On a recent blog post, conversation turned toward the reliability of the New Testament, and more specifically, how much evidence we have for whether or not Jesus ever existed. Instead of continuing the discussion there (since it had already broken the 500th comment mark and this would have taken the conversation in a different direction),… Continue reading The Historicity of Jesus
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If You Were Eternal, How Would You Know?
That may seem like a bizarre question, but it's one I've thought about for a while. In the Bible, the Christian god claims to have always existed. Have you ever thought through what that would be like? If you've spent much time around young children -- say the 3 to 4 year old range --… Continue reading If You Were Eternal, How Would You Know?
Is God a Good Father?
In my last post, discussion turned to the question of whether or not we need God. One of my regular contributors, William, posted the following comment, and I felt it deserved its own post: I am just having problems understanding whether humans “need” a god. Do humans “need” a father? it may be beneficial if… Continue reading Is God a Good Father?
Miracles in Moore, OK
By now, everyone knows about the devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, May 20th. This morning, on NBC's Today Show, I heard a touching story about a woman who was in labor when the tornado hit Moore Medical Center. After the chaos, [Shayla] Taylor said she heard not the freight train sound… Continue reading Miracles in Moore, OK
Religious Freedom in a Secular Society
A couple of weeks ago, there was a story in the news about a Texas high school track team that was disqualified from the state meet because one of their athletes pointed toward heaven after doing particularly well in his qualifying run. Apparently, it broke their rule against "excessive celebration." Despite being an atheist, I… Continue reading Religious Freedom in a Secular Society
God Made Us This Way — It’s Only Reasonable He’d Be Angry About It
The blog Thomisic Bent has been doing a series lately on why it was perfectly okay for God to command the Israelites to slaughter entire ethnic groups in the Old Testament, even down to the women and children. I've felt obliged to comment on all of them, because toward the end of my time as… Continue reading God Made Us This Way — It’s Only Reasonable He’d Be Angry About It
Atheists Need to Fact-Check Better (Reblog)
Ran across this post over at The Musings of Thomas Verenna, and I think he makes a great point. He states that the image below is something that's going around Facebook right now, and what it claims is simply incorrect. If you'd like to see all the reasons why he finds fault with this image,… Continue reading Atheists Need to Fact-Check Better (Reblog)
The Ultimate Blasphemy
There's a blog I read from time to time called Thomistic Bent. The latest post is a short video that tries to give a good reason for why the Bible says God commanded the Israelites to commit genocide against the Canaanites. The reasoning of this explanation is almost as perverse as the stories themselves. As… Continue reading The Ultimate Blasphemy
The Evidence for Evolution Part 2
You can find the first post in this series here. Time Before we can really dig in (if you'll forgive the pun) to what the fossils tell us, we need to establish a timeline. Many (most?) detractors of evolution maintain that the earth is less than 10,000 years old, because if you take the Bible… Continue reading The Evidence for Evolution Part 2
Finding Truth 