OK, so I left the word “pendant” out of the title. Steve Caruso is holding a giveaway on the Aramaic NT site. Click through to enter! Read more
OK, so I left the word “pendant” out of the title. Steve Caruso is holding a giveaway on the Aramaic NT site. Click through to enter! Read more
Henry Neufeld writes: We tend to defend the things we believe. We even tend to defend the things we want to believe. But if we are going to claim to be critical—and I think that’s a good thing to be—then we need to be critical all the time. That will mean that many of the theories that we espouse must be espoused tentatively, with the knowledge that we could be wrong, and the expectation that in many cases we will be.... Read more
Ray Comfort is a famous charlatan peddling young-earth creationism. This video illustrates the dishonesty that is used by these sorts of folks, and why I consider their deceitful tactics incompatible with Christianity. HT Pharyngula The irony is that Comfort is using this tactic to make a point about morality! But the same sort of selective editing and twisting of meaning is involved when he presents scientific information. If you have fallen into the deceitful con of young-earth creationists, please fact-check... Read more
This image was shared on the God of Evolution Facebook page: It is only because most fundamentalists do not know their own history that young-earth creationists have managed to dupe so many into believing that they are defending historic Christianity. They are not even defending historic fundamentalism. B. B. Warfield was one of the authors who contributed to The Fundamentals, the books that gave fundamentalism its name. John Hobbins wrote a blog post on this a few years ago. Read more
This is from a recent post on the blog Leaving Fundamentalism: From Marianne Talbot, I have learned a useful expression: a self-sealing argument. This is an argument which cannot be refuted, because it doesn’t allow any counter-argument. Almost every fundamentalist argument is self-sealing. This is why, in the end, I concluded that fundamentalism couldn’t possibly be true. Some will accuse me of scientism for this, but I concluded that unless a belief is testable, there’s no point holding it. All... Read more
This cartoon makes a serious point. Deciphering the nuances of ancient communication, in particular things like humor, is challenging. Read more
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Even imaginary philosophies and religions have trouble avoiding all contradictions. HT Tom Verenna on Facebook Read more
I was assisting one of the librarians at Butler University with evaluating the reference books in religion, when I came across this volume: There’s actually a book Who’s Who in Hell? One that covers not only the deceased but also people who are still alive? I quickly opened it to look up under McGrath – and am pleased to be able to provide photographic evidence that I am not in there! In case you can’t see the title on the... Read more
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