Author: John W. Loftus
John W. Loftus is a former Christian minister and apologist who studied under William Lane Craig. He is the author of Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity (2008) and the editor of The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails (2010) and The End of Christianity (2011), all from Prometheus Books.
Why Philosophy of Religion Must End
What I’m about to write is against everything I was taught in college and seminary, where I earned three master’s degrees and then pursued PhD studies for a year and a half in fields related to the philosophy of religion (PoR).
How Christians Can Test Their Own Prayers Objectively
For the moment, let’s set aside the problem of why God doesn’t do what is right regardless of whether people pray. And let’s set aside the problem of what god, if any, is answering prayers. Finally, let’s also set aside the problem of why God doesn’t answer important prayers—like those to alleviate world hunger, those …