Environmentalism as the New American Religion
By Michael Crichton | Environmentalism is a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs and myths. Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism. Environmentalism seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists. Why do I say it’s a…
What if 150,000 People a Year Were Euthanized in the U.S., Some Without Their Consent?
By Wesley J. Smith | Belgium has surpassed the Netherlands as the hastened death capital of the world. A study out of Flanders, published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 18% of patients deaths come either from lethal injection/assisted suicide or from being put into a deep coma and left to…
Are We Seeing the Eclipse of Religious Liberty in America?
By Rod Dreher | A week ago today, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed a minor-league religious liberty law, one very close to the federal RFRA model, offering what, should it ever be appealed to in gay rights cases, would offer a small modicum of protection (the right to a hearing) to religious conservatives. And then…
FTU Course: Is Atheism Tenable?
Does it make sense to believe that there is no God? Can the atheist worldview stand up to scrutiny? Richard Dawkins, William Lane Craig and Ravi Zacharias debate atheism’s viability. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them…
My Turn: Standing Up and Fighting the War on Christianity in America
By Jean Warrick | In this country, where our Constitution calls for freedom of speech and freedom of religion, we have not experienced in our 238 years as a nation being persecuted as Christians or having religious speech silenced — until now. For 2,000 years, Christians and Jews all over the world, however, have…
How Exactly is Reductionist Thinking Killing Us?
By Chase Padusniak | I think most of us would agree that discussions are fruitful when you treat your intellectual opponents charitably. Labeling a fan of Henri du Lubac “Modernist” probably doesn’t support theological debate—neither will calling anyone who venerates Murray Rothbard a “socialist” win…
New FTU Course: Should Assisted Suicide Be Allowed?
Can prolonging a life be bad? Is it ever merciful to assist in ending a life? Singer, Finlay, and others argue both sides of this hot issue. Sign in to the class here to learn more about this course experience, which is free for students and will qualify them to participate in America’s fastest-growing…
Embracing Death: When We Can’t Face Life but Won’t Take the Cross
By Russell Shaw | When religion and secularism butt heads on public policy—a regular occurrence these days—religion typically is obliged to fight with one hand tied behind it. Unfair, you say? Certainly it is, but that’s how the game is played now. Consider the escalating argument over euthanasia and its…
Deconstructing Israel: A Meeting to Question Israel’s Right to Exist
By Richard L. Cravatts | Seeming to give credence to Orwell’s quip that “some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals,” faculty at the University of Southampton in England will be sponsoring a three-day conference in April, “International Law and the State of Israel:…