I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to w...
I called my father, but he pretended to be sleeping at first, then claimed not to know me, and then claimed I had the wrong number. And sure enough, when I looked at the number I dialed after he hung up, he did have a different number. The amazing pa...
Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim to know (or at least believe in) something. Once you claim to know something, you can't call that a lack of belief in the opposite view and then say it's the place that you started...
After the disintegration of Christendom-a historical apparatus that gave cultural pride of place to Christianity-Christian truth claims cannot be taken for granted or simply asserted using logical apologetics. Rather, the truth of the faith appears t...
The idea that the creative endeavor and mind-altering substances are entwined is one of the great pop-intellectual myths of our time. ... Substance abusing writers are just substance abusers — common garden variety drunks and druggies, in other wor...
Science and religion both make claims about the fundamental workings of the universe. Although these claims are not a priori incompatible (we could imagine being brought to religious belief through scientific investigation), I will argue that in prac...
Step out in faith to claim a blessed life.
Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.
If the broadcasters were to win on their claims, they'd outlaw the DVR.
We own the things that claim that we are theirs.
I don't claim to be a musician, I didn't go to Julliard.
I have what it takes to claim what I want.
Some even claim that I'm a terror, a dictator and they're right.
Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.
The Tea Party claims to want small government.
The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.
I claim there ain't Another Saint As great as Valentine.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
It is conceivable that a party might gain the majority in parliament and claims the government for itself.
Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.