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September 2013

September 15, 2013

A Christian’s Plea for Civil Discourse

CNN's Belief Blog posted a short article yesterday by Rachel Held Evans calling for atheists...

September 10, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #4: “The Beauty and Value of Critical Thinking”

Not too long ago, I started a conversation with you girls that we didn't really...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Anti-intellectualism and the Bible

When I was a Christian, I worked very hard at maintaining the tension between faith...

August 19, 2013

Sorry Apologetics: an essay wherein I use lots of big words

Have you ever heard of the presuppositionalist apologetic method? What about the transcendental argument for...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

The Challenge of an Atheist Outlier

I've always had a knack for feeling out of place wherever I am. I don't...

July 18, 2013

An Atheist’s Take on Sex and Monogamy

Some people seem to think that the most important thing about you is what you...

July 16, 2013

Evangelicals and Closet Fundamentalism

You will often hear me say that the main difference between a fundamentalist and an...

July 10, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #2: “Just Be Yourselves”

I think what concerns me most about you girls learning I no longer believe in...

July 05, 2013

Letters to My Daughters #1: “We’re Not Bad People”

Nothing in this world matters more to me than you, my precious girls. Anyone who...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Man of Steal

Superman was always my favorite superhero, so of course I could not pass up seeing...

June 14, 2013

If the Shoe Fits

Wanna hear something funny? Well, it's funny to me, anyway... Last month when I was...

June 11, 2013

Evangelical Christianity and Low Self-Esteem

Like most swimmers, I try to get in some laps almost every day, but there...

June 08, 2013

Why Evangelicalism and Humanism Cannot Be Friends

I have very personal reasons for wanting to see Evangelicalism* and Humanism play well together....

June 06, 2013

You Were Never Really One of Us

The mind is an amazing thing. With it, we are capable of solving such complex...

June 03, 2013

Responses to My Interview

The two videos I posted in May have received over 85,000 views and now I...

June 01, 2013

Changing the Subject

Have you ever considered why Batman has to wear protective armor but Superman doesn't? The...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

God Does Exist

Last summer I spent entirely too much time in discussion groups arguing with people about...

May 26, 2013

What Has Atheism Done For Me?

A friend once asked me whether or not my life is better now that I...

May 22, 2013

Have You Had a Wizard of Oz Moment?

A friend recently expressed surprise that I would leave the Christian faith if my experience...

May 19, 2013

What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them (Expanded)

Several have asked me to put my "What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them" into...

May 13, 2013

Why I Am an Anti-Fundamentalist (and not an Anti-Theist) Part 2

I am not a person who tends to be against things. I often say that I...

May 12, 2013

Why I Am an Anti-Fundamentalist (and not an Anti-Theist) Part 1

I've argued in another post that, like all wars, the culture wars elicit different kinds...

May 08, 2013

Godless in Dixie

Who would you say is the most distrusted and disliked group in America? According to...

May 06, 2013

It Takes All Kinds

In case you didn't know, we are in the midst of a culture war. It's...

May 04, 2013

What Atheists Wish Christians Knew About Them

This is an excerpt from the video I posted yesterday in conjunction with the National...

May 03, 2013

Interview an Atheist in Church Day (Jackson, MS)

In conjunction with National Interview an Atheist in Church Day (May 5, 2013), the...