The Return of the Creationists
How can we expect political sense or reason from people who cannot distinguish empirical reality from ancient myth?
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 4 min read
Christianity
A collection of 22 posts
Fantastical Beliefs in a Post-Christian Age
Without a faith, people must find new sources of meaning, new congregations to which they can belong.
Patrick Parkinson
· 12 min read
Comparing Wokeness to Christianity Is an Insult to the Church
To the extent social-justice extremism resembles a puritanical faith, it’s one that provides believers with no grace and no hope of redemption.
Matthew Rowley
· 8 min read
How the Christian Bible Became Separated Into ‘Old’ and ’New’
There is no firmly established technical term for the Bible in Judaism. The Hebrew scriptures may simply be referred to as “the Bible,” and the term “Jewish Bible” is sometimes used to distinguish it from the Christian Bible. In Hebrew, terms such as miqra (“scripture”) or kitve haqqodesh (“sacred texts”
Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter
· 9 min read
A Better Way to Lead Christians Away from Intimate Partner Violence
Of those surveyed for the IPV report, 17 percent of self-described Anglicans said they’d experienced IPV in the last 12 months, as compared to 18 percent for the general population.
Andrew Judd
· 8 min read
A Christmas Message from Quillette
In Christian history, Thessalonica is better known for the epistles that Paul the Apostle wrote to members of the city’s community, and which became part of the New Testament.
Quillette
· 5 min read
The Onward March of Christian Political Power
So the Christian Right, one of society’s most formidable voting blocs, is shaped to a significant degree by charismatic Christian personalities, politically-active conservative organizations, and right-wing media.
Berny Belvedere
· 9 min read