Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi and welcome back! It’s very nearly Christmas, that special, magical time of year when Christians celebrate the arrival on Earth of their god’s future human sacrifice. Oh wait. I mean, the birth of their savior. As you might guess, I don’t consider this myth nearly as admirable as the vast majority of Christians do. Today, […]
Original Sin
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Pearced Off! #12 – Nonsensical Theology: Adam, Eve & the Two-Horned Dilemma
Reading Time: < 1 minute I am running a series of the old podcast segments from my Pearced Off! section of the Skepticule Podcast (a British skepticism-based podcast now on hiatus) that I used to contribute to. Some of the earlier ones have some quieter audio. Apologies. They run at around ten minutes. Something to keep you company outside of Netflix and the news… […]
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Not Seeing OmniGod through Philosophy and Logic: Adam & Eve
Reading Time: 2 minutes Introductory spiel: One of my more recent books, Not Seeing God: Atheism in the 21st Century (UK), has a plethora of gems in it for the reader and a smorgasbord of variety. It was a labour of love and was particularly rewarding due to the fact that so many great writers had been involved in the production of […]
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On Original Sin – answering Thomas L. McDonald
Reading Time: 16 minutes I was some years back sent a link to Thomas L. McDonald’s piece “The Origin of Man, Original Sin, and Why It’s All Your Fault” on his Patheos blog (that now seems broken, a link to it elsewhere is here). I will set out what I wrote a few years back on this, again, for the benefit […]
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Adam & Eve as a Two Horned Dilemma; God as Morally Culpable
Reading Time: 3 minutes Adam and Eve present a real problem, a thorn in the side of believing Christians. There is a two horned problem of using Adam and Eve as representative of humanity. If they are just like humanity and fail as a result, then God has badly designed humanity to fail. If they are not representative of […]
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The Immorality of the Atonement – The Idea that God Wants Blood
Reading Time: 6 minutes Here is another piece, this time on the atonement and sin, from a friend who supplies adverts and what have you to the Free Inquiry magazine amongst others. He has a special interest in the fascinating life of Robert Ingersoll.
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Counter-apologetics on Original Sin, Adam and Eve, the Westboro Baptist Church etc available now!
Reading Time: < 1 minute I, as you may well know, contribute to the Skepticule podcast by recording a counter-apologetics segment for them, Pearced Off. My segment is always followed by an interesting discussion of ideas brought up by the ‘panel’ of Pauls. Here are the latest offerings: Skepticule 50 – When just about enough evidence to believe is equivalent […]
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Adam, Eve, Original Sin, Faulty Design and God’s Moral Culpability
Reading Time: 17 minutes I give regular counter-apologetic podcast segments to the Skepticule podcast and my last one has provoked some interesting debate online in certain forums. Here is my essential case: My segment this week will be a simple one on Adam and Eve and the two horned problem of using Adam as representative of humanity. If he […]
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Original Sin – answering Thomas L. McDonald
Reading Time: 16 minutes I was recently sent a link to Thomas L. McDonald’s piece “The Origin of Man, Original Sin, and Why It’s All Your Fault” on his Patheos blog. There is much to talk about in this attempt to reconcile Catholic doctrine with science. My opinion is that he fails in multiple ways to do justice to […]
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10 Reasons the Crucifixion Story Makes No Sense
Reading Time: 4 minutes The story of the crucifixion of Jesus? Not that big a deal. Here are 10 reasons why it makes no sense.