Faith, Reason & Progress: A Response to Neil Degrasse Tyson

Recently I stumbled over the very winsome and articulate Neil Degrasse Tyson.  He is a fantastic communicator; disarmingly casual, witty and entertaining.  He seems intelligent, yet without an air of condescension; clever and still humble enough to recognize that he doesn’t have all the answers.  And yet, for some reason he made the assertion inContinue reading “Faith, Reason & Progress: A Response to Neil Degrasse Tyson”

Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant

Let us attend to the Elephant that is not actually in the room… As someone who is naturally skeptical; who is distrustful of institutions which lay claim to authority by virtue of their own existence; who believes that the pursuit of truth must trump all other biases and preconceptions – I have often found myselfContinue reading “Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant”