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September 2026

September 27, 2026

Beyond the Absence of Belief: The Implications of Atheism

Atheists frequently claim that atheism is not a religion or a philosophy. It is only...

April 2026

April 05, 2026

The Problem Of Divine Hiddenness

When the philosopher and atheist Bertrand Russell was asked what he would ask God if...

November 2025

November 23, 2025

Who Made God?

The question “Who made God?” is a frequent retort to arguments for theism. On the...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

Why do Catholics Believe In The Biblical God?

"I contend we are both atheists; I just believe in one fewer god than you...

January 2025

January 05, 2025

The Intersection of Nihilism, Atheism, and Catholicism

It is a basic tenet of psychology that we are "meaning making machines." This claim...

November 2024

November 03, 2024

The Idea Of God

Did God create human beings, or did human beings create God? Is God an actual...

August 2024

August 25, 2024

Sin And Volition

I recently came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing a woman wearing a...

July 2024

July 28, 2024

The God Delusion Is A Mess

One of the most persistent fallacies of our time is the genetic fallacy. More specifically,...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Atheism’s Psychological Fallacy

One need not spend much time in discourse with atheists before one encounters the claim...

June 2022

June 22, 2022

The Myth That Happened

Is Christianity built upon a myth? One of the enduring claims of atheists and skeptics...

June 05, 2022

Spiritual, But Not Religious?

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I...

May 2022

May 15, 2022

The Archetypes of Christ

“We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power...

May 04, 2022

In The Service of God

“Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others,...

April 2022

April 20, 2022

God, Freedom, and Christopher Hitchens

Is God an "unalterable celestial dictator" that impinges on human freedom as the late...

March 2022

March 06, 2022

Does God Exist? Part Four

I continue my series on Thomas Aquinas’s Five Ways for the existence of God...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Does God Exist, Part Two

In my previous article, I began a series on Thomas Aquinas's five ways or arguments...