I have a huge list of links to share this time.

Morality

Uncredible Hallq reblogs a really good comparison between God and an abusive boyfriend.

Dr. Peter Boghossian talks about the ethics of atheism on Freedomain Radio. (HT: The Morning Heresy)

Self-described atheist Jesse Bering has written an essay in Salon entitled, “Don’t Trust the Godless.”

Richard Dawkins argues, “Don’t Need God to be Good … or Generous“

Editor’s Note (Lowder): Dawkin’s argument reminds me of Victor Reppert’s recent post, “The Moral Argument that Christians Don’t Use, But Atheists Always Rebut.” I think Reppert has a point. On the other hand, see my reply to Reppert.

Neuroskeptic has a fascinating post entitled, “This Is Your Brain on Ethics — Really.”

Wesley J. Smith argues, “Mother Theresa Was Compassionate, Buddha Was Not“

Uncredible Hallq on “William Lane Craig vs. Cute Teddy Bear on Morality”

Eli Horowitz on “Objective Morality: What Do You Mean, Objective Morality?“

Mark Murphy reviews Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s book, Morality Without God.

Editor’s Note (Lowder): Despite my disagreements with Murphy on various issues, I respect him as a philosopher and have always profited from reading his work.

Answers in Genesis answers the question, “What Kind of God Would Condemn People to Eternal Torment?“

Tristan D. Vick (of Advocatus Atheist) has a great thought of the day regarding life, purpose, and meaning.

J.P. Moreland on “Michael Shermer on Evolutionary Accounts of Ethical Beliefs“

Argument from Evil

John Danaher on “Dougherty on the Parent Analogy and Skeptical Theism“



The Respectful Atheist discusses the idea of “Giving God the Credit.”

Science

Randall Rauser: “See no Supernaturalism. Hear no supernaturalism. Speak no supernaturalism. A Response to Jonathan MS Pearce“


Jonathan Moon on “Nomological Necessity and Theism“


PZ Myers on “The Incompatibility of Science and Religion“


Gary Williams (at Minds and Brains) on Herman Philipse’s New Book God in the Age of Science?

Physics

WinteryKinight on “Is the vastness of the universe evidence against God’s existence?” (My answer is “yes, but only a little bit.” See here for details, including my response to Hugh Ross.)

Greg Gorey on Nicholas Everitt’s version of the argument from scale. (For my critical assessment of Everitt’s argument, see here.)

Sean Carroll explains “After the Higgs Boson: What Scientists Will Do With the Discovery“

Jonathan MS Pearce has written a blog post about fine-tuning arguments for God’s existence: “Heads You Win, Tails You Lose.”

Angra Mainyu on “The Kalam Cosmological Argument: Craig’s Reply“

John Danaher on “Schieber’s Objection to the Kalam Cosmological Argument“

Meta-Atheism 

Greg Gorey (Ivory Tower Metaphysics) on “Some Contemporary Atheist Philosophers of Religion.” On a related note, Kevin Timpe (Prosblogion) has written a post on “Women Working in Philosophy of Religion.”

PZ Myers has written a taxonomy of atheism.

Kyle Hill at JREF on “The Opposite of Debunking.”

R. Joseph Hoffmann on “The Sure-Fire Atheist Rapid Response Manual and Cookbook”

John Loftus and Randall Rauser have a new debate book coming out.

Bruce Gerencser (Fallen From Grace) on “What Christians THINK They Know About Atheists“
Atheist Acceptability?

Secular Coalition of America: “Atheist Acceptability on the Rise in America“

Ron Bailey writes in Reason on “Are Atheists Worse than Rapists? Poll Finds that Godless Americans are (Still) Wildly Unpopular” (HT: The Morning Heresy)

Apologist Watch

Stephen Law criticizes apologist Wintery Knight’s practice of censoring and editing comments on his blog.

Editor’s Note (Lowder): I, too, have had comments censored on Wintery Knight’s blog. 

American Baptist Press is remarkably self-aware of Christianity’s failings. (HT: The Morning Heresy)

Ex-Apologist has a humorous proposed addition to the philosophical lexicon: “Craig“