My father recently came across somebody who said… This year and every year I will remember the true reason for the season….Jesus is the reason for the season and I will continue to keep CHRIST in CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I might have been convinced had they used just one more exclamation point. Dad responded with [...]
"Dear Atheist"
December 4, 2011 By 4 Comments
I posted the transcript for Dear Christian before I gave the talk at GVSU. At the talk, a very nice believer handed me a “rebuttal” to it in paper form. It’s a bunch of snipes at evolution likely pulled from creationist web sites that doesn’t really address my talk. I’m going to respond to the [...]
What a Bunch of Whiners
December 4, 2011 By 12 Comments
Oh goodie! FAUX News is beginning its annual tradition of displaying their utter contempt for niceness by claiming victimhood when somebody wishes them well. They are informing me, once again, that when I take time out of my day to convey that I hope the holidays are good to someone instead of telling them to [...]
Got a Winner Here…
December 3, 2011 By 29 Comments
I’m busy playing Left 4 Dead 2 with the people hosting me here in Pennsylvania. But I saw this anonymous comment and can’t help sharing the lulz. You’re an idiot. Seriously. You presume “being rational” is both morally and evolutionarily superior. Yet, higher cognitive functioning is a relatively new biological adaptation. Therefore, on a geological [...]
"But My Purpose is God"
December 3, 2011 By 15 Comments
I’m getting emails and comments from believers who attended my talk at GVSU. I guess today I’ll spend some time while traveling to PA to ramble about morality to respond to some of them. The first comes in the form of a comment from Maegan. I attended your talk this past Thursday, December first, at [...]
Transcript: Dear Christian
December 1, 2011 By 29 Comments
Tonight I’ll be giving my talk Dear Christian at Grand Valley State University. I first wrote the talk for Skepticon III and ages ago I posted the transcript at Atheism Resource. Here is the transcript from the talk in full. Dear Christian, We have had several talks over the years and in every one of [...]
How Christians Disagree
December 1, 2011 By 8 Comments
Who’d have thunk it? Some people did something ridiculous because it’s god’s will. A small Pike County church has voted not to accept interracial couples as members or let them take part in some worship activities. … Members at a business meeting decided to put the matter before the whole church. Last Sunday, nine people [...]
I'll Pray For You
November 30, 2011 By 24 Comments
My dad wrote this last year. One of my favorites. There are legitimate times when people say “I’ll pray for you”, such as when you have a major calamity in your life. A simple “I appreciate your thoughts and your concern” suffices in the face of these sincere expressions of care and concern. However, there [...]
We Don't Expect Perfection
November 27, 2011 By 10 Comments
My dad penned this the other day. Thought I’d share. I read this comment on a blog the other day: “Non-Christians expect us to, I don’t know, be perfect. That is impossible as no one can do that.” I have heard this, and variations on it so much, that I wanted to address the concept. [...]
Moral Accountability
November 27, 2011 By 11 Comments
This made me smile. After almost all six presidential candidates at the Iowa Family Leader’s presidential forum had expressed fidelity to Jesus Christ and talked about rough patches in their lives, moderator Frank Luntz said, “You are so admirable in terms of character.” It was an ironic remark given the forum’s theme of morality and [...]
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