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Christian hope has downsides. Christian hope can encourage complacency, where Christians are unmotivated to improve...

The evidence for Christianity may be lacking, but it sometimes does deliver on one promise,...

The evidence for Christianity may be lacking, but it sometimes does deliver on one promise,...

We’ve explored before the idea that the gospel story is a legend. Let’s now look...

Christians; do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments (part 5).

Christians, do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments (part 4).

We're taking baby steps toward taxing churches. Is opening churches' financial records now possible? Demanding...

Christians, do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments (part 3).

Here’s another example of a Christian apologist hindered by a misbehaving word. But don’t be...

Christians; do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments.

Christians, do us and Christendom a favor and avoid these arguments.

Can Christian apologists really wish God into existence?

The Bible uses names of people and places that archaeology has verified. Some Christians argue...

A fascinating example of how one’s environment programs how we see things demands that we...

Don’t you hate it when an everyday English word just doesn’t mean what you’d like...

Tracking animals is hard, but with much practice, a tracker can reliably find wild animals....

There’s a marvelously complicated tree of world religions that illustrates our evolving interpretations of the...

Time for a mental break? Try out these puzzles.

Christian apologists want us to accept their evidence for the divinity of Jesus. But why...

Let’s wrap up an analysis of a Christian rejection of the Problem of Evil and...

More reasons we don’t live in a world with a god: because God’s existence is...

More reasons we don't live in a world with a god: because of Shermer’s Law...

Let’s use a Christian response to the Problem of Evil to illustrate a common frustration....

What’s impossible about following Jesus’s rules? Sure, they’re strict, but we only have to follow...

The Euthyphro dilemma (where does morality come from?) is a venerable problem for the Christian...

More reasons: because doctrinal statements exist + prayer doesn’t work.

More reasons: because Christian arguments are usually deist arguments + the Bible can’t get its...

A Christian apologist looks to the New Testament to try to reclaim God’s moral mandate...

What is women’s role in religion? How does it affect them, and how does it...

In an ongoing effort to let the Bible speak for itself, consider a post by...