Why doesn’t God make his presence undeniable to honest inquirers? It seems like a God who is all-good would not leave us stumbling in the dark, unsure of his existence—especially in times of trial and suffering when we need him most. The reality of God’s hiddenness...
Scientism rears its ugly head again: Scientism is the philosophical worldview that states only the methods of modern science can give us real knowledge. This is clear from the meme: science is the only one that gives us knowledge that the black cat is in the dark...
Atheists get the big thing wrong, but that doesn’t mean they get everything wrong. In this episode of Catholic Answers Focus, I chat with Cy Kellet and explain why Catholics and atheists can agree on some important insights about God. Audio Download...
Recently, there was a Twitter thread of atheists and theists going back and forth that gained a bit of attention. An atheist asked, “Dear theists: What is the mass of God?” A priest responded, “What is the circumference of red?” To put it another way, to demand...
Classical theists like St. Thomas Aquinas say God loves himself above all things. In other words, the primary target object of God’s love is himself. He loves himself above all things because his act of love can be fulfilled only in loving himself. This is not to say...