Why scientists say it’s rational to believe in God

Jan 12, 2020 by

Why scientists say it’s rational to believe in God

by Will Jones, The Conservative Woman: IS belief in God rational? Can it be proved beyond reasonable doubt? The Bible seems to say yes: ‘What can be known about God is plain to people,’ writes St Paul in Romans 1.19-20, ‘because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse.’ The ancient philosophers agreed, with both Plato...

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As the State Grows the Church Shrinks

Jan 12, 2020 by

As the State Grows the Church Shrinks

by Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch: A few days ago I penned yet another piece seeking to make the case for Christian social and political involvement. Unlike some believers who think that Christians should have nothing to do with politics and the surrounding culture, the New Testament makes a strong case that we should be involved. But see that piece here. Even if we went on purely pragmatic concerns alone, a case could be made for our involvement. As Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once rightly...

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‘A superintellect has monkeyed with physics’: why scientists say it’s rational to believe in God

Jan 9, 2020 by

‘A superintellect has monkeyed with physics’: why scientists say it’s rational to believe in God

by Will Jones, Faith and Politics: Is belief in God rational? Can it be proved beyond reasonable doubt? The Bible seems to say yes. ‘What can be known about God is plain to people,’ writes St Paul in Romans 1.19-20, ‘because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse.’ In this the ancient philosophers agreed, with both...

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Muslim population of England passes the three million mark for the first time as the numbers of Christians continues to decline, figures reveal

Jan 4, 2020 by

Muslim population of England passes the three million mark for the first time as the numbers of Christians continues to decline, figures reveal

by Steven Doughty, Mailonline: The Muslim population of England has passed the three million mark for the first time, according to estimates prepared by Whitehall. They said that Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group in the country – while allegiance to Christianity continues to decline. The figures were produced by the Office for National Statistics as part of a research project to try for the first time to make regular assessments of the size of different ethnic and religious groups....

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What if we made our MPs go to church?

Jan 2, 2020 by

What if we made our MPs go to church?

by Niall Gooch, UnHerd: Power does funny things to people, and it is no bad thing to have some humility thrust upon you. When a senior member of the Habsburg family dies, and is entombed in the Imperial Crypt under Vienna’s Capuchin Church, the Kapuzinerkirche, the interment is preceded by a remarkable ritual. A herald knocks on the door of the church, and a Capuchin friar asks “Who seeks entry?” The herald lists the numerous styles and titles of the departed, to which the friar responds “We...

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World Religions Versus Christianity

Dec 30, 2019 by

World Religions Versus Christianity

by Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch: How does Christianity differ from all the other world religions? Although wildly ambitious and seemingly foolish to write on such a massive topic, with billions of words already having come forth on this, let me try nonetheless to offer a few thoughts. My aim is to briefly look at how the major world religions stack up against the truth claims of Christianity, and to show the superiority of the latter. This is of course exceedingly difficult to seek to argue...

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