Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you been waiting for my new book, “Cross Examined: An Unconventional Spiritual Journey,” in Kindle format? Wait no longer!
Christianity
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Football Christianity
Reading Time: 5 minutes Football player Tim Tebow is famous for public praise and Bible verses. But he is a billboard for more than just the run-of-the-mill Bible verses.
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Word of the Day: Shermer’s Law
Reading Time: 2 minutes Michael Shermer made a useful distinction between how we came to a belief and how we now defend that belief. Often, we came to a belief without much consideration, but if we’re forced to defend it, we won’t admit the weak justification. Rather, we’ll apply all our intellect to cobble together our best defense and then fool ourselves that that’s the reason.
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The “God is Simple” Argument
Reading Time: 2 minutes Apologists argue that God is simple. But their argument isn’t holy but full of holes.
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The Christian Message
Reading Time: < 1 minute This video from The Thinking Atheist is too good to not pass on. It gives the Christian message in a loving and sympathetic way, but this frank portrayal doesn’t make Christianity look very good. Maybe that’s why Christians don’t give frank portrayals of their religion!
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And God isn’t Good, Either
Reading Time: 6 minutes The world lost an eloquent voice with Christopher Hitchens’ death. Inspired by his book “God is Not Great,” I’d like to continue with that thought: “And God is not good, either.” Let’s take a look at the slavery, genocide, general barbarity the all-loving Creator of the universe apparently approves of.
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It’s Launch Day for my Book, Cross Examined!
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s launch day for “Cross Examined: An Unconventional Spiritual Journey”! This novel argues that if God exists, he made Reason to be used. There are many nonfiction books that discuss apologetics and many novels with atheist characters, but this may be the first novel that pulls in apologetic arguments both for and against Christianity, with the debate taking on the role of an additional character.
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Give Something Thought Provoking for Christmas
Reading Time: 2 minutes What do you get those hard-to-buy-for people on your Christmas list? Let me make a shameless plug: buy my new book! It’s a novel about the Christian/atheist debate that wrestles with the most popular apologetic arguments.
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An Atheist Ad Campaign—a Holiday Tradition!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Seattle Atheists launched a bus ad campaign for the holiday season. Several different banner ads will show ordinary people in ordinary scenes with the tag line, “1 in 4 is an atheist.”
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Jesus and Santa Claus
Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine two kids arguing about Santa. Defending Santa’s existence may be easier than you imagine. Indeed, rationalization can defend just about any belief, including belief in Jesus.