Silver-Bullet Argument #27: Christianity Is Full of Symbolism

Last updated on: November 7, 2019 at 9:05 am By Bob Seidensticker

Jesus as a lamb, forty years of wandering in the desert, original sin, the rainbow after the Flood—these are symbols. Is there a God with a message? If so, he’d present it without embellishment. Read more

Not Even Hitler Can Help This Christian Argument

Last updated on: November 1, 2019 at 9:55 am By Bob Seidensticker

Christian apologists sometimes argue for objective moral wrong by pointing to the Holocaust as an example. With a little thought, however, that argument turns out to be very embarrassing for the Christian position. Read more

Prayer: Because Jesus Already Knows What You Want, He Just Wants to Hear You Beg

Last updated on: October 29, 2019 at 1:51 pm By Bob Seidensticker

A Christian apologist has found a clever prayer meme. Instead of actually responding to it, though, he wants to show the atheist why the challenge is malformed. Read more

How Much Faith to Be an Atheist? Geisler and Turek’s Moral Argument (4 of 4).

Last updated on: October 25, 2019 at 12:47 pm By Bob Seidensticker

Let's wrap up our look at the moral argument in Geisler and Turek's popular Christian apologetic book “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” (concluded). Read more

How Much Faith to Be an Atheist? Geisler and Turek’s Moral Argument (3 of 4).

Last updated on: October 25, 2019 at 12:53 pm By Bob Seidensticker

We continue exploring the moral argument in Geisler and Turek's popular Christian apologetic book “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” (3 of 4) Read more

How Much Faith to Be an Atheist? Geisler and Turek’s Moral Argument (2 of 4).

Last updated on: October 22, 2019 at 3:31 pm By Bob Seidensticker

We continue exploring the moral argument in Norm Geisler and Frank Turek's book "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" (part 2) Read more

How Much Faith to Be an Atheist? Geisler and Turek’s Moral Argument.

Last updated on: October 19, 2019 at 1:05 pm By Bob Seidensticker

More from Geisler and Turek's "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist." This time, a critique of their Moral Law argument. Read more

What Is Anti-Gay Speech? And How Protected Should it Be? (3 of 3)

Last updated on: October 13, 2019 at 2:41 pm By Bob Seidensticker

Seyi Omooba is a British actress whose Christian criticism of homosexuality came back to bite her. (Part 1 here.) Who hurt whom? Let’s review to see who hurt whom and if injury could’ve been prevented. This is my evaluation (and the more I write, the more subtleties appear), so feel free to add comments with corrections or different approaches. Seyi Omooba put up a Christian anti-gay Facebook post five years ago. This year, someone uncovered it and showed it to... Read more

What Is Anti-Gay Speech? And How Protected Should it Be? (2 of 3)

Last updated on: February 1, 2020 at 11:57 am By Bob Seidensticker

How are free speech rights balanced against anti-gay bigotry? Let’s continue with the Seyi Omooba theater case, looking at it from another angle and summarizing what the Bible actually says about homosexuality. Read more

What Is Anti-Gay Speech? And How Protected Should it Be?

Last updated on: October 11, 2019 at 4:31 pm By Bob Seidensticker

A British actress made an anti-gay Facebook post and was fired from an upcoming production. She is suing the theater. How are free speech rights balanced against anti-gay bigotry? Read more

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