Tom Gilson

Book ReviewSome of the thinkers most opposed to theories of design are also the most preoccupied with it. Richard Dawkins wrote The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence for Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. Stephen Hawking’s recent book was titled simply The Grand Design. The two . . . . Continue Reading »

All week long, Christians, myself included, have been pointing out one man’s foolishness, stupidity, and wickedness. Usually when we do that with respect to matters like religion, sexual morality, or abortion, there’s a chorus of complaints: “Who are you to judge?” The . . . . Continue Reading »

We Christians have a bad habit of not paying attention. It has hurt us in the past, and it’s about to do it again.Our big social concern in the 1990s was abortion. Another steamroller social issue was bearing down on us then, though: the homosexual attack on marriage, family, and sexual . . . . Continue Reading »

Don Lemon of CNN Weekend Primetime asked Dr. Sujatha Reddy, OB/GYNWould you recommend this new emergency contraception to your patients?She replied,You know, I would. I think it’s great that women have one more option if there is, you know, an unintended event that occurs, you have have one . . . . Continue Reading »

Reposted from June 23, 2006. It seems timely in view of the alarmingly elastic view of marriage in California these days. Also posted currently at Thinking Christian.Alexandra Gill tells why she is marrying herself, along with six other women who are doing the same: a celebration of womanhood and a . . . . Continue Reading »

I should have seen it coming. Frank Turk says something nice and encouraging, but he’s setting me up. At the end of his comment (#1 here) he’s going to pull out a tough question, and expect me to have some kind of answer. They always sneak up on you that way :) .Seriously, though, . . . . Continue Reading »

Somehow when there’s discussion of the conflict between science and religion, the blame seems to get laid at the feet of religion. Science is (supposedly) pure and spotless; religion is unthinking, unwilling to face facts and evidence, and of course highly self-interested. Science is based on . . . . Continue Reading »

Kenneth P. Green and Hiwa Alaghebandian analyze the authoritarian turn science has taken since the early 1990s and conclude, If science wants to redeem itself and regain its place with the public’s affection, scientists need to come out every time some politician says, “The science says . . . . Continue Reading »

From Judge Vaughn Walker’s opinion on the Proposition 8 case: Whether that belief is based on moral disapproval of homosexuality, animus towards gays and lesbians or simply a belief that a relationship between a man and a woman is inherently better than a relationship between two men or two . . . . Continue Reading »

Arguments on the Internet are interminable. The cartoon goes, “Are you coming to bed?” “I can’t. This is important.” “What?” “Someone is wrong on the Internet.” I’ve been in a long-term running argument with a particular atheist on Thinking . . . . Continue Reading »