Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Genesis Code

Scott Bailey (AKA Agathos) left this in the forum. (Scott hasn’t really gotten a handle on this whole internet hiatus thing yet, and I for one am glad.) The creationism debate as romantic comedy. You can also check out the … Continue reading

Posted in Creationism / ID, Videos | 84 Comments

Myth vs. Morality

I’m reading John R. Coats’ Original Sinners: Why Genesis Still Matters, (which seems to be the softcover of his “Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis”). Coats has a light touch with biblical interpretation. He isn’t delving into textual criticism … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Myth | 3 Comments

Cruise and the Mountains of Madness

You may have heard by now that director Guillermo del Toro, who directed Pan’s Labryinth, Hellboy and many other SciFi/Fantasy movies, is hoping to direct a film adaption of H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness. This even got a … Continue reading

Posted in Books, Science Fiction | 26 Comments

Bernard Schweizer and Misotheism

As atheists, we’re frequently told that we “hate God,” which seems absurd. How can we hate what we don’t believe in? But Bernard Schweizer believes that there are people who do believe in God, but don’t much care for Him. … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Books, God | 32 Comments

Quote of the Moment: James the Just

In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus names his successor: The disciples said to Jesus, “We know that you are going to leave us. Who will be our leader?” Jesus said to them, “No matter where you are you are to … Continue reading

Posted in Bible, Christianity, Quotes | 8 Comments

Ayn Rand on the Big Screen

From Dangerous Minds, I see that a movie based on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is scheduled to hit theaters in April. This is the first movie of a projected trilogy. Now that both The Lord of the Rings and Atlas … Continue reading

Posted in Philosophy, Pictures, Videos | 57 Comments

Doomsday Prophet

Here’s a video of one of Harold Camping’s followers, explaining his prediction or Armageddon: (via American Jesus) Christianity seems addicted to end times mania. I don’t think that a single year has gone by in the past two thousand years … Continue reading

Posted in Oh the Stupidity!, Videos | 37 Comments

Theories of Atonement

There’s been a lot of good discussion in the last post by Sola Ratione. I just thought I should point out one thing: the idea that the crucifixion was a blood sacrifice to obtain God’s forgiveness is not the only … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity | 25 Comments

From the Dark Side

Actually, from the forum, but I guess it amounts to the same thing. From reader DDM From reader Mahou

Posted in Humor, Pictures, Science Fiction | 6 Comments

God Has Not Forgiven Us

The following guest post was submitted by Sola Ratione. If Jesus was punished for our sins (in the sense that God’s wrath was directed toward him instead of us), then it follows that God has not forgiven us. Forgiveness Pullquote: … Continue reading

Posted in Christianity, Jesus | 162 Comments