children

Atheists, Don’t Lie to Your Children – “What should atheists say to their children, to protect them from the sort of nihilism that leads to despair?”

Athens without a Statue to the Unknown God

Athens without a Statue to the Unknown God – “It is no longer the pugnacious New Atheism at center stage, but something far less passionate—apatheism. This nonchalant attitude toward God is more challenging to evangelism than religious pluralism, agnosticism, and atheism.”

Richard Dawkins’s Latest Case for Outgrowing God

Richard Dawkins’s Latest Case for Outgrowing God – “Rather than offering the best case for atheism in an accessible form, Dawkins’s book consistently fails to engage opposing arguments and frequently falls short of the research standards we should expect of an academic author—whatever his beliefs.”

In the Beginning Was God

In the Beginning Was God – Where Atheists Go Wrong

A Field Guide to Atheism—for Believer and Unbeliever Alike

A Field Guide to Atheism—for Believer and Unbeliever Alike – This one will take some mental energy but is rewarding. “A godless world is as mysterious as one suffused with divinity, and the difference between the two may be less than you think.”

Study: Atheists Find Meaning In Life By Inventing Fairy Tales

Study: Atheists Find Meaning In Life By Inventing Fairy Tales – “Atheists often snidely dismiss religion as a fairy tale. Yet a study finds the meaning atheists and non-religious people attribute to their lives is entirely self-invented.”