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July 31, 2017
9 Arguments Christians Give Against Same-Sex Marriage
Another month, another article whining about same-sex marriage. Let’s run their arguments through the wood...
July 28, 2017
Scholarly Consensus for the Resurrection? Not Really.
Gary Habermas is well known for his case for the resurrection of Jesus. He says...
July 26, 2017
Christians’ Secret Weapon Against Same-Sex Marriage
A Christian thinks he has the argument to make the public realize that homosexuality is...
July 24, 2017
Guest Post: The Disparity Between Religion and Reason
What drives Christian belief? Is it evidence and logic, as many Christians say? Here’s a...
July 21, 2017
Evolution is Crazy, Says Man Who Thinks the Earth Was Created 6000 Years Ago, All the Animals Were Saved on a Boat Built by a 600-yo Noah, and our Loving Creator Drowned Everyone
Let's revisit the famous Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham debate. What were Ken Ham's points,...
July 19, 2017
The Bible’s Shortsighted View of the Universe
Saul Steinberg’s famous view of the world from a New Yorker’s standpoint is similar to...
July 17, 2017
Christianity’s Unbroken Record of Failure
Christianity makes big claims. When you actually look for evidence for these claims, however, you...
July 14, 2017
Why Is the Universe Comprehensible?
Why is the universe comprehensible? A primate doesn’t need to be able to understand calculus...
July 12, 2017
Is God the Good Guy or the Bad Guy?
God is good? How do you know? Some Christians have ceded their ability to judge,...
July 10, 2017
God is Always the Worst Explanation: 8 Reasons (2 of 2)
Life has big questions, but “God” is always the worst answer (part 2).
July 08, 2017
God is Always the Worst Explanation: 8 Reasons
Life has big questions, but “God” is always the worst answer.
July 03, 2017
Spectrum Argument for Abortion, Revisited
The spectrum argument is my primary focus in the discussion on abortion. It gives a...
June 2017
June 29, 2017
Make Your Very Own Prophecy (That Actually Comes True!)
Explore the very low standards some Christians have for Bible prophecies by seeing how to...
June 26, 2017
Christian Magic Doesn’t Work if You Don’t Believe It
Several martial arts masters claim to be able to defeat opponents with energy, not punches....
June 22, 2017
Christians: Why You Need an Atheist Speaker at Your Next Conference
Christian conferences are often an echo chamber of reassurance and elementary arguments. Do they effectively...
June 19, 2017
Forget the Cambrian Explosion—Here’s a SERIOUS Biodiversity Event
Intelligent Design advocates love the Cambrian Explosion. Yes, the Cambrian explosion was remarkable, but it’s...
June 15, 2017
Morality’s Ruby Slippers
Christianity makes a grand show of giving us morality, meaning, and purpose. But it simply...
June 12, 2017
Does Christianity Lead to a Better Society?
How often have we heard that a Christian society is a better society? This is...
June 08, 2017
Oral Tradition and the Game of Telephone: A. N. Sherwin-White’s Famous Quote
The Jesus story spread widely in the decades after his death, and only then was...
June 05, 2017
A Defense of Premarital Sex
The gulf between the ages of sexual maturity and first marriage has become dramatically wider....
June 01, 2017
Argument for God from Differential Equations
In which your humble host attempts to create a new argument for God.
May 2017
May 29, 2017
You Know the Photo that Came with Your New Wallet? God Is Like That.
God is like the wallet photo of the smiling model. You could say that that’s...
May 27, 2017
The World Will End Soon! Again! (2 of 2)
John Hagee’s “Four Blood Moons” claims to tap into cosmic truth, but it’s just more...
May 24, 2017
Christians’ Secret Weapon Against Evolution (2 of 2)
Christian apologist Greg Koukl rejects evolution, and he gives three reasons why. He seems to...
May 22, 2017
Christians’ Secret Weapon Against Evolution (1 of 2)
Christian Creationists can’t win the scientific argument against evolution, so they advance their argument as...
May 19, 2017
The World Will End Soon! Again!
Predicting the end of the world is a popular pastime in some Christian circles. Pastor...
May 17, 2017
The Frustration of Arguing with Christians
Here’s a comparison that I think illustrates both the frustration of arguing with Christians and...
May 15, 2017
Guest Post: Thinking My Way Out of Religion
My own journey out of religion was easy—I stopped going to church when I left...
May 12, 2017
A Dozen Responses to the Transcendental Argument for God (3 of 3)
The Transcendental Argument is one of the popular weighty arguments in support of God. It’s...
May 10, 2017
Movie Review: “Is Genesis History?” (Part 4)
A just-released documentary attempts to give young-earth Creationists scientific rationalization for conclusions that come from...
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