Category: Christian Short Stories
“Anthony Horvath Goes To Heaven” Short Story Added to Dawkins, Flew, and Teresa Collection
| March 23, 2012 | Posted by Anthony under Antony Flew, apologetics, atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, Christianity and Culture, copyright infringement, General, literary apologetics, philosophy |
I have now updated the collection with a foreword and two new short stories. Each of the two new stories is called “Anthony Horvath Goes to Heaven.” These two stories also have introductions. You’ll understand the similar titles after you get the series, but suffice it to say that they are written as a response to some criticisms about the fairness in contemplating the eternal fates of others, but not oneself.
No Lawsuit Against PZ Myers is Forthcoming
| March 19, 2012 | Posted by Anthony under atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, copyright infringement, morality, scientism, Secular Humanism |
It is not my purpose to ‘litigate’ this matter in this post. It is my desire to get this out in the open. PZ Myers is a professor for a tax-payer supported state university in Minnesota, and as a putative academic, one expects a certain level of professionalism and integrity. I have decided that I, personally, should not pursue this further. As a citizen of the United States, I have the right to protect myself under the law. As a citizen of another Country, I have to conduct myself under different laws, and I have decided that this particular one falls under ‘do not resist an evil person.’
My Million Words and the Road to Good Writing
| March 24, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under Birth Pangs, Blog, Christian Short Stories, literary apologetics |
It is one of those subjective truisms that a person becomes a good writer sometime after writing their millionth word. I don’t know if the truism is true or not. I should like to think that my writing was good many hundred thousand words ago. I won’t deny, however, that the writing in my…
My books and stories all in one place
| March 23, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under apologetics, Birth Pangs, Blog, Christian Short Stories, literary apologetics, pro-life |
Here’s a bit of a no-brainer that was years in the making… all of the published books and short stories I’ve written, listed in one place: Here. To date, these include my Birth Pangs series, my pro-life book, and two collections of short stories. Some are available only in digital format while others are in…
Story and Evidence, a Response
| February 25, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under apologetics, atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, Christianity and Culture, General, literary apologetics, Philip Pullman, philosophy, scientism, Secular Humanism |
I think it goes to my larger point. Story moves. Yes, Story can move more than evidence. And yet even if that is the case, nowhere do I suggest that I think that is good! Indeed, this whole event illustrates just how unfortunate it can be when evidence is divorced from Story. Oh yes, there is a Story here. There is a Narrative. This Narrative is one that Myers and his many fans are drenched in, so much so none of them actually need evidence to know that me and my stories are [fill in your favorite pejoratives here]. The Narrative fills in the gap. It is the skeptical storyline: Christians, dumb. Christians, blind faith. Skeptics, geniuses. Skeptics, reason and evidence. Nothing more needs to be said because everyone is already agreed on how the story ends, anyway. The ‘evidence’ ends up being just a ‘literary’ flourish that adds little to the accepted Narrative.
This Narrative appears to be driving Dave’s response, though to his credit, he is exceptionally mild and measured compared to many of the other responses I observed.
PZ Myers Posts his Review of “Mother Teresa Goes to Heaven.”
| February 22, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, Christianity and Culture, literary apologetics, morality, Secular Humanism, theology |
PZ Myers posted his review of one of the stories in my recently released short story collection today. This one is of “Mother Teresa Goes to Heaven.” I have no interest in responding to it, though perhaps when he is done may respond to them all. At any rate, if you want to read his ‘review’ for yourself you can check it out.
However, it goes a bit without saying- although, apparently it must be said- there is no way you can possibly know if his review has any merit at all unless you read it for yourself.
Richard Dawkins Goes to Heaven? Short Story
| February 14, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under Antony Flew, atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, evolution, intelligent design, Jesus, literary apologetics, original sin, philosophy, scientism, Secular Humanism, spirituality, theism |
“Richard Dawkins, Antony Flew, and Mother Teresa Go to Heaven…” What sounds like the beginning of a very bad joke is actually the title of a collection of three poignant short stories by author Anthony Horvath. Each story draws from what is publicly known about these three notable persons and places them in the presence of God. Antony Flew famously disputed the existence of such a being, Richard Dawkins- the only one of the three still living- infamously derides the notion, and Mother Teresa wondered at God’s absence- in these three stories they each get a chance to ask their questions and speak their minds. Read this short story, along with two others, on Kindle.
Excerpt from Richard Dawkins Goes to Heaven
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“You know what sounds like ‘hell’ to me?” Richard asked the accompanying angel, a current of sarcasm carrying the question along.
“I know you’ll tell me,” the angel replied serenely.
“Heaven. Heaven sounds like hell.”
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