End of the World (Again)

October 21, 2011 By 33 Comments

I’ve enjoyed it, but this is the last day for this blog. That’s because this is the last day for everything. Yes, today is another in a long list of dates for the end of the world. But remember: celebrate sensibly! (Because tomorrow just might come after all …)

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How Religious are Americans? Not as Much as You Think.

October 19, 2011 By 18 Comments

Americans are famously religious when compared to other countries in the West. But new studies have peeked behind the curtain to determine how religious Americans really are. It turns out that they’re not as religious as we thought, and that raises a new question.

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Contradictions in the Resurrection Account

October 17, 2011 By 40 Comments

How many days did Jesus teach after his resurrection? Was it 40 days as Acts says or less than one as Luke says? Matthew writes about an earthquake that opened graves and sent reanimated corpses walking around Jerusalem. Why didn’t the other gospels write about this remarkable event? These and many more contradictions make us wonder if the gospel account is history or merely legend.

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Atheist Toast

October 13, 2011 By 4 Comments

Even squinting, you can’t see anything special in this toast.

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Televangelists Prove Prayer Is Useless

October 13, 2011 By 13 Comments

Televangelist TV is one long infomercial that always ends with a direct appeal in two parts: (1) please pray for us and (2) please send lots of cash. But why bother with the request for money? Who cares about donations when you can get help from the creator of the universe?

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Lee Strobel’s Fragile Argument

October 12, 2011 By 7 Comments

Lee Strobel imagines that he takes a tough journalistic attitude to the Christian message and that evidence shows it to be correct. But a little investigation shows that his case is flimsy.

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Stephen Hawking Speaks

October 11, 2011 By 13 Comments

Stephen Hawking inspired an excellent and approachable video that explains the Big Bang and why Science has no need for a Creator.

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Escape from the Creation Conference (2 of 2)

October 10, 2011 By 7 Comments

I attended a local Creationism conference and made it out to tell the tale (part 2 of 2).

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Faith Shows the Emperor has No Clothes

October 7, 2011 By 17 Comments

Defending an invisible God and celebrating faith is exactly what Christians would do if their religion were manmade. Faith is always the last resort. If there were convincing evidence, Christians would be celebrating that, not faith.

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Bungling the Facts Behind Evolution

October 7, 2011 By 31 Comments

Is it reasonable for politicians to question science? A defense falls short.

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“I Used to be an Atheist, Just Like You”

October 5, 2011 By 168 Comments

I can believe that you used to be an atheist. It’s the “just like you” part that I’m having a problem with. If you’d been just like me, you wouldn’t make apologetic arguments to which I have an immediate rebuttal.

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I Survived the Creation Conference (1 of 2)

October 4, 2011 By 51 Comments

I attended a local Creationism conference and made it out to tell the tale (part 1 of 2).

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