atheism

Pell vs. Dawkins: A Clash of the Titans?

by Michael Cook April 11, 2012

Easter is for bishops what spinach is for Popeye, so you have to admire Richard Dawkins for accepting an invitation on Australia’s ABC TV (see the transcript) to debate Cardinal George Pell yesterday. Both have PhDs from Oxford and both…

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God Is Dead! Can I Have His Stuff?

by Zac Alstin February 28, 2012

Celebrated philosopher and author Alain de Botton expects to upset a great number of religious people and atheists alike with hisproposal that: “it must be possible to remain a committed atheist and nevertheless to find religions sporadically useful, interesting and…

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Is Your Shrink Anti-Religion? Here’s Why

by Harold G. Koenig, MD January 17, 2012

In order to give the reader a sense of the environment that I faced in the early 1980s when I was just beginning to explore the relationship between religion and health, it will help to have a little background on…

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Three on Three: Wise Men vs. Stooges

by Fr. Dwight Longenecker January 6, 2012

Epiphany–in my opinion–has always had the edge on Christmas. Sure, I like the Christ child and the manger and the ox and ass and St Joseph, and the Blessed Virgin, and the angels and shepherds and, “Ye shall find the…

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What Do Atheists Have Faith In?

by Father John Catoir October 20, 2011

Atheists want us to prove, with empirical evidence, our belief in God’s existence, even though they are unable to demonstrate with scientific proof that God does not exist. This slight of hand is a bit disingenuous because we all know…

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