In February, I wrote a post showing that Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s attempt to disprove the necessity of a Creator actually does the opposite. By having a book-length discussion of the logical premises which atheists have to accept in order to write off a Creator, it became clear that the argument was circular. This was the… Continue reading Hawking and Mlodinow’s Proof for God, Revisited
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Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s Inadvertent Proof for God
There’s an old saying about giving a man enough rope, and he’ll hang himself – the idea being that if someone is wrong or lying, the longer they go on, the more obvious this becomes. Well, Bantam Books gave Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow all the rope they wanted, and the result is The Grand Design, in… Continue reading Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s Inadvertent Proof for God
Aquinas of All Trades
Today, the Church celebrates one of Her greatest theologians, Saint Thomas Aquinas. Christopher has some good quotes of his up. The thing that I always find remarkable about St. Thomas Aquinas is that he was one of the most amazing Christians in virtually every field imaginable. There are some Saints who have particularly beautiful writings on… Continue reading Aquinas of All Trades
Three Glaring Flaws in Atheism
I was reflecting on the “Rally to Restore Sanity” that came to D.C. this past weekend. I went to the rally, just to see what it was like, and because my old roommate came in from Philly to see it. The thing I was struck by is that while there were a lot of great… Continue reading Three Glaring Flaws in Atheism
Why Jerry Coyne is Wrong on Science and Religion
In a USA Today editorial from two days ago, Professor Jerry Coyne attempts to argue that science and religion are irreconcilable foes. The editorial is frustrating, in that it’s a series of assertions which never really rise to the level of a developed argument: he simply makes a series of arguably-true and patently-false claims, one… Continue reading Why Jerry Coyne is Wrong on Science and Religion
Pope Benedict on Theological Fads
The pope, who has run in prominent Catholic theological circles for decades, and a brilliant theologian himself, is in a unique position to pass judgment on the theological fads which many Catholics fall prey to. The latest fads are those in which the newest and latest evidence seems to disprove this or that Catholic teaching,… Continue reading Pope Benedict on Theological Fads
The Witness (a Thought Experiment on Faith + Reason)
Imagine that during the 40s, a witness from Europe comes and tells you of the horrors of the Holocaust. These things, so unthinkable that they hardly seem possible, so evil that Peter Kreeft argues they’re possible only with satanic help, would sound absurd: like war-time propaganda. The Witness will do everything she can to establish… Continue reading The Witness (a Thought Experiment on Faith + Reason)
Natural and Revealed Law (and Faith + Reason)
A reader raised some great questions on Mark Shea’s blog last week about the interplay between Faith and Reason, and Revealed Law and Natural Law. He was trying to rectify two seemingly disconcordant facts: Mark Shea had argued that “all men are created equal” is a proposition rooted in Judeo-Christianity, and not something observable simply… Continue reading Natural and Revealed Law (and Faith + Reason)