If you have a 3-year-old like mine, you hear “why” questions quite a bit. “Why do I have to eat my dinner before I have some candy?” “Why shouldn’t I hit my brother?” “Why shouldn’t I tell a lie?” I have a thorough understanding of my moral code, so such questions don’t throw me. I [...]
I noticed recently that the signature line of a poster on one of the several homeschool Yahoo groups to which I subscribe included the following: If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? I am baffled. Is the writer actually looking for an answer to her question? I’m [...]
At the very end of my first post on this blog, Growing Without School, I promised to write about growing without faith. I’m finally ready to make good on that promise! I wrote then that I considered faith “the worst agent of intellectual poison, a cancer that most people willingly inflict upon their children’s developing [...]
In Part 1 of this post, I explained why C.S. Lewis’ argument for Christianity (as put forth in Mere Christianity) is a bunch of hooey. It is decidedly not reasoned and logical. I also alluded to the fact that I find the morality Lewis espouses to be reprehensible. It is this system of ethics that [...]
During my recent debate with her regarding the existence of God, Charity suggested that I should “read one of the well known, reasoned and logical Christian apologists, such as C.S. Lewis” before “claiming victory” in laying the Christian religion to rest in a heap of logical fallacies. I’d heard great things about Merely Christianity before, [...]
In my earlier post on this subject, I imagined a universe where the omnipotent God of the major monotheistic religions actually did exist, and considered whether it would be appropriate to worship Him (short answer: no). This conclusion hinged upon two factors, the omnipotence of God, and the brute fact of widespread human suffering. But [...]
Okay, I promise it’s not gonna be all atheism all the time, but this joke (via Diana at NoodleFood), while not technically irresistible, was one I chose not to resist: An atheist was taking a walk through the woods “What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to himself. As he continued [...]
Rebecca and I have been slugging it out with Charity for well over 20,000 words now, discussing belief in God on the merits. Whenever discussing the validity of religion with a believer, I always try to keep the argument centered around the existence question, as opposed to side issues like the accuracy of the Bible, [...]