Have you come across enigmatic verses where God seems to be one of many? The Old Testament is full of them. Let’s take a look and see the transition from polytheism to monotheism.
Christianity is Self-Defeating
February 9, 2013 By 61 Comments
The book of Exodus gives God’s demand that the Jews stick with their own kind when they returned to Canaan. God had to make sure that they weren’t corrupted by the other religions. But the Bible wouldn’t have this prohibition unless the religion had been invented! The Bible defeats itself.
Christians: What Would It Take to Change Your Mind?
February 7, 2013 By 174 Comments
How resilient is Christianity to contrary evidence? Does it blunder on in spite of clear evidence that its claims are false? Or are Christians eager to follow the evidence where it leads?
Christianity, the Ultimate Unfalsifiable Hypothesis
February 5, 2013 By 174 Comments
A hypothesis should be testable, including “God exists.” How honestly do Christians follow the evidence? And have they made their hypothesis unfalsifiable?
It’s a Pro-Slavery Free-For-All!
January 30, 2013 By 95 Comments
That God allows slavery in the Old Testament is one of the stickier issues Christian apologists deal with, but instead of dealing with it honestly, some want to ignore the difficult parts. Take a look at what they don’t want you to know.
A Deist Argument Is Inadequate
January 28, 2013 By 47 Comments
Consider some of the popular science-y Christian apologetics: the Cosmological, Teleological, and Design Arguments, for example. They all share a flaw that gets too little attention.
God’s Kryptonite
January 26, 2013 By 32 Comments
If anything is unchanging, God should be. But our picture of God (all powerful, omniscient, omnipresent) doesn’t represent the God you get out from the Old Testament. Back in God’s youth, he was a lot weaker than he is now. Consider two examples from the Bible.
Pushback on Abortion
January 24, 2013 By 951 Comments
My post in honor of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade has gotten a response. It’s more supportive than many Christian responses. Let’s take a look.
A Defense of Abortion Rights: The Spectrum Argument
January 22, 2013 By 388 Comments
“Abortion means the death of a baby!” That’s true only if you say that a newborn baby is no different than the single cell that it came from. But this denies a spectrum of personhood that we all acknowledge.
Argument from Design Busted!
January 21, 2013 By 17 Comments
DNA is marvelously complicated, but mere complexity can make us miss the real issues. When we examine DNA and the sloppy way it’s put together, the Argument from Design collapses.
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