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September 03, 2012
What Makes a Good Prophecy (and Why Bible Prophecies Aren’t)
What makes a good prophecy? We all have a decent idea and are not taken...
August 2012
August 31, 2012
Do We REALLY Trust in God?
Is it really true that “In God we trust”? With what do we trust him?...
August 29, 2012
Probability Proves Bible Prophecy (or Not)
In which we critique a popular analysis of the probability of Jesus prophecies coming true...
August 27, 2012
Clueless John the Baptist
Throughout the gospels we read snippets about John the Baptist. Put them all together, and...
August 25, 2012
Dr Johnson: Dunning-Kruger Effect
Has it ever seemed to you that less competent people rate their competence higher than...
August 24, 2012
Christianity’s Bogus Claims to Answer Life’s Big Questions
Religion claims to be able to answer life’s big questions, but Science does as well....
August 22, 2012
The Parable of the Professor and the Rocks
A little story about life's priorities.
August 20, 2012
Who Cares About Darwin?
Charles Darwin was a giant force within biology, but I don’t care what he wrote....
August 18, 2012
Dr Johnson: Extraordinary Claims and Extraordinary Evidence
Carl Sagan popularized the aphorism, “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Apologist Greg Koukl (Stand to...
August 17, 2012
Why Map of World Religions but not World Science?
A map of world religions shows that, in contrast to science, religious answers to life’s...
August 15, 2012
The Powerful “Like What?” Test
A plausible natural explanation beats the supernatural explanation. But even when you have an implausible...
August 13, 2012
World Premiere: The Magician’s Twin
I attended the premiere of the Discovery Institute’s new video about C.S. Lewis and science....
August 11, 2012
Dr Johnson: Abiogenesis and Panspermia
Richard Dawkins has been lampooned in Creationist circles for his reference to panspermia as a...
August 10, 2012
Who Would Die for a Lie? (2 of 2)
This is the second part of a dissection of the apologetic “Who would die for...
August 08, 2012
Who Would Die for a Lie? (1 of 2)
Apologists like to point to the deaths of the apostles and ask, “Who would die...
August 07, 2012
Post #1
I'm Bob Seidensticker, the blogger behind Cross Examined, and I'd like to introduce myself to...
August 04, 2012
God’s Diminishing Power
Is it just me, or have demonstrations of God’s power waned over time? From creating...
August 01, 2012
Dr Johnson: Legend, Myth, and More
How are legend and myth different? Doctrine and dogma? Religion and superstition? Let’s try to...
July 2012
July 30, 2012
OK, Smart Guy—YOU Tell Us What Happened
I don’t find the Christian story compelling. That the gospel story is literally true is...
July 27, 2012
The Evolving Jesus Story
The gospel story grew with time, and the New Testament books themselves record this evolution.
July 25, 2012
Dr Johnson: The Angel of Mons
Sure, legend can creep into a story—William Tell, King Arthur, and Robin Hood might have...
July 23, 2012
How Decades of Oral Tradition Produced the Gospels
We delude ourselves when we imagine that the Jesus story was transferred from person to...
July 20, 2012
Is Mark an Eyewitness Account?
How do we know that Mark wrote Mark? Why believe the claims that Mark documented...
July 18, 2012
Project Reason Video Contest
Project Reason's annual video contest has six short, pithy videos. Here's my favorite.
July 16, 2012
Word of the Day: Atheist’s Wager
Pascal’s Wager is a popular apologetic. Let’s turn that on its head to see if...
July 13, 2012
Infinity—Nothing to Trifle With (2 of 2)
Some apologists toss around the idea of infinity easily and comfortably. If they understood some...
July 12, 2012
Infinity—Nothing to Trifle With
Some apologists toss around the idea of infinity easily and comfortably. If they understood some...
July 04, 2012
Gay Marriage Inevitable?
Same-sex marriage seems inevitable. If we assume that, how should the church respond? (And how...
July 02, 2012
Witch Hunts, Sex Scandals, and the Atheist Community
I’m a big fan of The Amazing Meeting. I’ve been to several of these skeptics...
June 2012
June 28, 2012
The Truth of the Bible
The Bible has far more manuscript copies than any book from history, and Christians claim...
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