skepticism – Albert Norton, author

Skeptical of Skeptics

AlbertSeptember 5, 2017September 24, 2017

I once subscribed to something called Skeptic Magazine, in hopes that it would enlighten me on what the other side was thinking. I assumed it would be advocacy of an anti-religious viewpoint. There’s certainly no dearth of that around, however, so why, you might wonder, would I be interested in this particular magazine? It was because […]

Certitude

AlbertNovember 23, 2016December 24, 2016

Is it possible that the more certain you are about a proposition, the less likely it is to be true? The idea is not merely counterintuitive. It’s silly. And yet, atheist evangelists sometimes make this argument, citing strength of faith as evidence that Christianity must be false. Religion and Certainty Though doubts may sometimes be inevitable, […]

Question Everything

AlbertFebruary 2, 2016October 23, 2016

In a previous post, Where Is God, we commented on an odd tendency we have, to ask “why doesn’t God [blank],” and then fill in the blank with something that shows why it seems justified not to believe He even exists. Perhaps what we put in the blank is that He should make Himself more […]