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July 2014

July 02, 2014

Interview with Atheist Ireland, Talk at The Irish Catholic tonight

Tonight, I'll be out in Donnybrook to give a talk, hosted by The Irish Catholic on...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

A new forum for Catholic/Atheist dialogue

Brandon Vogt, author of The Church and New Media has opened a new site called Strange...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Good thing you all keep fighting even while I’m moving

I really like it when my blog becomes a kind of backdoor pilot for spinoff...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Head to Head with Hemant Mehta

Last week, I got to do an interview/argument with fellow Patheos blogger and Friendly Atheist...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Camels with Hammers has a rebuttal

He's a writer at FreeThought Blogs and has been engaging pretty respectfully (without sacrificing aggression!)...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Debate with Justin Martyr [Index Post]

In June of 2010, I had a debate with Justin Martyr of the now defunct...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Invite Me to Debate!

In case two posts on strategy for debates on religion wasn't hint enough, I'd be...

March 2011

March 21, 2011

Do you have challenging questions for Christians?

A Christian pastor wrote in at Friendly Atheist to ask for difficult questions his congregation could try...

February 2011

February 15, 2011

Prep for a Case Study in Christian Thought

When people read my "Testing the Truth-Telling Thing" post in my Chesterton series, the first...

January 2011

January 06, 2011

The Purpose Paradox

My ability to recognize purposefulness is incredibly contingent on my ability to understand the natural...

January 05, 2011

God as an Epileptic Tree

This is a guest post, part of a series of guest posts addressing the question...

January 04, 2011

You Think You’re So Special?

This is a guest post, part of a series of guest posts addressing the question...

January 03, 2011

Establishing a Criterion of Purposefulness

This is a guest post, part of a series of guest posts addressing the question...

January 02, 2011

Identifying Purposefulness [Index]

During the series addressing Michael Egnor's Eight Questions for Atheists, I spent a post...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

Justin replies to my reply to Justin’s reply to my reply to…

Justin Martyr has posted a reply to my critique of his interpretation of my position...

September 21, 2010

Don’t Let Social Science Raise Your Children (debating Justin Martytr)

It's finally time to return to my argument with Justin Martyr over procreation policy. [Quick...

September 10, 2010

If I were in charge of your childbearing (A reply to Justin Martyr)

Quick Recap: Justin and RustBelt debated gay marriage, I butted in, Justin responded (twice). Justin's...

September 09, 2010

Quick Update on Justin Martyr and Gay Marriage

I quite appreciate how quickly he responded to the questions I raised in my last...

September 08, 2010

Poking my nose into Justin Martyr’s gay marriage debate

Reading over Justin Martyr’s debate over the morality of gay marriage with Larry of Rust...

July 2010

July 03, 2010

Riposte to Justin Matyr: Closing up the Gaps

This post is part of a debate with Justin of The Faith Heuristic. The topic...

June 2010

June 27, 2010

Debate with Justin Martyr: Opening Statement

This post is part of a debate with Justin of The Faith Heuristic. The topic...

June 20, 2010

Rebuttal to Justin Martyr (Part 2)

This post is part of a debate with Justin of The Faith Heuristic. The topic...

June 20, 2010

Rebuttal to Justin Martyr (Part 1)

This post is part of a debate with Justin of The Faith Heuristic. The topic...