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June 2020

June 05, 2020

Lee Strobel’s Many Lies About ‘Unchurched Harry and Mary’

Hi and welcome back! Recently, one of our dear friends, Kevin, presented us a list...

May 2020

May 06, 2020

Why Science- and History-Based Apologetics Fails So Dramatically

Apologists -- especially in evangelicalism -- love to lean hard on arguments based on science...

May 05, 2020

Sean McDowell and the Problem With Resurrection Claims

Now, I want to show you why resurrections, as a concept, are so silly. Christians...

May 03, 2020

Sean McDowell’s Third Easter Question Also Fails Spectacularly Hard

In this video, Sean McDowell sought to answer three big important questions through the use...

May 02, 2020

Sean McDowell and the Cruel Dilemma

Though it was mercifully brief, Sean McDowell alluded to one of the nastiest bits of...

May 01, 2020

Sean McDowell’s Second Big Question Backfires Too

In that first post, we checked out how he contorted illogic and junk history to...

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Sean McDowell’s First Big Resurrection Answer Is Hilariously Inept

For Easter, Sean McDowell created a video about the Resurrection. In it, he claimed that...

April 29, 2020

Summit: Claiming Victory Is the Same as Achieving It

Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, we checked out an apologetics outfit called Summit Ministries. They...

April 28, 2020

Summit: Apologetics for Teens (And It Won’t Help Either)

Today, let's look at Summit. Let's see what it is, what it offers, and what...

April 24, 2020

Let’s Play: Sean McDowell’s Reasons To Buy Apologetics Training

Today's Christian-written listicle brought out my inner gamer, I guess. So Let's Play: Sean McDowell's Reasons...

April 23, 2020

A Sea of Apologetics Conferences in 2020 (Won’t Matter)

As Christianity continues to hemorrhage members and credibility, the apologetics industry continues to gain popularity....

April 21, 2020

The Ongoing Panic Over Evangelical Churn

Today, let me show you some stuff from evangelicals that indicates that they're still panicking...

April 02, 2020

Atrocity Apologetics Meets the Pandemic

Hi and welcome back! A long time ago, I talked about atrocity apologetics. Christians pull atrocity...

February 2020

February 06, 2020

A None Who’s Done Grades an Apologetics Lecture

Hi and welcome back! A while ago, we looked at fundagelical mommy blogger Natasha Crain....

December 2019

December 22, 2019

Christian Lies: ‘Christianity Is Totally Unique Among Religions!’

It was painful to recognize the truth--and embarrassing to accept it. No, Christianity isn't unique at...

October 2019

October 22, 2019

Natasha Crain’s Horrible Christian Parenting Advice

Natasha Crain occupies one specific niche within that industry, too: apologetics aimed at Christian parents...

October 17, 2019

I Bet You Had No Idea It Was This Easy to Become an Apologist Like Natasha Crain

Today, I'll introduce you to Natasha Crain and show you how she went from a...

October 10, 2019

Christian Evangelists Keep Asking the Wrong Question

Apologists take as a given that once they demonstrate that gods in general might exist,...

September 2019

September 28, 2019

What Christian Apologetics Actually Accomplish (And the Faith Pool)

The error in Christians' thinking involves what apologetics' goal actually is. We're going to be...

September 24, 2019

The Scariest Question Christians Never Ask Themselves

About a year ago, one of our dear and recently-departed commentariat members, Brad Feaker, asked...

August 2019

August 29, 2019

Roll to Disbelieve Back to School Super Special! (#11)

Just in case the back-to-school doldrums are leaving you at loose ends, here are some...

August 15, 2019

Why So Many Christians Act Mystified About Their Religion’s False Claims

In the settling dust of apostasy, a few common Christian responses swam into focus. One...

May 2019

May 18, 2019

Matt Nelson Knows Exactly How to Convert Atheists

Because I am extremely helpful, I thought I'd offer my evaluation of it here, in...

May 07, 2019

Why the Flocks Don’t WANNA Evangelize

Today, we'll look at why evangelicals don't want to evangelize. Their reasons--and they have many--play a hand...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

What Rekindles Belief (In Christianity)

For a few days now, I've been talking about the three major methods of persuasion...

April 27, 2019

The Argument from “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know”

I can see why so many Christian leaders dislike this line of thinking. Feelings--the feelings...

April 25, 2019

More (Terrible) Reasons to Believe in Christianity’s God

Truly, there is nothing new under the sun! Recently, I showed you Billy Graham's big...

April 18, 2019

If Christianity’s Worldview Actually Matched Reality

Many Christian soulwinners ask their targets to perform rituals like prayer in the hopes that...

April 09, 2019

Christians (Still) Suck at Making Parables

I wanted to take a quick detour to show you one of the two incidents...

March 2019

March 12, 2019

Christianity Works For Them, and Evangelists Hate Being Reminded Of It

When Christians try to sell us their religion, they bristle when we treat their assertions...