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Why People Believe and Why People Kill: Countering Dennett and Harris

Published on March 22, 2015 By sirrahc

A few weeks ago, I said I would be sharing a few more passages from Dr. David Bentley Hart’s book Atheist Delusions. In this citation from early in the book, Hart is in the midst of pointing out some of the bad arguments, poor understanding of both religion and history, and sanctimony in the anti-religious […]

On Ethical Monotheism and Friedrich Nietzsche

Published on February 22, 2015 By sirrahc

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, influential 19th-century philosopher and cultural critic Late last year, I posted excerpts from the Introduction to Dr. David Bentley Hart’s book, Atheist Delusions. I finally starting reading the rest of the book — slowly, now and then — and am really appreciating Hart’s […]

An Introduction to Atheist Delusions (Part 2 of 2)

Published on November 2, 2014 By sirrahc

“With impressive erudition and polemical panache, David Hart smites hip and thigh the peddlers of a ‘new atheism’ that recycles hoary arguments from the past. His grim assessment of our cultural moment challenges the hope that ‘the Christian revolution’ could happen again.” — Richard John Newhaus, former EIC at First Things Continuing from last week, […]

An Introduction to Atheist Delusions (Part 1 of 2)

Published on October 26, 2014 By sirrahc

“Few things are so delightful as watching someone who has taken the time to acquire a lot of learning casually, even effortlessly, dismantle the claims of lazy grandstanders.” — Stefan Beck, New Criterion If you thought from this post’s title that I was going to enumerate several “delusions” of the “new atheists”, then I am […]

Christian Mass Murder Through the Ages (Part 2 of 2)

Published on August 19, 2012 By sirrahc

Yesterday, I posted the beginning of a FB exchange I had with a couple women who were, uh, “skeptical” of Christianity’s truth claims and were accusing Christians of many atrocities through the centuries. You know… the usual stuff. I asked for examples to clarify what they had in mind and, once I finally got a […]