[Culture Week] Morality and the “new atheism”
The last few years have seen a great deal of renewed attention given to the claims of atheism—and enough charismatic spokepeople for atheism have come forward with books and articles that many observers have taken to calling the movement “new atheism.” One of the main objections that atheists have to Christianity is Christianity’s claim that true morality is possible only if God exists.
Do they have a point? Can one make moral judgments or behave in a moral fashion in a universe without God? Apologist J.M. Njoroge (of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries) tackles this question in a recent article about New Atheism and morality. He doesn’t think that this point is a winning one for atheists—read the full article to learn why!
