atheism

The beauty of nature must be an enigma to an atheist.
 
Science can explain how a ballet dancer is able to move her body, how the planets circle the sun, why the ocean tides ebb and flow, and how…

The Anti-Christian Age

by Pat Buchanan on December 31, 2012 · 22 comments

For two millennia, the birth of Christ has been seen as the greatest event in world history. The moment Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem, God became man, and eternal salvation became possible.
This date has been the…

Atheists abound–that is no secret. Yet many do find their way to the Catholic Church. What does that look like, when it happens? No doubt many of the Church’s detractors would very much like to nurture the misconception that a…

Students at Boston College who learn solid proofs for the existence of God have an atheist professor to thank.
A little over 20 years ago, a history professor at the Jesuit college was advocating atheism in one of his classes.…

Words Matter. Truth Counts.

by Ken Connor August 29, 2012

Words matter.  Truth counts.  Or do they in the postmodern age in which we live?
Recently The Washington Post reported a story about Obama advisor, Zeke Emmanuel, brother of Rahm Emmanuel.  Dr. Emmanuel, a bioethicist and devoted “foodie”, is an…

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Why I Secretly Root For the Atheists in Debates…

by Robert Hutchinson August 21, 2012

In 2008, after my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible came out, I was asked to fly to Ireland to participate in a debate on the existence of God at University College Cork. I had been doing radio…

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The Sunny Side of Persecution

by Russell Shaw August 10, 2012

Will the present whiff of  secularist persecution be a help toward healing what ails American Catholics as a Church? Leaving aside predictions, I’ll only say: it may.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan has a flair for getting people’s attention. The Archbishop of…

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The Problem of Evil

by Benjamin D. Wiker August 1, 2012

As an advocate of the Intelligent Design movement, I’m very often confronted with the following rather pointed criticism: “Well, if the world is designed, then we’ve got to blame the designer for all of the evil in it, don’t we?…

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I Am [not] An Atheist

by Mary Lane July 17, 2012

Bashing atheists isn’t really my thing, and it’s not what this post will be about.
The thing is, I write a blog for young Catholics (and then I guess for anyone else who wants to read it), and I talk…

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Let Your Children Decide Their Own Beliefs–Not!

by Devin Rose July 16, 2012

I grew up in a home where my mother and father, both fallen-away Christians, wanted to let my sister and I “decide our own beliefs.”
The idea, of course, is that we are blank slates and my parents would not…

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