Category Archives: Culture commentary

Atheist Disillusionment and People are the Problem

Posted on September 29, 2014 by PaulVK

HT to Josh Benton for these two pieces Atheist Disillusionment People are the Problem Two comments on these two piece: 1. Where is the connection between atheism and the moral project found in nearly all Western atheist agendas? It is … Continue reading →

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Three Christian Books on my shelf Addressing the Genocidal God Objection

Posted on September 24, 2014 by PaulVK

Three Books on my Shelf Continuing on the subject of the Moral Monster Objection These are not new objections and there is a body of literature discussing it. Most people raising the objection today probably do very little reading or … Continue reading →

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The “God is a Moral Monster” Objection Stated

Posted on September 24, 2014 by PaulVK

I find this objection to Christianity to be increasingly common among Christian defectors. I thought it might be worth while exploring it further. As you’ll see later in this series, I don’t really thing it is as much an argument … Continue reading →

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The Self is Here to Stay

Posted on September 17, 2014 by PaulVK

Religion and the Self Towards the end of Haidt’s Happiness Hypothesis he made an important insight about religion and the self. Leary’s analysis shows why the self is a problem for all major religions: The self is the main obstacle … Continue reading →

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What Helped Me Better Understand My Atheist Friends and our Debates about the Meaning of Life

Posted on September 12, 2014 by PaulVK

I made a realization yesterday that helped me better understand my atheist friends. When we get debating atheist I kept arguing that they had a meaning deficiency. How can you have meaning in life if you don’t have a dominant … Continue reading →

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A transcendentalist poem vs the real thing with people

Posted on September 9, 2014 by PaulVK

  A Friend posted this on FB. These were my thoughts.  You can find elements of this in many religions. If you look at Emerson, Muir, and others you can find very similar thoughts. The thoughts aren’t far from the … Continue reading →

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Unrealistic Expectations and the Opiate of the Masses

Posted on September 9, 2014 by PaulVK

Interesting discussion on the podcast today. The topic was David Cameron’s comments about ISIS. First the west wants to deny narratives in terms of freedom but now facing a threat of a narrative it wishes to return to one. (minute 14 … Continue reading →

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What I Learned about Atheists from “God is Not Dead”

Posted on September 8, 2014 by PaulVK

Godless in Dixie I haven’t seen the movie. Some of my Christian friends have recommended it to me. I’ve been resistant because I fear it either is or comes off to my atheist friends exactly what this article says. Creating … Continue reading →

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Seeing Doubt as a Tool of My Prideful Ego

Posted on September 3, 2014 by PaulVK

Doubt I’ve been following John Suk’s journey with interest now for a while. I read his blog faithfully. Just getting back into my blog reading after summer I found two interesting postings on the Bible and on Prayer. John of … Continue reading →

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Republicans, Women, Institutions and the Insufficiency of all things Attainable

Posted on September 2, 2014 by PaulVK

Republicans and Women RR Reno at First Things and Amanda Hess at Slate have been going back and forth on a new report to Republicans on how to attract women. This debate is full of red meat for politicos on … Continue reading →

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