When I learned in November 2006 that Prometheus Press would soon publish The Kalam Cosmological Argument for God [TKCAG] by Mark R. Nowacki, I immediately placed an order with Amazon Books. I was therefore very pleased to have finally received my copy in the first week of August of this year despite several unexplained deferments … A Brief Comment on Mark Nowacki’s Recent Book on the KCA

A Turkish journalist interviewing me pointed out, in a question he asked me, a recent poll published in Turkey. According to this poll, 59% of people who voted for AKP (the moderate Islamist party who won an overwhelming victory in elections in July) said that religious scriptures were more important than scientific books in order … Scientific books or religious scriptures?

The Secular Outpost’s Taner Edis is interviewed in a feature story at Salon.com about “The religious state of Islamic science,” a subject which he is extremely qualified to comment on. Also check out his book, An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam (2007, Prometheus Books).

An op-ed I wrote about Islam, “The Best and Brightest Fanatics,” has been published in a number of newspapers internationally. I thought the Secular Outpost readership might enjoy it as well. The sobering thought is that this op-ed, a short piece where I can do very little with detail and nuance, and where I address … The Best and Brightest Fanatics

On his Dangerous Idea blog Victor Reppert quotes an argument that supports a version of the Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR). When philosophers start going on about possible worlds, I usually catch a whiff of snake oil. Such is the case here. This is the argument: Reppert In the book In Defense of Natural Theology … Possible Worlds and the PSR

William Lobdell, religion reporter for the Los Angeles Times, has written a moving account of the some of the stories he has covered and his journey into and out of faith.

My friend Vic Reppert was kind enough to address some responses to my “Atheist Manifesto” on his Dangerous Idea blog. I would like to address his comments. Vic and I go back thirty years or to the time that we were both students at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. I think Candler had a … Reply to Vic Reppert on Cosmological Questions

Since I rant here on Islam-related issues, I should point out that Free Inquiry has just run my article, “A False Quest for a True Islam” and also put it on their web site. It points out what I think are some errors of secular critics of Islam.

Keith Parsons, in his inaugural blog, declares that he is “new to this whole blogging thing, but [he] thought [he] would start off with a big post”—and thus provided us with his “Atheist Manifesto.” He expressed the desire “to hear what some of you think, and maybe get some others to submit their own manifestoes.” … A Metaphysical Naturalist Manifesto

In response to the challenge to reply to Michael Gerlson’s argument against atheism, I offer the following: It is hard to say what exactly Mr. Gerlson’s argument is since it is not expressed very clearly or precisely. Reading between the lines, I think the argument may be reconstructed as follows: The problem of deriving an … …