The Selfish Meme Strikes Back: New Atheism’s Failed Crusade
I am in the middle of going back through all of my blog posts over these past ten years and self-publishing various collections from all my work. Last month, I ...
Category: The New Atheist Movement
I Watched an Alex O’Connor Video: Here are My Thoughts
Last week, someone left a comment on one of my posts from a few years ago about Richard Dawkins that I should talk to Alex O’Connor. It was meant as a complimen...
“Goodbye Jesus”–A Book Review/Analysis of Tim Sledge’s Book (Part 3: Church Rivalries and Marital Failures)
We now come to Part 3 of my analysis of Tim Sledge’s book, Goodbye Jesus—a book in which he recounts his life story into Christianity, into the ministry, and ev...
Book Review: “The Works of His Hands” by Sy Garte–How science started an atheist from a Communist upbringing on the journey to Christianity
A couple of months ago, Sy Garte, a biochemist and the current editor-in-chief of God and Nature Magazine, came out with a semi-autobiography entitled, The Work...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 13)–This is the End! (If I Were an Atheist…)
Well, we made it. Here we are: the final post of my extended book analysis of Jerry Coyne’s Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I want to not only wrap up my analysis...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 12)–Coyne’s Part in the Culture War
Welcome to Part 12 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact, where I will discuss Coyne’s final chapter: “Why Does it Matter?” When it comes right d...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne–An Extended Book Analysis (Part 11): How Coyne Misses Basic Historical Facts (and instead appeals to…the Jesus Mythicist Richard Carrier?)
Welcome to Part 11 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. I simply was not able to finish my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes B...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: (Part 10)–Scientism! What a Canard! And Yes, Science Really Can Disprove God! (…or so Coyne says)
Welcome to Part 10 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I will conclude my comments on Coyne’s fourth chapter, “Faith Strikes Bac...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 9)–Morality and Other Ways of Knowing? Not so, says Coyne!
Welcome to Part 9 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. In these next two posts, I will take a look at chapter 4: “Faith Strikes Back,” in which...
“Faith vs. Fact” by Jerry Coyne: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 8)–What Would Convince Coyne of Christianity, and Why He Hates Theistic Evolution
Welcome to Part 8 of my analysis of Jerry Coyne’s book, Faith vs. Fact. We are in the middle of chapter 3: “Why Accommodationism Fails.” Do you want to know wha...