Richard Dawkins, Lady Gaga and Amazon.com Audio sermon by Michael J. Penfold Queen Esther “came to the Kingdom for such a time as this“. After some introductory remarks about the story of Esther, this sermon poses the question: “How well we understand the uniquely difficult times in which we live?”. Ours is the age of […]
No, Mr Dawkins, faith is not belief without evidence. by Michael J. Penfold Faith is anathema to outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins, who scornfully describes it as “blind trust, in the absence of evidence, even in the teeth of evidence”.1 Without evidence, faith is silly; with evidence, faith is superfluous. Game, set and match to atheism? […]
Why I am Not an Atheist by Michael J. Penfold Atheism is flourishing in the country of my birth. Though 100 years ago most people in the UK attended church, the current figure sits at around 6%. Compare that with the 14% who identify as “convinced atheists”. The ‘atheist percentage’ is considerably higher among the […]
Dawkins Contradicts Himself by Michael J. Penfold It is some years since I read ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins. An erudite man, a lucid communicator and an eloquent writer, the world’s most famous atheist has a reputation as an outstanding logician. In classical logic, the law of non-contradiction states that “contradictory statements cannot both […]
