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Human Sacrifice
Published on 2011-06-29 10:05:02
Imagine a village in ancient times. This village is inhabited by a culture that is quite primitive when viewed through the lens of today. They don’t know much about how the world works. In good times, they are thankful to their local god for th > read more
Catching Up
Published on 2011-06-09 11:17:49
I’ve been travelling lately, so I’m sorry if I haven’t kept up with the site over the past week or two. I did have some interesting site-related things happen, though. - I received a review copy of Why We Believe in God(s): A Conci > read more
Francisco Ayala on Intelligent Design
Published on 2011-05-26 14:09:31
The implication of Intelligent Design is that God is a very, very bad engineer. I mean, an engineer that we have design an eye with the optic nerve having to cross the retina would be fired. An engineer that would have designed the human jaw woul > read more
Interviews with a Pastor – Allen Atzbi, Element Church
Published on 2011-05-18 22:40:35
This is the first part in a series of interviews with pastors. I’ve asked questions I thought an atheist audience would want to know, but I’m open to suggestions for different questions. Feel free to comment and let me know. For these pos > read more
Is everything in the Bible true?
Published on 2011-05-16 13:33:59
Oxford philosopher Peter Millican, in this free series on philosophy (you should download it and listen to it – it’s free!), raises a very simple challenge to biblical innerancy. I’ve adapted it slightly below: 1. Commanding genocid > read more
Is Divine Freedom Possible?
Published on 2011-05-09 15:08:23
You will often encounter the idea that freedom can explain away certain problems in theology and the philosophy of religion. One well-known case is Alvin Plantinga’s book, God, Freedom, and Evil. In it, Plantinga provides a counter to the Argument > read more
The Power of Belief
Published on 2011-05-05 10:36:31
It’s time for me to renew my license plates. Luckily, I received a card in the mail with a PIN number, License Plate Number, and some other information I would need to renew them online. Given the many wasted hours spent waiting in line at the > read more
Should we celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden?
Published on 2011-05-03 09:59:11
I learned of Osama bin Laden’s death yesterday morning. I was immediately struck with a sobering thought: I hoped there wouldn’t be a retaliatory strike. As the day went on, I began to hear and read the reactions of others. The majority of emotio > read more
Some Brief Thoughts on Morality
Published on 2011-05-02 13:40:07
I have yet to make a grand post which sketches my view on how atheists can have morality. I realize this is a glaring omission; however, when you lose your faith and become an atheist, you then are tasked with building a new worldview. This can take > read more
ReasonFest ’11
Published on 2011-04-25 21:56:38
Good news to any people in or around Kansas. The University of Kansas is hosting ReasonFest on May 6-7. This, the first annual ReasonFest, will be presented by the KU Society of Open-Minded Atheists & Agnostics (SOMA) featuring a debate between D > read more
Gospel Truth: Important Contradictions
Published on 2011-04-12 10:53:06
This is my second post in a series on the New Testament Gospels. My first post was on whether the Gospel writers were eyewitnesses. Now, I’ll turn my attention to the contradictions between the Gospels. Regardless of what anyone says, the Gosp > read more
Recent Survey of Philosophers
Published on 2011-04-06 15:08:48
David Chalmers recently spearheaded a survey on some major topics in philosophy. The survey was extended to top philosophers in the field, as well as some graduate students. You can find detailed results here. Below, I’ve given each category > read more
The Sherlock Holmes Defense
Published on 2011-03-21 10:24:36
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true. – Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four) What must the cause of the universe be like? According to William Lane Craig, it must be s > read more
Bad Apologetics
Published on 2011-03-11 14:44:03
There are many apologists that I consider to be intelligent who present thoughtful, well-formed arguments. And then, there is the essay Atheism: A Falsified Hypothesis by Brian Colón. Colon sets out a lofty goal for himself – to prove atheism > read more
E Pluribus Abruptio
Published on 2011-03-07 19:49:08
There has long been a dispute over our country’s motto, and H. Con. Res. 13 aims to settle it. In one corner, E Pluribus Unum (roughly: out of many, one). It’s elegant, accurate, and using Latin makes us sound smart. In the other corner, > read more
A Tale of Two Naturalisms
Published on 2011-03-01 23:23:15
Neil deGrasse Tyson, speaking on the god of the gaps argument, brought up the often quoted survey of religiosity among members of the National Academy of Sciences. The survey showed that only 15% of the Academy members believed in a personal god. Muc > read more
Is the eye irreducibly complex?
Published on 2011-02-20 21:52:18
The claim that the eye could not have evolved is clearly false. > read more
Gospel Truth: Do we have eyewitness testimony?
Published on 2011-02-15 14:48:57
Examining the claim that the gospels were written by eyewitnesses > read more
Original Sin and STDs
Published on 2011-02-08 20:12:25
Is sin a genetic trait carried by males? > read more
A Call to Action: Anti-Evolution Legislation
Published on 2011-01-31 08:46:58
There are current anti-evolution action alerts in Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. > read more
The Clueless Argument for God’s Existence
Published on 2011-01-24 11:27:56
Many popular arguments for God commit the fallacy of arguing from ignorance, but it may be hard to spot. > read more
Creating a Myth
Published on 2011-01-17 09:47:34
Could we be living on a giant sneeze or perhaps on a dandelion carried by an elephant? > read more
What is atheism?
Published on 2011-01-07 09:50:45
Attempts to define atheism clearly miss the point. > read more
The Blind Leading the Blind
Published on 2010-12-30 20:45:56
Examining Ray Comfort's claim that history requires blind faith. > read more
In the imitation of Christ?
Published on 2010-12-23 09:41:19
Do Christians really follow the teachings of Jesus? > read more
On Absurdity: William Lane Craig and Actual Infinites
Published on 2010-12-16 13:11:02
Does William Lane Craig find his own argument convincing? His view of God seems to bring about absurd conclusions. > read more
300 Sextillion Stars: It baffles the mind.
Published on 2010-12-13 09:01:18
The new estimate of 300 sextillion stars makes it even more likely that we are not alone. > read more
Why the Hell are we so scared? (Part 2 of 2)
Published on 2010-12-11 15:11:43
What powers the eternal fires of Hell - God's judgment or human imagination? > read more
In Defense of Science
Published on 2010-12-06 15:13:53
Critiques of evolution generally rely on deception. It is at the cost of our science education. > read more