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December 30, 2015
Hey, GOP Candidates! Want to Reject Science Without Looking Like a Troglodyte?
That pesky scientific consensus gets in the way so often that conservatives often prefer to...
December 28, 2015
Atheists: What Would It Take to Change YOUR Mind?
Listen up, atheists! What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. We’ve asked...
December 23, 2015
Dating the Gospels: Harder than You Might Think (2 of 2)
We’ve looked at conservative Christians’ early dating of the gospels. Now let’s consider scholars' consensus...
December 21, 2015
Dating the Gospels: Harder than You Might Think
Different groups of Bible fans use different dates for the writing of the gospels. Consider...
December 18, 2015
Christians: Can ANYTHING Change Your Mind?
How impervious is Christianity to contrary evidence? Does it blunder on in spite of clear...
December 16, 2015
Religions Continue to Diverge—What Does that Tell Us?
Christianity has tens of thousands of denominations and unaffiliated congregations and counting. The grounds are...
December 12, 2015
’Tis the Season!
It’s Christmas time! Here are a few Christmas-themed posts from the vault.
December 09, 2015
Christian Apologists Find No Meaning in Life
A Christmas movie shows that Christian apologists’ gnashing of teeth is empty blather.
December 07, 2015
Christianity, the Ultimate Unfalsifiable Hypothesis
A hypothesis should be testable, especially one as important as “God exists.” How honestly do...
December 05, 2015
Wondering What to Give that Christian or Atheist on Your List?
Thought-provoking gifts for the holiday season.
December 04, 2015
Was the Colorado Springs Shooter No Worse Than Planned Parenthood Itself?
Take a look at radical pro-life thinking in an article that condemns the shooting but...
December 02, 2015
Yet More on the Bible’s Confused Relationship with Science (2 of 2)
We’ll conclude our look at Bible verses that make declarations about science so embarrassing that...
November 2015
November 30, 2015
Yet More on the Bible’s Confused Relationship with Science
We’ve looked at weak Christian claims that the Bible preceded science. Now, let’s look at...
November 27, 2015
The Inadequate Deist Argument
Consider some of the popular science-y Christian apologetics: the Cosmological, Teleological, and Design Arguments, for...
November 25, 2015
The Bible’s Confused Relationship with Science (2 of 2)
Modern science? It’s been in the Bible all along, and we just didn’t have the...
November 23, 2015
The Bible’s Confused Relationship with Science
Christian apologists eagerly point out the many places where the Bible gives us new science...
November 19, 2015
God’s Kryptonite
If anything is unchanging, God should be. But our picture of God (all powerful, omniscient,...
November 17, 2015
25 Stupid Arguments Christians Should Avoid (Part 11)
Christians, do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments (part 11).
November 16, 2015
New Commenting System: Welcome to World Table
Change is inevitable, and we have a new commenting system that should make life difficult...
November 14, 2015
Response to My Position on Abortion
A blogger has responded to my spectrum argument about abortion. Here's my response.
November 12, 2015
Christianity Is a Hospital, and Sinners Are Ill (Or Not)
Well of course Christians are imperfect—everyone’s imperfect! That’s why the Church is like a hospital....
November 10, 2015
Parallels to Christians’ Selective Use of Science
Let’s give Christianity a break for a moment and look at a typically liberal attitude...
November 06, 2015
Argument from Design BUSTED!
DNA is marvelously complicated, but mere complexity can make us miss the real issues. When...
November 04, 2015
Atheism Fails Because There Is No Ultimate Justice?
A Christian apologist argues that justice shows the validity of Christianity. There is no ultimate...
November 02, 2015
The Design Hypothesis, DNA, and Dysteleology
Teleology says that life shows the hand of a designer; dysteleology says the reverse. Four...
October 2015
October 29, 2015
Breaking: Seattle Chapter of The Satanic Temple Prepared for Satanic Invocation Tonight in Bremerton
A local football coach has been violating church-state separation laws by praying with his team...
October 28, 2015
How Does the Kalam Cosmological Argument Suck? Let Me Count the Ways. (2 of 2)
The first premise to William Lane Craig’s Kalam argument didn’t fare so well last time....
October 26, 2015
How Does the Kalam Cosmological Argument Suck? Let Me Count the Ways.
The venerable Cosmological Argument has many variations, and the Kalam version is the most popular....
October 23, 2015
Using Bayes Theorem to Decide How Likely the Jesus Miracle Stories
How can probability be used to clarify the God question? A quick (and easy) summary...
October 21, 2015
Is America the Greatest Country in the World? A Rant.
Imagine the farewell speech from a politician dropping out of politics where all the impolitic...
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