The Woodward Report
Religion
RELIGION
Vatican memo: Mideast conflict driving Christians out of region
(Associated Press) A Vatican document released Tuesday blamed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the occupying of lands for fomenting most of the conflicts in the Middle East, driving Christians out and making life difficult for those who remain.
The Ontological Proof Revisited
(Australasian Journal of Philosophy) It has long been the almost universal practice of philosophers to dismiss the ontological proof of the existence of God originally proposed by St. Anselm (1033-1109).
(Tyler Miller) Freedom of the will, the purest thing we surely possess. It is the ability to deliberately and purposefully choose that which to pursue in our glorious, although expeditious, existence upon this brilliant sphere.
Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history
(Dinesh D'Souza) The best example of religious persecution in America is the Salem witch trials. How many people were killed in those trials? Thousands? Hundreds? Actually, fewer than 25.
Evolution: A Product Of God's Design
(Brian Woodward) Many Christians reject evolution holding that this theory is contrary to the Bible. Evolutionists often cite their theory as one refuting the existence of God. But can one believe in a creator while simultaneously accepting evolution?
Political Correctness Threatens Religious Freedom
(Family Research Council) The following are recent cases illustrating the threat to religious liberty. Because of its radical "Human Rights Commissions" which enforce censorship in the name of "tolerance," Canada serves as a portent of what may lie ahead for the United States.
(Brian Woodward) Determinism asserts that human beings are nothing more than matter. It declares that consciousness as well as the notion of the soul is a fabrication of religion. To determinists man is a carbon based computer.
Why Christians Should not be Libertarians
(Faith and Philosophy) The prevailing view of Christian philosophers today seems to be that Christianity requires a libertarian conception of free will. Focusing on Augustine’s mature anti-Pelagian I try to show that the prevailing view is in error.
(Financial Times) Ever since the Crusades, people in the west have seen the prophet Muhammad as a sinister figure. During the 12th century,Christians were fighting brutal holy wars against Muslims, even though Jesus had told his followers to love their neighbors.
A Reponse to 'Balancing the Prophet'
(National Review) Islamic apologist extraordinaire Karen Armstrong is at it again. In an article entitled “Balancing the Prophet” published by the Financial Times, the self-proclaimed “freelance monotheist” engages in what can only be considered second-rate sophistry.
Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries of the Twentieth Century Relating to the Biblical World
(USA Today) Popular efforts to tuck Christianity neatly aside as a footnote to this country’s history
and to deliver a secular society will fail. Why? Because the faith is inextricably tied to our values, our institutions and even modern science.
(Christopher Hitchens) It is his own supposedly kindly religion that prevents him from seeing how insulting is the latent suggestion of his position: the appalling insinuation that I would not know right from wrong if I was not supernaturally guided by a celestial dictatorship.
D'Souza vs. Hitchens -- Evidence for Design, Crimes of Religion vs. Crimes of Atheism
Former Radical Muslim Tawfik Mahamad gives the ABC's of Radical Islam and Jihad
Christopher Hitchens vs. Sean Hannity on the existence of God
