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November 2010

November 10, 2010

Letter From an Atheist Man Married to a Christian Woman

What's it like being an atheist man married to an atheist woman?

November 05, 2010

Agnosticism: The perfect answer that can’t deliver

As a rational response to the question of God, agnosticism is unassailable stance. So then...

October 2010

October 23, 2010

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

Here's a small sampling of the responses I got when I asked non-Christians about being...

May 2010

May 27, 2010

The One Thing I Dreaded Most About Becoming a Christian

When I very suddenly became a Christian, I was in a supply closet at my...

November 2009

November 06, 2009

An Atheist, Post-Death, Meets God

[In the afterlife.] Atheist: Wow. I can't believe I'm dead. God: Believe it. Atheist: Whoa!...

November 05, 2009

I, a Christian, Admit It: Atheists Have Been Right All Along

Finally, the truth can be told: all we Christians are, in fact, ignorant, narrow-minded, self-righteous,...

April 2009

April 16, 2009

Make That Christianity: 95% Brains, 5% Emotion

Yesterday, did I say that Christianity is 5% brains and 95% emotion? What I was...

April 15, 2009

Christianity: 5% Brain, 95% Emotion. Yeah, Baby!

I think those of us who believe in God are sometimes too reluctant to acknowledge...

January 2009

January 21, 2009

Atheists: To Whom (If Anyone) Are You Ultimately Grateful?

A while ago I posted An Honest Question: Atheists, How Do You Process Your Guilt?. The...

January 08, 2009

Sane Evangelizing 101

In response to my post Evangelist or Ego Driven Meddler?, a reader asked if I...

December 2008

December 16, 2008

Christian: Don’t Too Readily Dismiss the Rational Atheist

What might Christians learn from atheists?

December 14, 2008

Rationalists/Atheists: Don’t Too Readily Dismiss the Believer

It's certainly no challenge for a rationalist/atheist to dismiss out of hand those who believe...

September 2008

September 22, 2008

Letter From an Atheist Married to a Christian

I get lots of questions asking about atheists marrying Christians. I have an atheist friend...

September 16, 2008

Where Does God Being Love Leave Us? (And Get Back Here, Atheists!)

“God is Love.” Great! It's the richest philosophical/religious proposition possible. What it means to us...

June 2008

June 06, 2008

Mr. “Wasn’t Having Any” Responds to Christians

The other day I posted a piece called Jesus the Decider: Who Gets Into Heaven?,...

June 03, 2008

Jesus the Decider: Do Only Christians Get Into Heaven?

Yesterday in a coffee shop I totally eavesdropped on a conversation between an Evangelizing Christian...

April 2008

April 01, 2008

Non-Christians: What If Christianity Taught Tolerance?

I'd like to ask non-Christians: If integral to Christianity was the belief that it was right...

February 2008

February 29, 2008

Atheists of America Agree: Christianity Makes Eminent Rational Sense!

As I'm sure my readers will agree, in my last post, There’s No Arguing It:...

February 28, 2008

Heads, God is Real; Tails, He’s Not

As we all know, the answer to the question of whether or not there's a...

February 26, 2008

What Does the Whole ‘Atonement’ Thing Actually Mean?

If you've ever wondered what exactly the Atonement of Christ MEANS, here you go.

February 25, 2008

Why did Christ have to sacrifice himself?

In response to my recent post, God is Love, Christ is Pain, an atheist reader asked...

January 2008

January 30, 2008

What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

By way of researching a book of mine ("I'm OK - You're Not: The Message...

September 2007

September 18, 2007

Why We Christians Always Lose Debates with Atheists–Thank God

The other day I read the recent Newsweek piece in which Rick Warren (Purpose-Driven Life---like...

September 13, 2007

Atheists: How Do You Process Your Guilt?

Hello, atheists! Thanks for reading this! As you probably know, I'm a Christian. Wait! Come...

September 04, 2007

Why Doesn’t God Just Prove He Exists?

A young man wrote me the other day to ask why God doesn't once and...

June 2007

June 27, 2007

Outreach “Web Exclusive” Interview

An interview with me about my book I'm OK--You're Not: The Message We're Sending Nonbelievers...

June 08, 2007

Why We Christians Always Lose Debates with Atheists–Thank God

The other day I read the recent Newsweek piece in which Rick Warren (Purpose-Driven Life---like...

June 05, 2007

Is a world without religion really more peaceful?

One often hears the assertion that religion causes war: that if people would only stop...