Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God?
The most discussed moral argument for God’s existence is currently the argument concerning the ontological basis for objective moral…
Does Morality Point to God?
That’s a bizarre topic of conversation, I thought as we sat down to talk over coffee. My atheist friend had just commented,…
The Brothers Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens, the celebrated author and polemicist, never got on with his younger brother, Peter. Some siblings, spawned from the…
'Mind Viruses and Memes' - thinking errors in a freethinker
My focus in this essay is to illustrate, through a detailed analysis of one particular article, the range of fallacious tactics that are…
God as Wish Fulfilment?
A central task of apologetics is to create a situation in which it is possible to come to faith. Part of this responsibility involves the…
Dominion - a critical review
An in-depth engagement with historian Tom Holland's account of Christianity's lasting impact on thinking and morality of the West.
Life after God? - The Ethics of Peter Singer
A careful examination and critique of the ethical approach proposed by philosopher Peter Singer.
No God? No Good
Theism and naturalism are contrasted with respect to furnishing an adequate foundation for the moral life. It is shown that on a theistic…
Carl Sagan: The Skeptic's Sceptic
This extended review provides some excellent responses to arguments that Sagan used and which keep cropping up today.