Religion
ReligionThe Argument from Morality: Does Ethics Need a Divine Anchor?The moral argument for God's existence claims that objective ethics requires a divine grounding — here is what that argument actually needs to succeed.
ReligionThe Argument from Miracles: Testimony, Probability, and HumeMiracle claims rest on eyewitness testimony, but probability theory gives us a precise way to ask whether that testimony is ever strong enough to believe.
ReligionMartyrdom Logic: Why Dying for a Belief Proves NothingThe willingness to die for a religious belief is often treated as evidence of its truth. It is not, and understanding why matters.
ReligionNegative Theology's Limit: When Silence Becomes UnfalsifiableApophatic theology avoids anthropomorphism by refusing all positive claims about God, but this epistemic humility carries a hidden cost: the position becomes immune to scrutiny.
ReligionSynchronistic Religion: How New Faiths Borrow and TransformReligious syncretism—the blending of distinct traditions—is historically normal, yet it challenges claims of revealed, unchanging truth at their foundation.
ReligionThe Argument from Religious Disagreement: What Diversity ProvesDeep, persistent disagreement across religious traditions raises a pointed epistemological question: what, if anything, should that disagreement do to your confidence in your own tradition?
ReligionHeresy and Orthodoxy: How Religious Communities Draw the LineEvery religious tradition must decide what counts as legitimate belief and what falls outside it — and those decisions are more political than divine.
ReligionTheodicy: The Problem of Evil as a Logical ChallengeThe argument from evil is among the oldest objections to theism. Here is what its strongest forms actually claim and where the replies fall short.
ReligionPascal's Wager: Why the Classic Bet Still FailsPascal's Wager looks like a rational argument for belief, but its core logic collapses under scrutiny. Here is exactly where and why.
ReligionReligious Experience as Evidence: What the Data Actually ShowMillions report direct encounters with the divine. What do neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy make of that evidence?
ReligionThe closed circle: why scripture only persuades the already persuadedQuoting the Bible, Quran, or any holy text in a debate assumes the authority of that text. That assumption does the real argumentative work.
ReligionWhat Is Atheism, Really?Clearing up persistent misconceptions — atheism is a position on one claim, not a worldview, ideology, or moral system.
ReligionDivine Hiddenness: The Argument from God's SilenceIf a perfectly loving God exists, why would anyone sincerely seek relationship with that God and find nothing? The argument deserves serious examination.
ReligionRitual Without Belief: What Religious Practice Does on Its OwnMany people perform religious rituals without holding the associated doctrines. What does this tell us about what religion actually is?
ReligionApophatic Theology: What Saying Nothing Tells Us About GodThe via negativa holds that God can only be described by what he is not. This article examines what that move actually accomplishes—and what it costs.
ReligionReligious Moderates and the Charge of Lending CoverThe claim that moderate religion enables extremism deserves a rigorous look rather than a rhetorical pass in either direction.
ReligionTheological Voluntarism and the Euthyphro Problem TodayThe ancient question of whether goodness depends on God's will still divides theologians and shapes real debates about moral authority.
ReligionPrayer Studies: What Controlled Trials Have FoundDecades of empirical research on intercessory prayer have produced clear results. Here is what the evidence actually shows.