Daily Archives: 28/03/2011

University of Toronto expert ridicules mathematicians’ claim that religions will become extinct

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Religion is going extinct!  Save yourselves! This happens all the time: newspapers, magazines, and even scholarly work that claim the disappearance of religion is in our future.  Freud hoped that with the rise of science religion would fall to the … Continue reading →

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Sociologist demolishes mathematicians’ paper claiming the extinction of religious belief

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A physicist and two mathematicians claim to have shown that religion will be driven to extinction in nine of the 85 regions around the globe for which they have data.  Despite being given much credence and promotion by the BBC in a secularist attempt to influence … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Francis Phillips on Christopher Hitchens’ grotesque distortion of Christianity

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‘In Hitchens’s case, it is not a question of Christianity having been tried and found wanting: it has simply never been tried – or understood.  In an interview with Mick Brown in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph magazine he says he has never … Continue reading →

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Oxford University professor of mathematics points out logical incoherence of Dawkins’ atheism

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Oxford Professor of Mathematics points out logical incoherence of Dawkins’ atheism The Irish Times reports: Science and religion are not incompatible, but should be seen as complementary fields, a gathering in Dublin heard this weekend.  John Lennox, professor of mathematics at … Continue reading →

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The Rob Bell debate: ‘Love Wins’ becomes a bestseller and stirs massive debate about hell

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What is hell?  Book stirs debate about afterlife For some readers, the book has been a breath of fresh air and a chance to discuss ideas that have long been taboo in evangelical circles. When Chad Holtz posted a Facebook … Continue reading →

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