Secondhand Doubters

We hear so much criticism from skeptics about what they often brand as "secondhand faith." It is implied that many people believe in God only ...

A Plan for Everyone

Simon Birch (a movie based on the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving) is the story of a 12-year-old boy named Simon Birch who, despite his physical ...

Hopeless Death of Carl Sagan

Jerry Adler writes in Newsweek:

[Carl] Sagan was fascinated by the phenomenon that educated adults, with the wonders of science manifest all around them, ...

Diehard One

"The most extraordinary thing about the 20th century was the failure of God to die. The collapse of mass religious belief, especially among the educated ...

Better Skeptic than Cynic

Nathaniel [Nash] intuitively understood that there was a difference between skepticism and cynicism. ... Skepticism is about asking questions, being dubious, ...

Realist or Idealist?

A realist is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been purified. A skeptic is an idealist who has gone through the fire and been burned.

Doubters in the Fold

Apparently it's expected that candid confessions of uncertainty [by churchmen] will attract into the church other doubters who will contribute generously ...

Skepticism Gets in the Way

Skepticism gets in the way of prayer. It can create barriers in my intimacy with God.

Atheism, East and West

In spite of the conflict between them, the two ideologies that officially operate on the two sides of the Iron Curtain have this in common: they are both ...