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The Ultimate Easter Quiz – Jesus Gets Nailed!
Via Phil Ferguson: Recently I contacted my friend David Fitzgerald and asked if he would create an Easter Quiz. David Fitzgerald is (among other things) a historical researcher and the author of the new book “NAILE… -
Habitable planet found, god wonders wtf he was thinking
We've found a planet very close by (in astronomical terms) that is smack dab in the middle of its parent star's habitable zone. This planet is about three times the size of the Earth, which means it can hold an atmosphe… -
The twelve basic arguments for god #3: Argument to Design
This argument usually claims that life on Earth or some other aspect of nature is too well designed for evolution or natural processes to explain it (either evolution would work too slowly or not as well, or life would… -
Girl in Turkey buried alive for talking to boys
No shit, it happened. Ever notice how religion provides me enough material to blog about a couple things a day (more if I wanted to), and in the comments of each of those posts people are bound to say that extremists a… -
The twelve basic arguments for god #2: Argument from Miracles
Often this amounts to "Jesus rose from the dead and God's existence is the best explanation of that fact," but sometimes they use other miracles (faith healing, for example). They can also fall back on fulfilled prophe… -
The twelve basic arguments for god #1: Argument from Holy Scripture
Ok, I was inspired by a request I received today to break down the ontological argument to go ahead and produce a treatise of responses to various arguments in defense of the existence of god. This will save me time in… -
... and while we're on the topic of religious freedom
Let's talk about France. Because there's some interesting stuff going on "over there" with the so-called Secular State. But let's back up. Here's where you get a (very cursory) legal history lesson from moi. In the Unit… -
Religious Freedom, the Pope, and the UK
or, "JT: You're wrong!" How's that for a provocative post title? But seriously. It seems like we're doing this a lot lately, JT and I. Rebutting each other I mean. (*teehee immature giggles*) You know why? Because part… -
Why I no longer do one-on-one discussions about god...
This girl messaged me on facebook asking me what a Pastafarian is, and tonight we had a conversation about god (the top part of which got lost due to facebook's length constraints). She's sweet, but it makes me want to…
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