“Is there a God?” asks Stephen Hawking

Is there a God? asks world famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, Stephen Hawking in his posthumously published book Brief Answers to the Big Questions.  He begins answering it with these words: "Science is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.  Religion was an early attempt to answer the questions that we... Continue Reading →

“Vague babblings about religion”

A few years ago, David Bentley Hart wrote a  review of a book called: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists, co-edited by Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk. On Amazon the book is described thus: “50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent... Continue Reading →

The Atheists Are Revolting

I came across a National Post article recently about atheists, agnostics and non-believers rallying, or, if you prefer, revolting, against "religion."  Headlined by the UK's very own Richard Dawkins, the high priest among the "evangelists of unbelief", who told atheists, "We are far more numerous than anybody realizes." Apart from adding a "So what!" to... Continue Reading →

Oi, Ricky, No!

I recently had a brief chat with a chap about “religion” - which even though I am a church pastor, doesn’t happen very often!  Not like this anyway. In the course of the conversation we talked about a theological book I was carrying, and he commented that the book will have “religious bias”, and that,... Continue Reading →

How To Be A Good Atheist

A few years ago, David Bentley Hart wrote a  review of a book called: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists, co-edited by Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk. On Amazon the book is described thus: "50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent... Continue Reading →

The strangeness of it all

As I continue my reading journey into the rich and beguilingly complex tradition of Christian theology, I see more and more the inane 'meh-nes' of the challenge.  It's not that I have a silly mentality that says "I have it right and you have it wrong", irrespective of the facts or the evidence; it's just... Continue Reading →

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