What Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) Got Wrong About Christianity
Camus’ Concepts of the Absurd and Revolt When I was in my early twenties, I sought to cultivate an aura of intellectual and cultural sophistication. One of the ways I did this,
Were Jesus’ Disciples a Bunch of Hoaxers?
If someone thinks the disciples were deliberately deceiving people with their claims, they might hypothesize this: the disciples expected Jesus to liberate Israel from Roman rule and establish the kingdom of God
Does Atheism Have a Euthyphro-Style Dilemma?
An essential component in the atheist argument that morality is not derived from God or the gods is the Euthyphro Dilemma, posed by Plato’s protagonist Socrates. As with all dilemmas, the Dilemma
Religious Violence, Putin and Ukraine
I remember once having a rare conversation with my father about religion. I was seventeen at the time and had started to attend a local Pentecostal church whose services I much enjoyed.
Three Proofs for the Deity of Christ For Which the Cults Are Not Prepared
INTRODUCTION Why do we need new proofs for the deity of Christ for which the cults are not prepared? Because many of the old ones have lost their power over time. Cults like
Whatever Happened to New Atheism?
In 2008 I went through what is now fashionably called ‘faith-deconstruction’. I find the use of the word deconstruction confusing as I have always known it to refer to the postmodernist technique