Siris responds to my query below: So the simple answer as to why so many atheists are attracted to the argument from evil is that they are the sort of people who would be attracted to design arguments if they were theists. The two types of arguments make use of the same basic processes of… Continue reading

Catch UpI didn’t have time over the week before taking off to write about Boskone. I was on a few fascinating panels, including one on Darwin, one on Galileo (with the redoubtable Mike Flynn, who has a new novel out now), and one on the Future of Faith, with James D. MacDonald, James Morrow, author… Continue reading

Unlike me, John Wilkins seems utterly incapable of writing even one frivolous post. He’s been on a tear lately with some great essays on Darwin, and this one is no exception.

Looks like the Jesuits planning the upcoming Vatican conference on Darwin and evolution are planning to give ‘Intelligent Design’ all the consideration it truly deserves.

To commemorate Darwin on the 200th anniversary of his birth, I’m going to follow Allen MacNeill’s lead and recall these words from his classic: Authors of the highest eminence seem to be fully satisfied with the view that each species has been independently created. To my mind it accords better with what we know of… Continue reading