CrossExamined Blog
Tackling today’s toughest questions, these posts explore topics on God, morality, science, and culture.
Whether you’re a skeptic or believer, each article challenges your worldview and sharpens your thinking. Engaging, thought-provoking, and unapologetic, this is a place to dig deeper and follow the truth wherever it leads.
Does our Morality come from our DNA?
Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsDoes our Morality come from our DNA? Frank, is out of town for a week and has honored me by asking me to post a few blogs in his absence. My name is Neil Mammen, I consider myself a pop-apologist. I see my evening job as taking complex apologetic concepts, and simplifying it such that […]
Berlinski: An argument against Religion is an argument against Math
2. Does God Exist?David Berlinski, a secular Jew and author of The Devil’s Delusion (a great read, I might add), interviewed himself a couple of years ago here, and had this exchange with himself: … But why should we take seriously religious beliefs that are lacking in evidence? DB: We shouldn’t. But asking someone like Richard Dawkins about […]
Atheists: What Evidence Would You Need To See?
2. Does God Exist?There are several intelligents atheists and skeptics who have responded to posts on this blog in recent weeks. I appreciate the spirited and mostly respectful debate, as well as the contribution of several theists and Christians. I’d like to pose a question to the atheists and skeptics and ask everyone to comment. Here it is: […]
Who Really Commits the “God of the Gaps” Fallacy?
2. Does God Exist?, Atheism, Theology and Christian ApologeticsThe following is adapted from chapter 6 of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist: The God-of-the-Gaps fallacy occurs when someone falsely believes that God caused the event when it really was caused by undiscovered natural phenomena. For example, people used to believe that lightning was caused directly by God. There was a gap […]
Obscuring Clear Statements with "Clarifications"
Culture CrossExaminedThomas Sowell continues his brilliant insights into the current presidential campaign. Speaking of Barack Obama’s comments on how average folk in small towns are “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion,” Sowell points out: In politics, the clearer a statement is, the more certain it is to be followed by a “clarification,” when people react adversely to what was […]
Forward this Column or Get Stuck on Stupid
College Events, Theology and Christian ApologeticsDr. Mike Adams is at it again talking about the work we’re doing here at CrossExamined.org: Forward this Column or Get Stuck on Stupid. Thanks Mike for making Christian Apologetics mainstream!
Is Intelligent Design Science? If not, Neither is Darwinism
CrossExaminedThe discussion on this blog has lately turned to the question of whether or not Intelligent Design is science (see comments on recent posts). To generate some more discussion, I offer the following post adapted from Chapter 6 of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist: The Darwinists= claim that Intelligent Design is not science cannot be determined from science […]
Who Made God?
2. Does God Exist?The following is from I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist, pages 92-93: In light of all the evidence for a beginning of the space-time universe, the Beginner must be outside the space-time universe. When God is suggested as the Beginner, atheists are quick to ask the age-old question, “Then who made God? If everything […]
Google: Religious Pro-Lifers Need Not Apply
Culture CrossExaminedSeems like the Google we all love has some very one-sided rules when it comes to advertizing. While Google accepts ads in support of abortion, they don’t allow “abortion and religion-related content.” This is from the UK’s Daily Mail: [Google’s] Dublin-based advertising team replied: “At this time, Google policy does not permit the advertisement of websites that contain ‘abortion […]
Christians Beware: Intellectual Predators at College
CrossExaminedWhen it comes time for college, parents often think they’re sending their children off to a religiously-neutral site to learn objective facts about the real world. Unfortunately, they’re far more likely to drop their child into one of the most liberal, anti-Christian environments anywhere on American soil. That’s where some college professors act as intellectual predators, […]
"Designer Wouldn’t Have Done it that Way" Argument Backfires
CrossExaminedThe following is an excerpt from I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (page 160-161): Darwinists have long argued that if a designer existed, he would have designed his creatures better. Stephen Jay Gould pointed this out in his book The Panda=s Thumb, where he cited the apparent sub-optimal design of a bony extrusion pandas […]
God and the Astronomers
2. Does God Exist?, Theology and Christian ApologeticsSince the post Darwinists Have a Lot of Explaining to Do asks atheists to offer causes for at least ten truths about reality, I thought I would present my perspective on each of those truths. We’ll start with the origin of the universe out of nothing. The following is an excerpt from I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (p. 84) and follows […]
The Jesus Freak Resource Center
College Events, Culture CrossExaminedMore from the witty Mike Adams about our experience with the faculty at UNC Wilmington (I’m glad he has tenure– he doesn’t hold back at all. It’s like he’s from New Jersey!).
Darwinists Have a Lot of Explaining to Do
2. Does God Exist?There have been a couple of posts on this blog that have spurred quite a good discussion (see below: Atheists Have No Basis for Morality, and “Expelled” is a Must See: Freedom is the Victim). While there have been some good points made back and forth, it seems like we are getting down in the weeds […]
The Chancellor’s Dog Ate My Homework
College EventsClick here to read more from columnist Mike Adams about the intolerance of the UNC Wilmington administration. If Dr. Adams has his way, I will be going back to UNCW to contribute to the university’s three year “celebration” of Darwin.
Atheists Have No Basis for Morality
2. Does God Exist?, College Events, Legislating Morality, Culture & PoliticsMonday night at UNC Wilmington, despite no cooperation from the school (see my last post), just over 200 people showed up for part 1 of I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist. Several atheists asked questions– actually made statements– and struggled greatly when I asked them to offer some objective basis for morality from their atheistic worldview. They kept trying […]
UNC Won’t Allow Announcement of CrossExamined Seminar
College EventsMike Adams, popular Townhall.com columnist and my host for tonight’s I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist talk at UNC Wilmington, reveals the anti-Christian bias in that school’s administration here. They won’t even allow a post announcing the event on the the university’s “public” web bulletin board. So much for the people who are supposed to be champions of tolerance, free expression, […]
Sex Education: A Hypocrite vs. a Teacher
Culture CrossExaminedNow that the Center for Disease Control has revealed that 1 in 4 high school girls have a sexually transmitted disease, do you think it’s time to emphasize abstinence as the only 100% certain way to avoid the negative consequences of pre-marital sex? Of course, liberals will have a conniption over such a suggestion. But what […]
Yes, Mr. Spitzer and Mr. Obama, Character Matters
Culture CrossExaminedThe brilliant Thomas Sowell interjects some good judgment into what he calls “‘Non-judgmental’ Nonsense.” Click here.
The Resurrection: An Impact Event
4. Is the NT True?The New Testament writers don’t just say that Jesus performed miracles and rose from the dead—they actually back up that testimony with dramatic action. First, virtually overnight they abandon many of their long-held sacred beliefs and practices. Among the 1,500-year-old-plus institutions they give up are the following: -The animal sacrifice system– they replace it forever […]
"Expelled" is a Must See: Freedom is the Victim
Culture CrossExaminedI just had the privilege of attending an advance screening of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, starring Ben Stein. The movie, which opens April 18, is a must-see for any American interested in freedom (that should be all of us!). Expelled uses the Berlin Wall as a metaphor for the wall that the academic and media establishments […]