Emerging Unripe in a Godless Universe

Consider Materialism. Whatever his origin, if man is presently and constantly “evolving” in a godless universe, then it follows that his thinking, and especially his philosophical views, cannot be worth much ultimately; his thoughts would be inherently unstable, unguided, random, merely emerging fragments in process, or mutation, on route to nowhere. / sh

Existence and the Word

Existentialist philosophy and analysis, to the extent that it measures “the predicament of man and his world in the state of estrangement” (Paul Tillich) corroborates what Christian theology has always referred to as Original Sin. As a school of philosophy it seems pretty well dead now, but important insights of the original existentialists remain valid,… Read More Existence and the Word

Teilhard de Chardin’s Ideas Find Resonance Inside the Vatican 70 Years After His Death

The works of the controversial French Jesuit were formally censured by the Vatican in 1962. Edward Pentin | April 8, 2025 | National Catholic Register VATICAN CITY — The 70th anniversary of the death on April 10 of Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the controversial French Jesuit whose works the Vatican formally censured in 1962, has given… Read More Teilhard de Chardin’s Ideas Find Resonance Inside the Vatican 70 Years After His Death

Yes, them.

Despite the attempts on the part of recent popes like John Paul II and Benedict XVI* to correct the situation, not a few Protestants are, most traditional Catholics have long known, more biblically literate and theologically coherent today (despite the exegetical errors of Luther, Zwingli, Calvin and the rest), more traditional, and more empiric in their approaches to… Read More Yes, them.

Who is Dead? God or Charles Darwin? Feb. 1, 2023.

Uncommon Knowledge. For more than two decades the Hoover Institution has been producing Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson as an outlet for political leaders, scholars, journalists, and today’s big thinkers to share their views with the world The Hoover Institution @ Stanford University seeking to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and… Read More Who is Dead? God or Charles Darwin? Feb. 1, 2023.

Eco-extremists are leading the world towards despair, poverty, and starvation

The Telegraph, UK. Utopian solutions for saving the planet are doomed to failure – and worse. We must wake up before it is too late. Jordan Peterson 28 October 2022 •l This winter, millions of British citizens, including children, will be tipped, or dumped, into energy poverty severe enough to risk permanent damage to their health. Cold,… Read More Eco-extremists are leading the world towards despair, poverty, and starvation

Dr. David Berlinski on ‘The Deniable Darwin’

David Berlinski holds a PhD from Princeton University and has taught philosophy and mathematics at universities in France and the United States. A Senior Fellow of Discovery Insitute, he is the author of such books as The Deniable Darwin, A Tour of the Calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm, Newton’s Gift, and The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions. He… Read More Dr. David Berlinski on ‘The Deniable Darwin’