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October 2021

October 13, 2021

The Ongoing Catholic Scandal: What the New CIASE Report Means

Catholic morality is nothing but a smokescreen to keep the flocks' attention away from Catholic...

October 06, 2021

Josh McDowell: Cast Out of the Crony Network

Today, let's check out the charges against Josh McDowell -- and see, in real time,...

October 01, 2021

The Motherlode of Truth from Justin Martyr (1st-Century Fridays #15)

Today, let's check out Justin Martyr -- and see why today's Christians have reason to...

September 2021

September 25, 2021

‘The Great Divorce’ Horrified Me (Review)

Today, let's review The Great Divorce -- and get an idea of how its ideas have...

September 07, 2021

Let’s Play: Spot the Apologetics Fallacy!

Today, I've got a little treat for us: a self-proclaimed apologist who has never met...

August 2021

August 05, 2021

CARM Apologetics Zingers (Are Absolutely Awful)

But I'm attached to this CARM post we'll cover today. It's just such a nonstop,...

June 2021

June 25, 2021

How My Faith in Biblical Literalism Died (1st-Century Fridays #1)

We're about to start a new topic that I expect to last a while: 1st-century...

April 2021

April 23, 2021

Churches: No Country for Doubters (Gospelbound)

TGC's people think that churches need to step up to be safe harbors for Christians struggling with...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

Grading the Real Evidence Christians Offer (With Jessica Walter’s Help)

I can see why they worry at those three bits of pseudo-evidence like activated terriers....

March 30, 2021

Grading Evangelists’ Evidence (With Jessica Walter GIFs)

Hi and welcome back! The never-ending fever-dream of 2021 continues apace. This past week, the...

March 11, 2021

Tim Keller and the Lies He Tells About Death

Christians promise up and down that their product can give people peace of mind about...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

Sofia Carozza and Her Argument from Cognitive Dissonance

Today, let me show you a post by Catholic Sofia Carozza that riffs on a...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

‘Logical Christians’ and the Great Divorce Between Beliefs and Behavior

Hi and welcome back! For the past few days, we've been talking about a theme:...

January 19, 2021

Beliefs vs. Behavior: Evangelicals’ Redefinition of Occam’s Razor

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I mentioned briefly that White evangelicals' own stated beliefs regarding...

November 2020

November 07, 2020

The 10-Second Argument for God (is Ridiculous)

Today, let me show you this guy's rewarmed, regurgitated, and poorly-understood cosmological argument, and then...

September 2020

September 01, 2020

The Actual Product Sold By Christian Smith in ‘Atheist Overreach’

Hi and welcome back, y'all! We recently reviewed a 2019 book by Christian Smith, Atheist Overreach....

August 2020

August 29, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ and the Appeal to Consequences

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Christian Smith's 2019 book Atheist Overreach....

August 16, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ and the Courtier’s Reply

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been reading and discussing Christian Smith's 2019 book Atheist...

August 15, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ and the Problem of Wingnuts

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been looking at the 2019 book Atheist Overreach by Christian Smith....

August 14, 2020

Avoiding the Burden of Proof in ‘Atheist Overreach’

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been reviewing Christian Smith's 2019 book Atheist Overreach. In it,...

August 09, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ Blames the Wrong People

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we checked out the 2019 book Atheist Overreach: What Atheism Can't...

August 08, 2020

‘Atheist Overreach’ and the Law of Conservation of Worship

Hello and welcome back! Recently, I got a little book with a title I'd consider...

August 01, 2020

How Ray Comfort’s Parachute Analogy Fails

Hi and welcome back! I recently ran across a news article on a Christian site...

June 2020

June 30, 2020

Unchurched: My Actual ‘Sticking Points’ Don’t Look Like These

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we've been talking about Lee Strobel's 1993 Christian book, Inside the...

June 18, 2020

Unchurched: Lee Strobel’s Action Plan (Doesn’t Work)

In Unchurched, Lee Strobel sought to teach his tribe about those strange space aliens who weren't part...

June 14, 2020

Unchurched: Evangelical Endorsements Reveal a Pattern

Lately, we've been examining Lee Strobel's book, Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. In...

June 12, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Martyrbation List (#13-15)

In this last installment, Lee Strobel stops selling evangelicals on seeker-sensitive churches to remind them...

June 09, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Actual Product: Seeker-Sensitive Churches (#9-12)

Hi and welcome back! I woke up super-late with a migraine and had to take medication...

June 07, 2020

How That Lee Strobel List Indoctrinates Evangelicals (#5-8)

Hi and welcome back! Recently, we began examining a book by evangelical apologist and toxic...

June 06, 2020

A Portrait of the Captain in That Lee Strobel List (#1-4)

With his book, Lee Strobel sought to teach evangelicals all about unchurched people -- so they could...