BenjaminFranklin1767 Type post Author Douglas Groothuis Date March 26, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionPhilosophyPolitical Science Tagged , Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short Douglas Groothuis March 26, 2026 Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science 7 No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
MultiplerowsofgoldenstatuesoftheBuddhaseatedwithfl Type post Date August 24, 2025 CategoriesFaith & ScienceNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , After (book), belief, Bruce Greyson, Buddhism, Christianity, Denyse O'Leary, Jacob Vazquez, medical science, near-death experiences, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope Near-Death Experiences Fail to Confirm Any Single Belief System Science & Culture August 24, 2025 Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind 5 People of different faiths tend to have experiences consistent with their culture. What does that say about the reality of the experiences? Read More ›
robot Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 28, 2023 CategoriesFaith & ScienceNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Buddhism, Catholic clergy, Christianity, doubt, faith, jesus, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Judaism, rabbis, sermons Are Robo-Pastors the Way of the Future? Denyse O’Leary August 28, 2023 Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind 5 They are certainly not the answer to declining attendance and involvement that some have hoped they would be. Read More ›
Mars Type post Author Mike Keas Date December 19, 2019 CategoriesPhysical Sciences Tagged , __edited, astrobiology, biosignatures, Buddhism, Cambrian Explosion, Christianity, Darwin-skeptics, dinosaurs, entomology, extraterrestrial life, Hinduism, insects, intelligent design, Judaism, Mars, NASA, New Testament, pareidolia, religion, St. Louis, Unbelievable Mars Bugs and Intelligent Design — On a Collision Course? Mike Keas December 19, 2019 Physical Sciences 8 I picture Ohio University officials turning as red as Mars over Professor Romoser’s exotic claims. Read More ›
lit match Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 4, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __k-review, Brooklyn, Buddhism, China, climate change, earth, Martin Luther King, mental illness, misanthropy, suicide, Tibet, World Health Organization Romanticizing a Suicide “for the Earth” Wesley J. Smith January 4, 2019 Bioethics 3 The harsh fact is that Buckel’s suicide was futile. It won’t make a whit of difference toward improving the environment. Read More ›