Bill Maher once summarized a common criticism of Christian morality by saying, "I believe in goodness for goodness' sake, not because you're getting some reward in the afterlife ... If you're being good for an award, then what sort of person are you

John Lennon imagined that a world without religion could live as one, and the "new atheism" very much agrees with him...Is it really true that most of the evil in the world can be laid at the feet of religion, and just what kind of morality could be ex

... Traditionally, people have justified their values on the basis of religious beliefs ... This is a part of theism: all values originate with God; in God we find truth, beauty, and moral standards ... This article is an excerpt from: ... No Doubt A

... Recently someone suggested to me that God was not a reality, just a comforting idea in my mind, an emotional crutch, wishful thinking ... On This Topic ... God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics ... Editor: ... Hooper, Walter ... Our Pric

... There is one word that can stop a follower of Christ in his tracks as he seeks to "give an account for the hope" that is in him ... That word is "tolerance..." Tolerant people are impartial, non-judgmental, and neutral ... Each person is permitted

... The other night at dinner I told one of my favorite jokes to my kids ... It's the one about the guy who finds a genie's lamp on the beach and his first of three wishes is for something cold to drink ... The genie grants him a bottle of bottomless

As a young boy, this is the first of many philosophical questions I remember asking my unfortunate mother ... It is a natural question, given that everything in our experience has a cause and comes from something prior to itself ... So, why not God I

... Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation about morality and whether evolution is an adequate explanation for morality ... Many of you know that I have argued for a long time that morality -- the existence of moral things, "oughts", the not

... Is there any moral difference between Mother Theresa and Adolph Hitler Mahatma Ghandi and Ted Bundy Jesus and Hannibal Lector Very few people, if any, would say "no..." Ironically, many of those same people would subscribe to the idea that "what's

... Recently, I was asked a question that I get asked a lot ... It's a common challenge on the campus ... It was offered as I spoke in the lecture hall at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls ... Though it was primarily a Christian group w