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February 27, 2016
Alternative Medicine, Bible Style: Jesus’s Bizarre Approach to Medicine
Look at the different kinds of healing miracles Jesus does in the gospels. Are they...
February 25, 2016
The Limits of Open Mindedness in Debates on Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion
A Republican senator reversed himself on same-sex marriage and now supports it. What causes a...
February 22, 2016
What Would it Look Like If Faith Healers Really Healed?
Faith healers claim to act as God’s intermediary, a reliable antenna that can speed your...
February 19, 2016
Why Does the Bible Have No Recipe for Soap?
Soap wasn’t known to the ancients, but it’s not hard to make. Why do we...
February 17, 2016
Five Christian Principles Used to Give the Bible a Pass (2 of 2)
Bold claims are made about the Bible, that it has no contradictions, and that it’s...
February 15, 2016
Five Christian Principles Used to Give the Bible a Pass
“Hold on now, that’s a difficult verse! We have to take it slow.” You’ve heard...
February 13, 2016
Christians’ Damning Refuge in “Difficult Verses”
Have you ever discussed some unpleasantness in the Bible only to hear that we need...
February 11, 2016
Does Secularism Have a Debt to Christianity?
A popular article argues that all of us—atheists, too—owe a great debt to Christianity. It...
February 09, 2016
The Election-Year Issue No One Is Talking About
The economy, terrorism, gun control, health care—Americans have a lot on their minds in this...
February 06, 2016
Yeah, but Christianity Built Universities and Hospitals! (2 of 2)
What has Christianity done for society? We’ve recently explored the claims that Christianity was behind...
February 04, 2016
An Honest Way for Christians to Separate Fact From Fiction
Imagine throwing your Net of Truth into the water. You want to pull up truth...
February 02, 2016
The US Constitution Founded on the Bible? Guess Again.
The U.S. Constitution is secular, which provides protection to both atheists and believers, but this...
January 2016
January 29, 2016
If Sports Fandom Is Just a Cultural Trait, Why Isn’t Religion?
Religion and sports both have important dates throughout the calendar. They both have sacred designs...
January 27, 2016
10 Reasons to Not Believe Christianity Until You Believe in Aliens
The Christian accepts the claims of the gospels. Contrast this with another claim: that aliens...
January 25, 2016
Response To an Angry Christian (2 of 2)
Let’s wrap up our analysis of a Catholic blogger’s rant against atheism. He gives us...
January 22, 2016
Yeah, but Christianity Built Universities and Hospitals!
What has Christianity done for society? Christians will quickly respond that they were pioneers in...
January 20, 2016
Response To an Angry Christian
A Catholic blogger claims to have distilled atheists’ arguments down to just two. And he’s...
January 15, 2016
The Bible: a Pro-Slavery Free-For-All!
That God allows slavery in the Old Testament is one of the stickier issues Christian...
January 13, 2016
Guest Post: Still Waiting for Jesus
A former Evangelical explains how understanding the apocalyptic claims of Jesus toppled his faith.
January 11, 2016
William Lane Craig Misrepresents Christianity and Insults Islam (2 of 2)
In part 1, we considered William Lane Craig’s childishly flawed defense of the Trinity. Now...
January 08, 2016
William Lane Craig Misrepresents Christianity and Insults Islam
William Lane Craig compares Christianity against Islam and argues that the Trinitarian Christian god is...
January 06, 2016
Biblical Polytheism
Have you come across enigmatic verses where God seems to be one of many? The...
January 04, 2016
Games Creationists Play: 7 Tricks to Watch Out For
Suppose you’re a conservative politician and you want to pick and choose your science based...
January 01, 2016
2015 Predictions: How Did the Christian Psychics Do?
Every year, tabloid magazines give psychics’ predictions for that year. And every year, those predictions...
December 2015
December 30, 2015
Hey, GOP Candidates! Want to Reject Science Without Looking Like a Troglodyte?
That pesky scientific consensus gets in the way so often that conservatives often prefer to...
December 28, 2015
Atheists: What Would It Take to Change YOUR Mind?
Listen up, atheists! What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. We’ve asked...
December 23, 2015
Dating the Gospels: Harder than You Might Think (2 of 2)
We’ve looked at conservative Christians’ early dating of the gospels. Now let’s consider scholars' consensus...
December 21, 2015
Dating the Gospels: Harder than You Might Think
Different groups of Bible fans use different dates for the writing of the gospels. Consider...
December 18, 2015
Christians: Can ANYTHING Change Your Mind?
How impervious is Christianity to contrary evidence? Does it blunder on in spite of clear...
December 16, 2015
Religions Continue to Diverge—What Does that Tell Us?
Christianity has tens of thousands of denominations and unaffiliated congregations and counting. The grounds are...
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