20 Arguments Against Abortion, Rebutted (3 of 4)

Last updated on: February 24, 2014 at 11:05 am By Bob Seidensticker

Here are 20 responses to my pro-choice position, with my rebuttals (part 3 of 4). Read more

20 Arguments Against Abortion, Rebutted (2 of 4)

Last updated on: October 17, 2013 at 12:18 pm By Bob Seidensticker

Here are 20 responses to my pro-choice position, with my rebuttals (part 2 of 4). Read more

20 Arguments Against Abortion, Rebutted

Last updated on: December 5, 2017 at 4:22 pm By Bob Seidensticker

Here are 20 responses to my pro-choice position, with my rebuttals (part 1 of 4). Read more

Combat Myth: The Curious Story of Yahweh and the Gods Who Preceded Him

Last updated on: August 25, 2015 at 8:24 am By Bob Seidensticker

The Combat Myth is a story that varies by culture but has common themes of order conquering chaos. We’ll see the commonality on a thousand-year journey from Akkadian mythology, through Babylonian and Ugaritic mythology, and culminating in the story of Yahweh in the Old Testament Read more

How the Bible is Like Honey Boo Boo

Last updated on: October 7, 2013 at 10:39 am By Bob Seidensticker

Have you ever seen a children’s beauty pageant? Does seeing four-year-olds strutting like teenagers seem weird and out of place? That’s the problem we have when reading an Iron Age book like the Bible in our own context. Read more

What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?

Last updated on: October 4, 2013 at 10:55 am By Bob Seidensticker

God has no problem killing men, women, and children, so what’s the big deal? There’s no prohibition against abortion in the Bible. And that “thou shalt not murder” thing? It’s not even in the Ten Commandments. Read more

If Pro-Lifers Got into the Car Business . . .

Last updated on: October 2, 2013 at 5:12 pm By Bob Seidensticker

Imagine pro-life thinking applied to the car business (a fable). Read more

What the Pro-Life Position Ignores

Last updated on: September 28, 2013 at 9:20 am By Bob Seidensticker

If pregnancy wasn’t that big a deal, we could just let the pro-life movement have their way. But it is a big deal. “Just put the baby up for adoption” is remarkably ineffective, and the woman who takes an unplanned child to term is changed forever. Read more

Human Memory: Vivid Doesn’t Mean Accurate

Last updated on: September 25, 2013 at 10:28 am By Bob Seidensticker

Don’t you remember where you were on 9/11? Apologists argue that the remarkable nature of the gospel story meant that it was recorded correctly. But an example shows the dramatic difference between a vivid memory and an accurate one. Read more