Because I haven’t tangled with presuppositional apologetics in awhile.
Is the morality of religious believers really as twisted as it often appears?
April 30, 2013 By 43 Comments
I think one of my all-time favorite atheist quotes has to be this:
What does the Bible say about sex? Less than you probably think
April 29, 2013 By 4 Comments
I wouldn’t deny for a moment that the Bible says some messed-up things about sex, including that men who have sex with men should be killed, and that if you even look at a woman the wrong way, it’s as bad as committing adultery. But I think many people would be surprised by what the [...]
My book, now available in e-reader formats!
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A reader (who I think wishes to remain anonymous, but is welcome to identify himself in the comments) very generously volunteered to take the time to convert my first book (which takes on Christian apologists over the resurrection) into a variety of e-reader formats, including EPUB (most e-readers), MOBI (for Amazon Kindle), and a couple [...]
Thoughts on religion after a year in Asia: separating “religion” from “Abrahamic monotheism”
April 24, 2013 By 8 Comments
I have now spent a year of my life in Asia. I have seen the world’s largest solid-gold Buddha statue (so shinny, I failed to take a glare-free picture of it!):
Lots of people are awful, but not everyone who disagrees with you is
April 12, 2013 By 68 Comments
The two main impetuses for this post are both already old news in the blogosphere’s short news cycle, but I think the issue is important, so here it goes:
Premillenial dispensationalism and superheroes
April 10, 2013 By 8 Comments
I have this idea for a superhero novel kicking around in my head… maybe I’ll do it for this year’s NaNoWriMo, who knows. Anyway, because I’m annoyed by the fact that it’s impossible to give an explanation of superpowers that makes any sense, part of the premise is that nobody knows why people suddenly started [...]
Russell Blackford on Sam Harris
April 9, 2013 By 9 Comments
Sam Harris (whose recent spat with Glenn Greenwald I blogged about here) has updated his response to controversy page. Russell Blackford comments:
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