How do you derive human worth from a universe devoid of God?
Someone please answer this, since it appears to me that without God, human life is greatly devalued. Consider the following:

If life happened with no purpose in mind, humans are intrinsically no more important than other animals.
We may value an organism based [...]

In a great article from the National Review (subscribers can view it here), Jay Nordlinger sets out the facts of the matter: although the general consensus is that US relations have worsened, in many cases they have actually improved or stayed the same. Look at relations with Brown, Sarkozy, Merkel, and Berlusconi. [...]

One of my classes at Berkeley this past semester was a Political Science Colloquium where each week we heard from a different speaker. One week we had Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party. This was before the election, so party lines and affiliations were clearly drawn. Torres spent most of his [...]