Critics of theism and christianity claim not only that God is dead but that he never truly existed in the first place. For if the God of christianity truly exists, then why is there so much pain and ...

What does it mean to have faith, to believe in a God who is present when it seems like power and greed inevitably win? In the face of these kinds of questions it often feels like we need to address ...

The mysterious phenomenon of UFOs or UAPs inevitably touches on matters of religion, spirituality, morality, and psychology, including our innate quest for meaning and, especially, on the perennial ...

Since last week’s newsletter offered a favorite argument for the existence of God, it’s only fair to balance the scales by considering a strong argument against religious faith, against the existence ...

Have you ever wondered about the problem of evil? The question of why, if God is all-good and all-powerful, then bad things happen in the world? Why disease? Why famine? Why golf? If so, you are in ...

The Problem of Evil is considered one of the hardest theological problems a believer in God, encounters. Christian ...

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered for The New Criterion’s sixth annual Circle Lecture on September 26, 2024. Over the last six decades, a certain phrase has ...