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:…
FTU Course: Is Faith in God Compatible with Science?
By Publius | Can Scientists believe in God, or hold that only a belief in God makes science rational? World renown scientists make the case. Link to the debate (it’s free!) to check out different points of view and to learn more about these course experiences, which are free for students and qualify…
Just Because An Idea’s Easy To Mock Doesn’t Make It Wrong
By Micah Solomon | Starbucks’ new Racetogether campaign is an effort by the coffee giant to start a conversation on race relations between employees and customers at its nearly 6,500 company-owned locations in the U.S. The attempt to start dialog on a subject that’s often treated as taboo and toxic has been…
March Madness Gambling Will Reach $9 Billion
By Eric Kelsey | When the annual NCAA college basketball tournament crowns a champion in three weeks, some $9 billion is expected to be wagered on the sporting event known as March Madness, and most all of that will have been done illegally, according to the American Gaming Association. A pot of $9 billion…