Some quotes on atheism, from the March/April 2008 issue of Modern Reformation magazine: A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. -- Francis Bacon If there were no God, there would be no atheists. -- G.K. Chesterton A god who let us prove his existence …
Month: July 2008
Picken an alternative
The over-dependence of the United States on foreign oil is bad for our economy and for our national security. This week, I read several plans for significantly reducing our oil imports. One of these was from billionaire T. Boone Pickens. He would have us invest a trillion dollars in wind energy, installing thousands of wind …
Mercury
Here's another great image from Astronomy Picture of the Day. Mercury is a rather drab planet, without a whole lot of color variation. By using computers to enhance this image taken by the Messenger probe as it flew by Mercury in January, features of various compositions stand out much more clearly. The colors are no …
1006 Supernova Remnant
This was the Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 4th. Here's the description from APOD: A new star, likely the brightest supernova in recorded human history, lit up planet Earth's sky in the year 1006 AD. The expanding debris cloud from the stellar explosion, found in the southerly constellation of Lupus, still puts on …
More thoughts on the cosmological argument
In my previous post, I wrote about William Lane Craig's presentation of the cosmological argument for the existence of God. I like the cosmological argument and think it is the strongest of the traditional arguments for the existence of God. I usually state it as follows: 1. The universe exists, and there must be an …
God is alive and well
From Christianity Today: God is Not Dead Yet, by William Lane Craig. This article explores the resurgence of belief in a personal God among professional philosophers. The classic arguments for the existence of God--the cosmological, teleological, moral, and ontological arguments--have come back into favor in philosophy departments in American and British universities. The opening paragraph …
Hot air and thin ice
One of the reasons I accept the idea that human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, is contributing to global warming beyond the Earth’s natural rhythms is that I find most arguments given by the opponents of this concept to be faulty. This is especially true, unfortunately, in the conservative Christian media. In my daily …
