Dr Paul Allen

Cover via Amazon Is the Christian faith intellectual nonsense? Are Christians deluded?  “ If God exists and takes an interest in the affairs of human beings, his will is not inscrutable,” writes Sam Harris about the 2004 tsunami in  Letter to a Christian Nation . “The only thing inscrutable here is that so many otherwise rational men and women can deny the unmitigated horror of these events and think this is the height of moral wisdom” (p. 48).  In his article “God’s Dupes,” Harris argues, “Everything of value that people get from religion can be had more honestly, without presuming anything on insufficient evidence. The rest is self-deception, set to music” ( The Los Angeles Times , March 15, 2007).  Ironically, Harris’ first book is entitled  The End of Faith , but it should really be called “ The End of Reason ,” as it demonstrates again that the mind that is alienated from God in the name of reason can become totally irrational. Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins suggests that t

Dawkins really believes (or at least really claims) that those who disagree with him are insane, deluded, intellectually perverse, and unintelligent. Evolution by natural selection is “the only game in town, the greatest show on Earth ,” asserts Richard Dawkins . We have come to expect claims like this from Richard Dawkins, perhaps the most famous defender of Darwinian evolution alive today.  Unlike many intellectuals, Dawkins manages to stay singularly focused and on message. He is the planet’s foremost evangelist for evolution, and he is absolutely certain that the evolutionary worldview is indeed “the only game in town.” He is clearly frustrated that so many dwellers of the Earth refuse to accept his message. In  The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolutio n, Dawkins sets out to present his most compelling case for evolution. He is — make no mistake — an ardent enthusiast for his argument. Seldom do we read a book written with such fervor and certitude, with an amaz