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June 2012

June 14, 2012

Saying Grace

Of Christian prayers, those related to food can be the most theologically problematic. I remember...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Early Jewish, Christian or Manichaean Manuscript to be Auctioned

A very ancient papyrus document, featuring a psalm in Coptic which has been variously proposed...

March 2012

March 02, 2012

“Forget Jesus” – Controversy at the Intersection of Miley Cyrus, Lawrence Krauss, Christianity, Atheism, Physics, Astronomy and Cosmology

There's quite a kerfuffle over a tweet by Miley Cyrus which was an image of...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Christian: What I Really Do Meme

Via Know Your Meme

February 20, 2012

Review of Earl Doherty’s Jesus: Neither God Nor Man chapter 10 part two

I've finally found some time to post my second blog entry about chapter 10 of...

February 14, 2012

Biblical Valentines?

I've shared a few sci-fi Valentines (with a couple more to follow later today). But...

February 12, 2012

Beware of False Teachers – And Be Aware You Might Be One!

Most of the more conservative to fundamentalist forms of Christianity place at least some emphasis...

February 06, 2012

Miley Cyrus on Marriage Equality

I am impressed by Miley Cyrus' grasp of that central Christian principle, the Golden Rule....

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Rick Santorum’s Educational Hypocrisy

Lots of people have mentioned Rick Santorum's outrageous anti-education statement. He said, “It’s no wonder...

January 09, 2012

Tim Tebow Have I Loved, The Metric System Have I Hated?

I was going to refrain from posting anything on the topic of Tim Tebow throwing...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

A Very Brief History of the Modern Calendar

HT Scott Bailey Watch until the end, it will tell you everything you need to...

December 21, 2011

Answers in Racketeering (Does Ken Ham Think Noah Was a Millionaire?)

P. Z. Myers drew attention to the fact that the infamous Answers in Genesis has...

December 13, 2011

The Wrong Kind of Christian? President Obama and Evangelical Voters

I found the article in today's New York Times about Evangelical voters striking. The attitude...

December 12, 2011

Review of John Walton, Genesis 1 as Ancient Cosmology

I am grateful to Eisenbrauns for sending me a free review copy of John H....

October 2011

October 28, 2011

Chuck Returns Tonight!

In celebration of the return of Chuck on NBC tonight for its final season, let...

October 27, 2011

Atheism and Skepticism are not Coterminous

What is the message of this billboard? As Hemant Mehta as well as various news...

October 14, 2011

Pete Enns on the Inconsistent Literalism of alleged “Biblical Literalists”

Pete Enns' blog has moved to Patheos, as regular readers of it will know. Take...

October 12, 2011

JesusWeen

Have you heard about the conservative Christians who are encouraging Christians to celebrate "JesusWeen" instead...

September 2011

September 21, 2011

Antievolutionism in the Classroom and around the Blogosphere

My freshman "Faith, Doubt and Reason" class yesterday took an unexpected turn, as a discussion...

September 16, 2011

A Bizarre Story Involving Superman, a Christian Comic Book Store Owner, Internet Abbreviations, and Yiddish Swear Words

This story is weird, but in interesting ways (and if you are trying to avoid...

August 2011

August 25, 2011

Atheism and Liberalism Discussion Continues

I didn't get to mention it until now, but the blog Unreasonable Faith has shared...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

The Face of a Terrorist? Anders Behring Breivik and Christian Fundamentalism

Is this the face of a terrorist? It is perhaps too soon to say, if...

July 15, 2011

Conservative Christians Promote Sex Change

It suddenly struck me today that, contrary to my assumptions, today's conservative Christians apparently embrace...

June 2011

June 10, 2011

Conversations Around the Blogosphere

Here are some links to posts either directly responding to, or simply on the same...

June 07, 2011

Inerrancy of the Bible and Sarah Palin

The two possible meanings of the title of this post are intentional. It seems to...

June 05, 2011

Palin Revere Rides Again: Is Christianity About Learning the Truth or Making What You Already Believe “The Truth”?

In the hullabaloo about Sarah Palin's lack of familiarity with Paul Revere, some of the...

June 01, 2011

Ken Ham and Atheists Agree

Joel Watts highlights that Ken Ham agrees with the logic of atheists. Ken sets up...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Progressive Christianity for Children in the News

There is a new article at The Huffington Post by Deshna Ubeda on progressive Christianity...

May 27, 2011

Reading Romans as about Christians and not about Christians

As I have been going through Romans once again with my Sunday school class, it...

December 2007

December 19, 2007

Repost of a Christian-Atheist Dialogue

What follows is a lengthy discussion I had with an atheist earlier this year on...

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