First Podcast Appearence: A Matter Of Doubt
The guys over at A Matter of Doubt had me in as a guest on their show, and I had the opportunity to share the story of my deconversion, including the backstory. This is detailed in an older blog...
View ArticleThe Problem of Moderation
Benny Hinn, Healing the Sick in India On Fridays, I typically examine one to two logical fallacies from a recent news story, but this week I want to continue my discussion on the No True Scotsman, and...
View ArticleThe Christian God Hates Humans
We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. -Gene Roddenberry Meet Damon Thompson: Pastor,...
View ArticleThe Insidiousness of Perverting Sexuality
I came across a blog article today from a fundamentalist Christian entitled, “Never Have I Ever: Uncovering Promiscuity,” and took a few moments to read it. I come from a background where the ideas...
View ArticleThe Fight Continues: Kansas Considering Bill To Protect Doctors who...
Doctors Who Lie Cannot Be Sued Under New Law Kansas’ state house of representatives is slated to vote on a bill Wednesday that would impose sweeping changes to abortions done in the state. In what...
View ArticleLord, Liar, Lunatic, Literal 3: Let’s Make a Resurrection Legend
Part 1: The gospels, Synoptics, and Birth Part 2: Josephus and the Talmud Part 3: The Resurrection Legend I’ve explained elsewhere (part 1) why I don’t accept the gospels as eyewitness documentation,...
View ArticleChristian Billboard: Beautiful Message, Ignorant Theology
In my own journey towards intellectual freedom, one driving factor was present, even through my Christian years: truth. To borrow some of the decent wisdom of the Bible, Proverbs 12:17 Whoever...
View ArticleIndigestion, Confirmation Bias, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Bad Spaghetti Last night, my girlfriend cooked her gluten-free spaghetti, along with some pretty tasty ground turkey , shrooms and sauce. Problem is, something in the whole shabang gave us both...
View ArticleProving God Wrong: Why Believers are Fundamentally Incorrigible
Last week, I discussed the idea of confirmation bias and its influence on prayer and belief, which led me eventually to the idea that God is never wrong. This is an important concept, that I feel as...
View ArticleThe Disconnect Between Religious Values and Conclusions
I was accused in conversation of being a ‘moral atheist,’ by a theist who presumably recognizes the fact that despite the consistent claims of the Bible, it is possible to be both moral and without...
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