The Common Caveat is a blog that formerly defended atheism. Now, The Common Caveat's mission is to understand what science and the Bible, together, want to tell us about culture, life, and our universe. In doing so, The Common Caveat challenges the assumptions of philosophical naturalism as defined by secularhumanism.org: “naturalists maintain that there is insufficient scientific evidence for spiritual interpretations of reality."

The Common Caveat intends to not over-exaggerate nor fabricate evidence for God and the supernatural, and furthermore forewarns against blindly following dogmas and pseudo-sciences. 

The target audience includes, but is not limited to: committed Christians, committed non-Christians, and everyone on the fence about God and the supernatural. This applies to all curious people, bookworms, debaters, people who enjoy challenges, and people who are not afraid of learning technical words and concepts, etc.  

Although humanism, atheism, and scientism, etc. will disagree with The Common Caveat's personal commitment to the Christian faith, The Common Caveat is still committed to an interest in what is revealed by the scientific method, which includes systematic and objective observation, measurement, data, evidence and induction: reasoning to establish general rules or conclusions drawn from facts or examples.

The Common Caveat wishes to use insights from Christian theology, Biblical texts, biology, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and history to address all the claims of Christianity, naturalism, humanism, scientism, and atheism.

There are 5 main overarching topics/categories I wish to cover in our world of competing belief systems, as they are really important to humans' happiness, clarity, and in general, the whole nature of human experience itself.  

These are the 5 topics that The Common Caveat would like to routinely cover: 

1)Unexplained/supernatural occurrences-- the following is a growing list of things said to put us in touch with the supernatural: prayer, miracles, near-death experiences, feeling God’s presence, paranormal events, hauntings, occultic practices, spiritual and mystical experiences, demonic possessions, visions of Heaven and Hell and the afterlife, etc. The Common Caveat desires to use insights from the Bible and science to see how these matters impact human lives. 

2) Morality or Good vs. Evil-- How can an all-good God coexist with evil? Where or how can we find the supernatural, Godly source for our morality? What evil forces might plague us when events turn awry? The Common Caveat strives to use insights from the Bible and science to understand the origins, structures, psychology, politics, and effects of our moral and immoral choices.

3) The nature of mind/consciousness---are we composed of mind/soul that extends beyond the here and now or is it only the brain that gives rise to consciousness with no promise of God's existence and an afterlife? Neuroscience, psychology, quantum mechanics, and the Church’s history of perspectives are relevant here.

4) The origins of life---this addresses the whole debate about evolution versus Intelligent Design/Creationism, although it is alleged that Intelligent Design/Creationism are professionally dead. The Common Caveat wishes to address all Creationist/Intelligent Design literature to find evidence for a Creator and see how it compares and contrasts with evolutionary theory. 

5) Mental health and social issues--- this seeks to find harmony among studies on the Biblical texts, psychology, and neuroscience instead of always assuming they disagree. Together, Christian theology, psychology, and neuroscience have a lot to say about overall existential meaning, how to love, how to have sex, how to conduct successful relationships, how to deal with free-will and rewards vs. punishment, and how to understand the inevitability of death. How we perceive our human nature correlates with how we perceive the hereafter, and whether we believe it exists, to begin with.