Unbelief, the Opiate of the Masses
by Kurt HoferAfter two centuries in which religiosity has been widely seen as the “opiate of the masses,” it’s time to turn the screws on the comfortably agnostic and atheist. Continue Reading »
Jordan Peterson and God
by Mark BauerleinChristopher Kaczor joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life. Continue Reading »
The Tragic Atheist
by Ephraim Radner“I painted to be loved.” That is how the artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) described his impulse to create. Bacon’s work came to be part of the canon of late twentieth-century British painting, hanging in major museums around the world. His brutal images of contorted bodies, slabs of meat, . . . . Continue Reading »
Atheists Against Antiracism
by Darel E. PaulDeath has a way of focusing the mind on the transcendent. It helped set off America’s First Great Awakening. In April 1734, the little community of Pascommuck, three miles outside Northampton, Massachusetts, suffered what Jonathan Edwards recalled as the “very sudden and awful death of a young . . . . Continue Reading »
The Philip Pullman Dilemma
by Peter HitchensIs Philip Pullman actually any good, or he just popular with the cultural elite because he is anti-Christian? Continue Reading »
Does God Exist?
by Mark BauerleinOn this episode, Robert Delfino discusses his book Does God Exist?: A Socratic Dialogue on the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas.
Dr. Mumford
by J. B. TonerGood Dr. Mumford was an atheist;He didn’t really understand the Creed.But as a cautious-minded scientist,He thought it would be very wise indeedTo make completely sure (per Pascal’s Wager)That there was nothing in this Catholic bosh;And so he locked his doors, turned off his pager,And settled . . . . Continue Reading »
Atheists and Their Beliefs
by K. E. ColombiniThere is a real cure for the anxiety afflicting today’s youth. Continue Reading »
Ye of Brittle Faith
by Larry Alex TauntonOn December 15, 2011, Christopher Hitchens died of esophageal cancer. Some remember him as a man of the left who, after 9/11, converted to a kind of neoconservatism; others remember him as an atheist provocateur and serial blasphemer. For me, Christopher Hitchens was much more than either of these . . . . Continue Reading »
Secular Pilgrims in America
by Raphael MagarikAtheists have long been a vocal minority in America, their relations with the dominant Protestant culture defined by consistent, unresolved antagonism, unexpected ideological affinities and interdependencies, and the back-and-forth movement of individuals between atheism and belief. Continue Reading »
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