The Uneven Evidence Debate: Responding to Paul Hoffer
As I am sure you are aware by now, I have been embroiled in a debate with myself Dave Armstrong about the uneven apportioning of evidence to humanity over time and place. It
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It Turns out the Whole Unfairness of Evidence Apportioning Boils down to "Free Will"
Who knew. The background: Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong and I have been arguing about the unfair distribution of evidence for God in the world and over time. This has been a somewhat protracted
Putting the Doubting Thomas Episode to Bed, and Opening a Can of Worms
This is a long piece, but we get onto some good stuff, so stay on target. Catholic Dave Armstrong, over at his own Patheos Catholic channel blog, has been attempting to refute my
Doubting Thomas: A Response to Catholic Dave Armstrong
Yesterday, I wrote a very short piece concerning the episode of doubting Thomas in John 20: 24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, who was called e]">[e]Didymus, was not
(Religious) Conservatives Aren't Really Conservatives?
Words aren't set in stone and can mean whatever we want them to mean. As long as we correctly convey the intended message, right? Sure. But often we get issues. And
Jesus the "Nazarene": More Prophecy Debate
I recently wrote an article about the Matthean prophecy, a prophecy that looks like this (Matt 2): Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
Rebutting Armstrong's Double Reference Prophecy Defence
I am having to defend my claims of biblical contradictions and issues with the infancy narratives against Dave Armstrong, fellow Patheos writer, but for the Catholic channel. I have previously taken him to
Responding to Criticism on the Herod/Census Problem
This is my second rebuttal to the efforts Dave Armstrong is putting in to trying to debunk my claims of contradictions in the Bible. The first rebuttal, completed yesterday, looked at his criticisms
The Demons! The Demons! Replying to Armstrong on Biblical Contradictions
As you no doubt know by now, Dave Armstrong and myself are having a new religious war. Or something. Putting the deconversion accounts to one side, let's see what he makes
Toohey Responds to Dave Armstrong Concerning His Deconversion
I recently ran a piece that responded to Dave Armstrong's criticism of a deconversion account I ran here at ATP. The account was Anthony Toohey's, so I let Anthony
The War Continues! Armstrong Tackles My Infancy Narrative Criticisms, and More
As many of you will know, Dave Armstrong, fellow Patheoser (of a Catholic persuasion) has been attempting to take me to task. It started off with criticising Anthony Toohey's deconversion account,
To Ban or Not To Ban, That Is the Question
I recently wrote a post answering a critique by fellow Patheos (albeit Catholic channel) blogger Dave Armstrong. Fairly quickly, a number of atheist commenters, some of whom were regular commenters here (and some