So here's the thing. The Christian seems to historiographically rate the NT over and above the other biblical books so that the Gospels have hermeneutic priority over any other book. My last book (The Nativity: A Critical Examination), and my subsequent radio debate with Randal Rauser, showed that t
http://youtu.be/q9pOJ8Bc_-g If this doesn't send shivers down your spine, you have no heart. Shed a tear, go on. One comment from the YT posting: So why doesn&
Andrew Brown in the Guardian: The settled world order is secular, and fanaticism thrives when people feel alienated and threatened for their beliefs. It's a commonplace that wars and religions are closely associated. Since about 1945 there has been an increasing tendency for wars to be fought
I love renewable energy. It fascinates and excites me in all my geekness. But it needs to be competitive. Is the tide turning (get it?)? Science Daily: Apr. 24, 2013 — Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have design
So Christians dismiss the Problem of Evil, at times, using spurious logic and dodgy grasps of causality. JohnM, regular Creationist commenter here, does this alot.
So I missed this one. What a ridiculous notion! That God, after X billion years of design, creation and evolution, would give a hhist about a football game?! Christian Post:
Genius. http://youtu.be/FHmTIKIEIXo Good ole JREF.
The great thing about fossil discoveries is that they fit, and are often predicted. Case in point here. However, as with this find, many questions are raised. Silly people go, "Aha! A question! My, this can only be answered by positing 'God'!" Of course, clever people leave it to science. Which i
Jeremiah 19: 19 Thus says the Lord, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the [a]senior priests. 2 Then
In the interests of getting a variety of voices and interests here, I would like to offer a Sunday(ish) guest post. If you have something interesting you would like to say, and
This is a great (not in a good way) video posted originally on John Loftus' Debunking Christianity site here at SIN. A must watch: http://youtu.be/NW4x5COCpmo
Tom Clark, or the Center For Naturalism, and someone whom I will shortly be interviewing, has created this transcript of the excellent talk given by Sam Harris at the Dangerous Ideas event in