LINK: Does the threat of a highway to Hell deter a problem child? New study shows the complications of belief and crime
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LINK: How Dare You Threaten Me with Your Harmless Opinion?
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Can Theists Be Moral?
That’s a pretty silly question, isn’t it? I would argue that it is about as silly as the question, “Can Atheists Be Moral?” Even fundamentalist Christian philosophers grant that atheists can know moral principles and behave according to those principles. If someone wishes to deny that theists or atheists can have morals, it seems the … Can Theists Be Moral?
LINK: Daniels on Farrah: Atheists Can’t Be Real Americans
Mike Daniels at Secular News Daily has an excellent discussion of Farrah’s anti-atheist diatribe.
LINK: Why The “Minimal Facts” Model is Unpersuasive
This is not new, but I just stumbled across this. It’s a very interesting summary and critique of the “minimal facts” approach to arguing evidentially for the Resurrection. LINK
LINK: Draper on Naturalism, Theism, and the Burden of Proof
http://www.newappsblog.com/2012/05/paul-drapers-burden-of-proof-for-theists.html HT: Ex-Apologist
LINKS: Scientific American Summarizes the Cases For and Against the Multiverse
“The Case for Parallel Universes: Why the multiverse, crazy as it sounds, is a solid scientific idea” by Alexander Vilenkin and Max Tegmark (HT: Explicit Atheist) “Does the Multiverse Really Exist?” by George Ellis
The Cases For and Against Christianity in 30 Minutes or Less
“The Case for Christianity in 15 Minutes or Less” by J.W. Wartick “The Case Against Christianity in 15 Minutes or Less” by A is for Atheist HT: Debunking Christianity
Gervais and Norenzayan: Analytical Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief
Abstract: Scientific interest in the cognitive underpinnings of religious belief has grown in recent years. However, to date, little experimental research has focused on the cognitive processes that may promote religious disbelief. The present studies apply a dual-process model of cognitive processing to this problem, testing the hypothesis that analytic processing promotes religious disbelief. Individual … Gervais and Norenzayan: Analytical Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief
LINK: 3 Reasons Young Americans are Giving Up on God
According to The Week, young Americans are “giving up” on God for three reasons. 1. Fundamentalists are turning off some young people2. Atheists and agnostic role models are getting more vocal3. Liberal attacks on religion are to blame Hmmm… Assuming the statistical data reported by this article is accurate, I think the title is misleading. … LINK: 3 Reasons Young Americans are Giving Up on God