Monthly Archives: July 2010

Evangelicals Acting, Badly

Posted on July 16, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Daniel has already written about Ergun Caner and his “factual self contradictions.” It seems obvious now that Caner was pretending to be an ex-muslim, or perhaps exaggerating a childhood connection to Islam, in order to advance his career … Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Christianity, Hypocrisy, Islam | 25 Comments

Ancient Cosmology

Posted on July 15, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Michael Paulkner has produced this gorgeous depiction of the ancient Israelite view of the universe. You can go to his flicker stream to see it in the original size. There’s a lot more on his photostream that’s worth … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Pictures | 18 Comments

Milestones

Posted on July 15, 2010 by vorjack

Just thought you should know that as of this morning, Unreasonable Faith has received over 100,000 comments. Way to go, folks! If you decide to throw a party, just make sure you clean up all the beer bottles before Daniel … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative | 14 Comments

Bear-ism

Posted on July 15, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Over at Religion in American history, Michael Altman has some reaction to an interview with Bear Grylls, star of the Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild. When Grylls claims to be non-religious, but gets effusive about Jesus, Altman reflects: … Continue reading →

Posted in Quotes, Religion | 29 Comments

The slow death of a religious sect.

Posted on July 14, 2010 by fatemeh

News came out on Tuesday that the Church of England (CofE, what Americans would call the Episcopal Church) have decided to go ahead and ordain women bishops. To a secular person, that doesn’t seem like a big deal – gender … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Christianity, Faith, Fundamentalism, Persecution, Religion | 37 Comments

The Facts aren't Enough

Posted on July 14, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack The Boston Globe has an interesting and disheartening article about the relationship between facts and belief: Recently, a few political scientists have begun to discover a human tendency deeply discouraging to anyone with faith in the power of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Current Events, Science | 27 Comments

Jay Smooth versus Roman Polanski.

Posted on July 13, 2010 by fatemeh

Double linkage from me today, folks. In the wake of this absolute travesty of justice, I wanted to sum up my feelings about the whole Roman Polanski case – and then I remembered that Jay Smooth over at Ill Doctrine … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Videos | 14 Comments

All Apologies

Posted on July 13, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack I’m reading The Outsider Interviews – or more specifically, I’m reading the companion book to the DVD. The DVD contains the interviews proper, while the book contains essays, discussion questions and some ”making of” bits. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Current Events, Sexuality | 2 Comments

Humanizing the Messiah

Posted on July 12, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack I was reading a summary of José Saramago’s The Gospel According to Jesus Christ. In a nutshell, Jesus is a human figure who is being used by Yahweh for His own ends. He is guilt-ridden about the Massacre … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Christianity, Jesus | 13 Comments

Blog Note

Posted on July 12, 2010 by vorjack

by VorJack Daniel checked in to say that he’ll be out of touch for a week, because he’s driving across the country. He didn’t say why he was driving across the country. My theory is that he’s on the run. … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative | 22 Comments