The leading atheistic philosopher in the early twentieth century, Bertrand Russell, was once asked what he would say to God by way of explanation when asked why he didn’t believe in him. His reply […]
The banishment of theology from intellectual debate in our universities has been an impoverishment. It has resulted in science locking itself into an empiricist prison, for it will only allow investigations into ‘how’ […]
“Down with the Christian church! A plague on its legalism and its bullying throughout history. And ‘hurrah’ for Voltaire, that Enlightenment literary wit who tweaked the tail of the Roman Catholic Church, and […]
There seems to be a lot of anger on Facebook. Week after week, I see the same people venting their anger – from both left and right. It must be a heavy burden […]
Modern atheistic philosophers such as Nietzsche and Sartre have trashed the idea of ‘truth’ existing. This has led to today’s society being flavoured by postmodern thinking that has debased the idea of truth […]
Here’s an interesting tit-bit for you: the word “cosmos” comes from a Greek word meaning “orderly system.” The philosopher, Pythagoras (570 – 490 BCE) was the first to use the term in relation […]