Dysciples – a review
We live in an age where a lot of emphasis is placed on instantaneous success. Sadly this level of unreal expectation has permeated…
Getting Out of My Head - the Problem of Introspection
Many people today describe that they are 'living inside their own head'. This describes a state of disconnection from reality outside of…
Power Against People: A Christian Critique of the State
The following is an extract from Philip Vander Elst's full paper of the same title. The whole paper can be downloaded from the link on the…
Spirituality Without God – a review
Rob Cook, who lectures at Redcliffe College, Gloucester, reviews Spirituality Without God: Buddhist Enlightenment and Christian…
Tree-Surgery for Atheists
Recently, Colin Blakemore tried to argue that the relentless march of science was leaving precious little room in which religion could…
Can We Be Free Without God?
Since the days of Lucretius in Ancient Rome, the very idea of God has aroused hostility in the hearts of many who deny or question his…
“This House Believes God is a Delusion”
On 22 November 2007, the Birmingham University Debating Society considered the motion: “This House Believes God is a Delusion”.…
Why doesn't God answer my prayers?
How we reply to this complex question will very much depend on who is asking, and we need to be ready to admit that we don’t have all…
The Faith Based Dawkins
At the start of 2005, online magazine ‘Edge The World Question Centre’ posed the following question to a number of scientific…