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May 2013

May 16, 2013
Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox is an energetic defender of Christianity, but a recent interview...
May 15, 2013
Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox is an energetic defender of Christianity, but a recent interview...
May 13, 2013
Pick an important leader in any field. Now imagine a detailed history that omits that...
May 10, 2013
Americans are famously religious when compared to other countries in the West. But new studies...
May 08, 2013
Some Christian history revisionists eagerly claim biblical precedents for the pioneering rights that the U.S....
May 06, 2013
Religions walk a fine line between promising too little and promising too much. Too little...
May 04, 2013
Research from neuroscience and physics show that there is no good reason to imagine that...
May 02, 2013
Prayer is easy. Doing something is hard. Let’s be adults and realize that prayer does...
May 01, 2013
The National Day of Prayer approacheth, which means that it’s a good time to critique...

April 2013

April 29, 2013
Dan Fincke, philosopher and atheist blogger, is offering private philosophy classes.
April 26, 2013
Televangelists always ask for your prayers, but they always ask for lots of cash as...
April 26, 2013
Comments on the new commenting system for Patheos blogs.
April 24, 2013
The Bible makes clear what God thinks of genocide. Apologist William Lane Craig attempts a...
April 22, 2013
We’re told, “The atheist borrows from the Christian worldview!” But dig into this claim, and...
April 21, 2013
Do you seek out conversations with people who don’t share your religious views? Here’s a...
April 19, 2013
I recently attended the same-sex wedding of a friend, so I was particularly interested to...
April 17, 2013
I have a tenuous connection with the Boston Marathon because I watched a few finishes...
April 15, 2013
A rabbi tries but fails to understand atheists’ anger. Let’s take a look at his...
April 12, 2013
Dinesh D’Souza is perplexed by those darn angry atheists. What’s got atheists so worked up?...
April 10, 2013
The apostle Paul claims that 500 people saw Jesus alive after his crucifixion. This claim...
April 08, 2013
This chapter in Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth makes perhaps Paul’s clearest summary...
April 05, 2013
What are we to make of the Shroud of Turin? Is it a miracle or...
April 03, 2013
In the list of atheists who’ve noisily turned their backs on atheism, philosopher Antony Flew...
April 01, 2013
I gotta admit—the Prodigal Son story is one of the good ones. The love and...

March 2013

March 29, 2013
Mythology has many precedents to the story of the resurrection of Jesus. Let’s look at...
March 27, 2013
Apologists love to bring up the women at the tomb. Women weren’t reliable witnesses in...
March 25, 2013
Jesus performs miracles in the Bible, but are they really all that impressive? Compare them...
March 22, 2013
How many days did Jesus teach after his resurrection? Was it 40 days as Acts...
March 20, 2013
Look at the different healing miracles Jesus does in the gospels. Are they any more...
March 18, 2013
A Republican senator reversed himself on same-sex marriage and now supports it. What causes a...
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