Truth is not often something that gets a good run in most high school or college commencement speeches. Often we have a mix of schmaltzy,…
This weekend a whole bunch of frisky God-haters will be descending upon Melbourne. With all the zeal and passion of an evangelistic tent-meeting crusade, the…
Renowned writer and atheist Christopher Hitchens has just died at age 62 of cancer-related pneumonia. The writer, controversialist and polemicist had a distinguished career in…
Sometimes the contrast gets quite overwhelming. In this case, it involves reading two quite contrasting texts. On the one hand, we have press reports of…
There have been plenty of attempts to explain away God. This is to be expected, since fallen man refuses to admit that he is not…
Sometimes you have to wonder. We have all these eggheads holding major conferences to weigh in on significant issues, but, the truth is, much of…
A sad reality is that many people who call themselves Christians really believe and act little differently than atheists. Both share a common trait. Both…
It is all rather common – almost to the point of being monotonous – for atheists to throw out the old chestnut, “Can we be…
There is hardly a more frightening and sobering passage in all of Scripture than Romans 1:18-32. Yet, sadly, it may be one of the more…
There are 66 books in the Bible, but they all tell one simple story – and it happens to be a love story. It is…
In one of the more bizarre ways to seek to explain away the universal phenomena of religion, some atheists have invented the idea that a…
Who is the number one promoter of New Age philosophy in the world today? Is it Eckhart Tolle? Rhonda Byrne? Dan Brown? Marianne Williamson? Nope.…
It is amazing, when you think about it, that a major newspaper like the Melbourne Age actually pays people to do little more than write…
In the best-selling diatribe by Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, the evangelist for atheism argues that people who claim to believe in God are deluded.…
In just over a week the Pope will arrive in Sydney for the World Youth Day. Being neither a youth nor a Catholic, I will…
Penn Jillette is one half of the magic and comedy act, Penn and Teller. The pair is famous – or infamous – for, among other…
There are plenty of signs of civilisational collapse. They are easy to come by. Here I want to focus on just two, and discuss a…
Ideas have consequences, and worldviews matter. If we happen to have a bad worldview, it will lead to bad results. For example, Hitler picked up…
Atria Books, 2006. OK, I confess. I finally broke down, abandoned all reason, and shelled out a lousy $30 to buy The Secret. Mind you,…
Political conservatism and religious conservatism tend to go together. Not always. Not completely. But there does tend to be a connection. It can be said…