Extraordinary Claims Cut Both Ways
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I agree. Now apply the rule to what atheism asks you to believe.
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My Chair Also Lacks Belief
Atheism is just a lack of belief, we are told. Rocks lack belief too. The moment you say there is no God, you have made a claim, and claims carry homework.
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Darwin’s Racism Was Not Hidden. It Was the Argument.
In The Descent of Man, Darwin forecast the extermination of whole peoples as progress. That is not quote mining. It is the argument of the book itself.
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Prove God in a Lab? First Prove Napoleon
Demanding laboratory proof for God is not skepticism. It is using the wrong tool for the question and then blaming the object.
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Four Questions Every Worldview Must Answer
Origin, meaning, morality, destiny. Every person answers all four, and the answers have to fit together. Here is why atheism cannot make them agree.
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Why You Should Read Past the Eight-Word Headline
A missing link headline, a fossil bird in the rock, and a five-minute habit that keeps a believer unhurried and honest about what was found.
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Three Tests Every Worldview Must Pass
Any belief system must be consistent, fit the evidence, and be livable. Run atheism through those three tests and watch what happens.
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The Half of Darwin’s Title Nobody Prints
Everyone knows the 1859 book as On the Origin of Species. Almost nobody can finish the title, and the half that was cut away is worth examining.
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DNA Needs Proteins, and Proteins Need DNA
The most basic system in biology has two halves that each depend on the other to exist. Neither works alone, and both are needed at once.
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Life Way Magazine Features Why I Decided to Believe in God
Life Way magazine has featured my new book, Why I Decided to Believe in God. A word of thanks, and a note on why I wrote it.
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