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November 11, 2011
On 11/11/11, Let’s Crank it to 11!
You only get one Spinal Tap day every century—11/11/11—and today is it. Spinal Tap was...
November 09, 2011
An Inept Attempt to Defang the Problem of Evil
Christian apologist Greg Kokul tries to turn the tables on the atheist who proposes the...
November 07, 2011
The Moon Isn’t Made of Green Cheese … Is It?
We all know that the moon isn’t made of green cheese. But is this knowledge...
November 05, 2011
Word of the Day: Deepity
A deepity is basically the opposite of a profundity. A deepity is a statement that,...
November 04, 2011
A Powerful Defense of Reason … or Maybe Not
Some Christians argue both sides of the reason issue. Is it God’s greatest gift or...
November 02, 2011
10 Reasons to Just Say Nay to the Naysayer Hypothesis
We’re told that the gospel story must be true because, if it weren’t, eyewitnesses at...
October 2011
October 31, 2011
Welcome the World’s 7 Billionth Citizen
Today, the world gets its seven billionth citizen. The Quiverfull movement, popular among some Christian...
October 30, 2011
No Apologies or even Admission of Failure from Camping
Harold Camping’s Family Radio has scrubbed its web site of any reference to its humiliating...
October 29, 2011
Cartoon: Mythology and Science Just Don’t Mix
Cartoon: Genetics meets the Adam 'n Eve story, and it's like salt on a slug.
October 28, 2011
The Bible Shows Why Prayer Doesn’t Work
I’ve figured out why prayer doesn’t work! The clues are all within a single book...
October 26, 2011
Tribulations of Leaving Religion
You can leave a company with two weeks’ notice. You can leave a club by...
October 24, 2011
Christianity Can Rot Your Brain
God commands a lot of genocide in the Bible. Apparently feeling compelled to justify the...
October 22, 2011
Word of the Day: Hoare’s Dictum
A computer science pioneer makes a point about simplicity in software that also applies to...
October 21, 2011
End of the World (Again)
I’ve enjoyed it, but this is the last day for this blog. That’s because this...
October 19, 2011
How Religious are Americans? Not as Much as You Think.
Americans are famously religious when compared to other countries in the West. But new studies...
October 17, 2011
Contradictions in the Resurrection Account
How many days did Jesus teach after his resurrection? Was it 40 days as Acts...
October 13, 2011
Atheist Toast
Even squinting, you can't see anything special in this toast.
October 13, 2011
Televangelists Prove Prayer Is Useless
Televangelist TV is one long infomercial that always ends with a direct appeal in two...
October 12, 2011
Lee Strobel’s Fragile Argument
Lee Strobel imagines that he takes a tough journalistic attitude to the Christian message and...
October 11, 2011
Stephen Hawking Speaks
Stephen Hawking inspired an excellent and approachable video that explains the Big Bang and why...
October 10, 2011
Escape from the Creation Conference (2 of 2)
I attended a local Creationism conference and made it out to tell the tale (part...
October 07, 2011
Faith Shows the Emperor has No Clothes
Defending an invisible God and celebrating faith is exactly what Christians would do if their...
October 07, 2011
Bungling the Facts Behind Evolution
Is it reasonable for politicians to question science? A defense falls short.
October 05, 2011
“I Used to be an Atheist, Just Like You”
I can believe that you used to be an atheist. It’s the “just like you”...
October 04, 2011
I Survived the Creation Conference (1 of 2)
I attended a local Creationism conference and made it out to tell the tale (part...
October 03, 2011
Confused Thinking About Homosexuality
An online Christian ministry has a long argument against homosexuality and same-sex marriage that needs...
September 2011
September 30, 2011
Christianity is Self-Defeating
The book of Exodus gives God’s demand that the Jews stick with their own kind...
September 28, 2011
Jesus and Aliens
Consider belief in Jesus and belief in space aliens. Which one is nuttier?
September 27, 2011
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September 26, 2011
Why Worry About a God That Isn’t There?
You don’t call yourself an a-unicornist. Or an a-Santaist. Why call yourself an a-theist?
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