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April 2011

April 11, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 3)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 09, 2011

Ex-Gays and Debating Mores (Index Post)

On April 1st, 2011, it turned out that the advertised visit from an ex-gay, Protestant...

April 08, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 2)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

April 07, 2011

Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 1)

This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Play it Again: Desecration as Discourse

The giant comment thread at "Is it so hard not to desecrate a Eucharist" has...

March 26, 2011

Don’t Hand Weapons to Your Enemies

It didn't take very long into the comment thread of my post critiquing nasty atheists...

March 23, 2011

How Should I Call Out Nasty Atheists?

In a post earlier today, I disagreed with the conclusions of Jen Fulwiler's critique of...

March 19, 2011

Committing a Capital Crime in Debate

Over at Friendly Atheist, one reader had a question for Richard the advice columnist: I...

March 15, 2011

Prayer, Belief, and More Jump Discontinuities

The post last week on being prayed for sparked some interesting questions about free will...

February 2011

February 13, 2011

Time for a Few Facts

Ok. I've been reading through the swiftly growing comment threads about Catholic doctrine relating to...

February 12, 2011

Debunking a Debunking

Ok. There's been a controversy brewing on the "Is it so hard not to desecrate the...

February 12, 2011

Defining Atheism, Defining Sacrilege (Series Index)

Prompted by a post by atheist blogger and agent provocateur P.Z. Myers, I started a...

February 11, 2011

Is it so hard not to desecrate a Eucharist?

More responses to my claim that atheists ought not desecrate the Eucharist a la P.Z....

February 11, 2011

Desecration Follow-up: Considering the Context

I'm reprinting a comment Ebonmuse of Daylight Atheism made on my post criticizing P.Z. Myers...

February 10, 2011

My Problem with P.Z. Myers

Since I had some nice things to say about P.Z. Myers earlier this week, I...

January 2011

January 01, 2011

What Atheists and Republican Strategists Have in Common

I recently wrote a post ("The Perils of Decentralized Philosophy") as a response to Friendly...

December 2010

December 23, 2010

John Loftus reveals his Questions for Christians

Some time ago, prominent atheist (and ex-Christian minister) John Loftus and I had a bit...

December 22, 2010

The Perils of Decentralized Philosophy

Last week, a gunman opened fire during a school board meeting in Florida. Luckily no...

November 2010

November 17, 2010

Can There be an Atheist Agenda?

After I got into a disagreement about tactics with John Loftus of Debunking Christianity, I...

November 17, 2010

Why I Treat Atheism as a Team

There have been a number of interesting comments on my "Are Atheists a Side?" post...

November 05, 2010

Loftus responds to my critique.

Since he explained why he would not be replying again on the comment thread at...

November 05, 2010

My Problem with Loftus (Part 2)

This is continued from a discussion I am having with John Loftus of Debunking Christianity....

November 05, 2010

My Problem with Loftus (Part 1)

I've been engaged in a back and forth with John Loftus over his proposed questions...

November 04, 2010

Why do atheists ask boring questions?

UPDATE: I've taken a second look at the language I used at the end of...

June 2010

June 17, 2010

Follow up to yesterday’s evangelism post

There are two useful parallels to evangelism for us to consider. One, proposed by Cranky...