I remember when Jurassic Park first came out. I think it was in 94′. Great movie. It was the first movie that was really able to capture new Hollywood special effects...

Why is There Something Rather than Nothing? The Only Six Options

Someone has once rightly said that this is the most basic philosophical question that there is: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” As far as I can tell,...

Richard Dawkins: A Philosophical and Theological Lightweight? Responding to Dawkins, Part II

by Paul Copan In my last post, I mentioned my brief interaction with Richard Dawkins when he came to Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale last month. A week later, I...

Why the Santa/God Parallel Does Not Work for Atheists (But Does For Theists)

One of my all-time favorite movies is “Elf.” Our family probably watches it three or four times every Christmas season. The child-like naivety of...

My Recent Interaction with Richard Dawkins

by Paul Copan Last week, Richard Dawkins spoke here in Ft. Lauderdale at Nova Southeastern University on “The Fact of Evolution.” The following week, I spoke on “The Fact of...

Is the New Atheism Really Affecting People’s Belief in God?

As of 2005, according to a Cambridge study, 88 percent of the world’s population believes in God. This is down from around 90 percent in 2000. Ninety-five percent of...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Stephen Hawking Worships the “Unknown God”

If you have not already seen, you may be interested to know that Stephen Hawking, the brilliant British theoretical physicist and cosmologist who has never been a friend to...

Why I Reject Other Gods: An Answer to Stephen F Roberts

“I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I...

New Atheism? Yea, yea, yea whatever…

… had been my reaction to the frequent use of this label by authors and scholars who have been addressing the issue of Atheism New Atheism. I simply thought, what could...

by C Michael Patton

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