Notes from an Evil Burnee

Recently (as in: the last few days) I participated somewhat half-heartedly in an online discussion about the validity of theology. Without r...

Here's Father Robert Barron on the God he doesn't believe in. http://youtu.be/1zMf_8hkCdc Strip away his smug denunciations of...

I've made a number of statements in the past concerning my opinion of theology, describing it variously as " wild speculation ...

There is a theme in the affairs of apologists, which taken at the flood, leads on to incoherence.* At Choosing Hats , contributor McFormti...

A while ago I had occasion to doubt the usefulness of a certain kind of discussion, which I characterised as piffle . Understandably my dou...

I listened this evening to Justin Brierley 's interview with Mark and Grace Driscoll (though Grace's participation was relatively m...

I have elsewhere been accused of characterising theology as "piffle" . But get this: The doctrine of the Trinity is one of th...

As part of a recent "Burnee links" I posted this comment: God without Parts: Divine Simplicity and the Metaphysics of God’s Abs...

This is a debate between John Haught and Jerry Coyne , on the question of the compatibility of science and religion. The video contains on...

Theology: "The study of the nature of God." That's not the only definition, but it's a popular one and it's the one ...

It's less than a week since The Rev. Dr. Giles Fraser , Canon Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, informed us on BBC Radio 4 's...

Theology is such a useful subject. You can apply it to anything and nobody can contradict you. It uses strange words like "hermeneuti...

A link to this was posted by Peter Chervenski in the Atheism Facebook Group . It was too good merely to link to, so I've pasted it bel...

Following on from my recent post concerning the existence of the supernatural, I've pondered some more about how I view classifications ...

In recent months I've often had cause to consider what it would take for me to believe in God. And each time I consider it, I come close...

Giles Fraser Is Giles Fraser attending the World Atheist Convention in Dublin this weekend? I don't know what he was expecting, but...

The Today Programme this morning featured a discussion between "famous atheist" A. C. Grayling and Thought for the Day regular...

Organised religion isn't about belief. It isn't about redemption. It isn't about morality or the fate of one's immortal soul...

Much of philosophy and theological or religious discussion seems to revolve around the idea of dualism — the mind/body problem. It's a d...

On this morning's Thought for the Day the Rev Tom Butler , who claims to be trained in both science and theology, said this: One physi...