Filmmaker Blocks Out Encounter with Christianity

Paul Verhoeven, a Dutch film director, screenwriter, and film producer (Robocop, Total Recall, Show Girls), was once asked about his short but intense ...

Miracles or the Resurrection Don't Violate Nature's Law

Some people argue that miracles (like Christ's resurrection) are impossible because nature is a closed system and miracles would therefore violate the ...

God Is not a "Loveless Dictator in the Sky"

Theologian Michael Reeves notes that many people in our culture who have rejected God may be reacting against a certain sort of God—what he calls ...

Ted Turner's Thoughts on Prayer

In an interview with Fortune, Ted Turner, the media mogul and founder of CNN, was asked, "I know you were religious up to the point of seeing your sister ...

Supreme Court Justice Scalia Talks about the Devil

In an interview with New York magazine, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia explained his beliefs about the reality of the Devil. After mentioning his ...

Famous Astronomer Who Accepted Christ

The astronomer Allan Sandage was hailed as "the most influential astronomer" of the 20th century. For six decades, Dr. Sandage played a key ...

Everyone Has Some Kind of 'Faith'

John Lennox, a professor of mathematics at Oxford University, argues that everyone has "faith" in something—even atheists. Lennox notes that the ...

Journey to Unbelief Often Involves Trauma

The Christian scholar Larry Taunton launched a nationwide campaign to interview college students who are members of Secular Student Alliances—the ...

Good News and Bad News Stats for Atheists

The following statistics reveal some good news and bad news for atheists. First, here are the good news stats for atheists:

• A 2012 poll suggests that 1 in 20 (or 5 percent) of Americans identify themselves as atheists. (The participants were asked to identify themselves as either "a religious person, a nonreligious person, or a convinced atheist.") That's a fivefold increase from the last time the survey was taken in 2005.

Atheists Can't Live Consistently with Their "Faith"

The Christian philosopher William Lane Craig argues that if God does not exist, there is no basis for objective right and wrong. All things are permitted. ...