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Evolution: Converging Lines of Evidence
The strength of any theory comes not from a single measurement or a single confirmed prediction, but from the theory’s many predictions being confirmed by many independent tests, samples, and methods....
View ArticleDoes Morality Depend on God?
Introduction I have rarely engaged in a debate with a theist where the issue of morality justification has not come up. The theist’s complaint typically takes the following form. If there is no God,...
View ArticleThe Bible: A Manual for Living?
Christians often take great pride in their ability to cite Biblical verse on a wide range of issues, and this is certainly understandable since they believe that the Bible is the Word of God....
View ArticleAtheism, Agnosticism, and Burden of Proof
“How can you be an atheist if you cannot disprove the existence of God?” This all-too-common question is often related to a misunderstanding of the concept of burden of proof, of how that concept...
View ArticleUnderstanding Reason and Faith
The debate between faith and reason is in many ways the decisive battleground in the debate between theism and atheism. This is because most defenses of theism appeal to the inadequacy of reason....
View ArticleAn Introduction to the Evolution versus Creation Debate
The evolution / creation debate hinges largely on a disagreement regarding the nature of science and scientific theories. Before getting into that, however, it will be important to address the common...
View ArticleA Response to Locke’s, “The Scientific Case Against Evolution”
A reader recently forwarded a link to Robert Locke’s short article entitled The Scientific Case Against Evolution.1The author, while claiming not to be a creationist, certainly writes in the curious...
View ArticleComplexity, Probability, and God
A very old, highly intuitive, and still common argument for the existence of God is the Argument from Design. The thrust of the argument is that the ordered complexity exhibited by the universe as a...
View ArticleA Darwinian Approach to Metaethics
(Author’s note: This essay first appeared in 2002 on this site under the title “An Evolutionary Approach to Ethics.” The title changed to its current form in a 2004 update. Earlier versions of this...
View ArticleThe Cognitive Science of Religion: a Case for Atheism
The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has risen to prominence in the 21st Century as the latest in the long history of natural explanations for religious belief. It is, however, unique in at least...
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