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September 23, 2016
Christianity Needs Promotion, Like Soft Drinks
Would you spend unpaid time helping a soda company increase its market share? If not,...
September 21, 2016
Bible Prophecies: Fulfilled or Fail? (Part 2 of 4)
Let’s continue our critique of 13 prophecies from Hugh Ross of the Reasons to Believe...
September 19, 2016
Bible Prophecies: Fulfilled or Fail?
Lots of sources brag about the hundreds or even thousands of “fulfilled prophecies” in the...
September 16, 2016
Bible Interpretation? It Works Like the Paul-is-Dead Rumor.
Have you heard of the clues in the Abbey Road album about Paul McCartney being...
September 14, 2016
Why a Single Human Cell is Not a Baby
Many pro-life advocates say that it’s a “baby” or “person” from newborn all the way...
September 12, 2016
My Visit to Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park
I visited the famous Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park in London. It wasn’t quite what...
September 09, 2016
Armageddon Within Our Lifetime? (2 of 2)
Are conditions really deteriorating, with signs of the apocalypse visible to those wise enough to...
September 07, 2016
Armageddon Within Our Lifetime?
What fraction of Americans believe that we’re nearing the end? Perhaps a lot more than...
September 05, 2016
A God-Created World Would Look Like a ’60s Family Sitcom
Christians must defend the messed-up world that God gave us, and sometimes they push back...
September 02, 2016
The Leaky Noah’s Ark Tale (2 of 2)
Some concluding thoughts about the Noah story: the original protagonist (it wasn’t Noah), a critique...
August 2016
August 31, 2016
The Leaky Noah’s Ark Tale
Put aside your skepticism and take the Noah’s flood story seriously, as most Americans do....
August 29, 2016
Illogic of the Garden of Eden Story (2 of 2)
Let’s wrap up our look at the Garden of Eden story by looking at the...
August 26, 2016
Illogic of the Garden of Eden Story
Far more Americans take the Garden of Eden story as history than you might imagine....
August 24, 2016
Never Quote a Bible Verse (and 7 Examples Where Christians Forget This Advice)
A Christian apologist gives good advice about never reading a Bible verse without reading it...
August 22, 2016
How Long from Original New Testament Books to Oldest Copies?
Consider the time gap from the original of each book in the New Testament to...
August 19, 2016
“A Universe That’s Understandable Points to God,” but How Understandable Is the Universe?
Christian apologists point to a universe that is understandable by physics, mathematics, and other disciplines...
August 17, 2016
Religion in Public Schools: What Does the First Amendment Allow?
What do you do when faced with a law that seems to be ignorant of...
August 15, 2016
Bible Reading in Schools: Still Illegal After Half a Century
Bible reading in public schools was declared illegal 50 years ago, but we can’t rest...
August 12, 2016
The Most Powerful Argument Against Christianity (3 of 3)
The most powerful argument against Christianity is the Problem of Divine Hiddenness. God wants to...
August 11, 2016
The Most Powerful Argument Against Christianity (2 of 3)
The most powerful argument against Christianity is the Problem of Divine Hiddenness. God wants to...
August 10, 2016
The Most Powerful Argument Against Christianity
The most powerful argument against Christianity is the Problem of Divine Hiddenness. God wants to...
August 08, 2016
Criticizing the Logic of the Atonement (2 of 2)
Where we conclude our critique of a Christian defense of the idea that the sacrifice...
August 05, 2016
Contradictions to the Trinity in the Bible
The definition of the Trinity is clear about the equality in majesty of the three...
August 03, 2016
Criticizing the Logic of the Atonement
Jesus died for our sins to reconcile us with God? Let’s consider some of the...
August 01, 2016
How Does Prayer Work? And What Does that Say About God?
An “ask and you will receive” kind of prayer that doesn’t work that way is...
July 2016
July 29, 2016
Movie Review: Ray Comfort’s “The Atheist Delusion”
Take the Ray Comfort challenge and see if you’re still an atheist. He claims, “Atheism...
July 27, 2016
25 Stupid Arguments Christians Should Avoid (Part 12)
Christians, do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these stupid arguments (part 12).
July 25, 2016
What Does “God” Mean? The Answer Undercuts the Concept of the Trinity.
Aren’t we missing a fourth name? Father + Son + Holy Spirit = whom? Here’s...
July 23, 2016
“Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously” as Reasonable as the Trinity
Muslims have it figured out: there is no god but Allah. That’s it. But it...
July 21, 2016
13 More Puzzles
Here are some more puzzles. You think the last batch was easy? See how you...
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