While I don't have that much of an opportunity to listen to nationally syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz on the radio, I do read his news commentary daily on his website, http://www.boortz.com/. One of the hot topics of conversation on Neal's show revolves around the evolution/creation debate. So I was surprised to read on the website the other day Neal's comment that, on the radio, he would no longer be discu
ssing the origins controversy. His reason? Boortz believes that you can't reason with creationists!One definition in Webster's dictionary for reason is: 'a sufficient ground of explanation or of logical defense'. Another definition reads: 'something that supports a conclusion or explains a fact'.
So Webster is saying that reason involves a logical explanation given in defense of a belief or something given in support of a conclusion. Philosophers call those 'somethings' premises.
Joining the chorus with Boortz is another group with a presence on the web called the 'Rational Responders'. The Rational Responders are a group of outspoken atheists who are trying to convince everyone else that Christian theists (people who believe in the one God described in the Bible) are irrational.
In this series I will delve into the topic of atheism, theism, reason, rational thinking and logic.
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