In 1933, The American Humanist Association (AHA) published The Humanist Manifesto. Humanism can be defined several ways. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary has three main definitions for Humanism.
a: devotion to the humanities: literary culture b: the revival of classical letters, individualistic and critical spirit, and emphasis on secular concerns characteristic
It is never enough to just accumulate knowledge when it comes to accomplishing God’s purposes in this world. We must take that knowledge and apply it out in the world to accomplish His purpose for our individual lives. The final part of this four part series on Atheism takes us…
Introduction
Secular religion? Really? Isn’t that a contradiction in terms? I mean, the very idea of secular means “not” religious, right? It seems to be an oxymoron like “jumbo shrimp,” “small crowd,” or “good coffee” (coffee lovers please don’t hate me). But is the idea of secular religion really an…
Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, Virginia, is a delegate in Virginia’s House of Delegates (their version of the House of Representatives). Scott recently accused Virginia’s governor, Governor Youngkin, of not being a Christian. He made this pronouncement based on his assertion that the governor has banned Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being…
New research published in the Academy of Management Journal purports to show that religion perpetuates the gender wage gap. This article claims that men tend to earn significantly more than women in societies with “heightened religiosity.” This worldwide survey found that nations where more than 95% of the people said…
When I was in college, fifty years ago, I read several books by Christian philosopher Francis A. Schaeffer. In the late 1960s and early 70s he was one of the most influential evangelical writers in the world. His classic trilogy, The God Who is There (1968), Escape from …
If the balance of the Four Fundamental Forces of nature (gravity, the weak nuclear force, electromagnetism, and the strong nuclear force) was not exactly as it is we would not be here.
If the moon was not exactly the size it is, have exactly the mass it has, and
Today is Tuesday, January, 20, 2021, and this morning Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. He is only the second Roman Catholic to hold that office (John F. Kennedy was the first in 1961). Moments before he took the oath, Kamala Harris…
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