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Commentator Eric Metaxas asks, Is atheism dead?

Come to think of it, we don’t hear much these days from the once ultra-fashionable New Atheist movement. Maybe it’s just hard to fight Something with Nothing.

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At Mind Matters News: Multiverse cosmology is not a good argument against God

God could have created countless universes on various principles for a variety of reasons. The key argument against the multiverse is that there is no evidence for it; it takes us outside the realm of...

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Why did the evangelical Christian world go nuts for Christian Darwinism a...

Contra Trendy Christians: It makes sense that all humans would descend from a single couple. If you had to account for something like, say, human consciousness, isn’t it easier to address that if we...

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The American Christians did not “wage war on” Darwin either — not at first

Incidentally, he notes a coalescence among some Christian thinkers today between Darwin and the much-ridiculed William Paley (19th century design proponent). Yes? That whirring sound you hear is Darwin...

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At Mind Matters News: Einstein believed in Spinoza’s God. Who is that God?

In a discussion with Solms, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor argues that it makes more sense to see God as a Person than as a personification of nature.

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James Tour vs. Denis Lamoureux on whether evolution is compatible with...

James Tour is a chemist. Denis Lamoureux is an associate professor of science and religion at St. Joseph’s College in the University of Alberta

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A teenager does a good job of explaining the existence of God.

If it weren’t for God, you would not know anything at all. Hat tip: Philip Cunningham

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Debate: Theism vs. Naturalism: Which is a Better Account of Reality?

The May 16 debate featured apologist Jonathan McLatchie vs “Cosmic Skeptic” Alex O’Connor, an influential New Atheist.

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Wm Lane Craig on Systematic Philosophical Theology

He has a book that seems to be forthcoming. Here is a Talbot introductory lecture: He has a Q&A: A key clip: Notice, a paper, here. Excerpting Dr Clinton: Ostensibly, the reason for a ‘system’ of...

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Jerry Coyne weighs in against Steve Meyer in Newsweek

Coyne couldn’t prevent it but he can at least trash it. We like this state of affairs.

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Simon Conway Morris on his new book on Evolution, Convergence, and Theism

Sean Carroll: Simon Conway Morris is a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who’s new book is From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds: Six Myths of Evolution. He is known as a defender of...

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John Lennox on debating Richard Dawkins

Also on atheism, God, and science... with Justin Brierley. Lennox's new book is Cosmic Chemistry.

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Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the universe point to a creator

From Catholic News Agency: "She also said that belief in God, far from being an impediment to scientific inquiry, actually can be helpful for scientists because of the “sure foundation” that belief in...

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Astrophysicist: The Big Bang says nothing about how the cosmos came to be

Has Frank just given away the store to theists? The situation is exactly what we would expect if the cosmos is designed by a supernatural intelligence. We can learn how it works but the inventor exists...

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Does the order of nature point to a divine mind?

Saleem Ali engages with Steve Meyer.

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