Debunking Christianity
April 11, 2019
The State of Scholarly Mythicism
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After publishing Deciphering the Gospels Proves Jesus Never Existed in late 2018 I have become increasingly engaged in the field of biblic...
April 09, 2019
Why Religion and Sex are Uncomfortable Bedfellows
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[Written by Teresa Roberts] Growing up in a genuine American cult, I soon learned that my body created a problem for the men in the church. ...
April 08, 2019
Dr. Karen Garst's Pre-Publication Review of "The Case against Miracles"
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Here is the first review of my anthology "The Case against Miracles"! Thanks so much Dr. Karen Garst! LINK . She wrote: In a book...
April 07, 2019
You Too Could Be a Shiite Commemorating the Death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim
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"All it would take is for you to be born a Shiite. That's the easy part. Indoctrination brings with it the certainty of faith. What...
April 06, 2019
Linda LaScola of "Rational Doubts" published an essay of mine on the moral rules for our debates
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I'm very happy she did. Thanks so much! Enjoy. We all have different perspectives on this issue and mine are not meant to tell others ...
April 05, 2019
Here We Go Again with “He Is Risen!”
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Wait…just how many resurrections were there? The supreme killer text in the New Testament—the one that wipes out the story that Jesus ro...
April 04, 2019
Why Do We Need A Book Against Miracles After Hume?
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I received a recent comment about my forthcoming anthology against miracles: "I’m eagerly looking forward to this book even though, af...
April 03, 2019
Was Mohammad Real?
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"We can't be certain how the Arabs became Muslim", says researcher Tom Holland. Fascinating! Was Mohammad ("the Praised O...
March 31, 2019
Do You Believe In Karma? You Could If..
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...you were born somewhere else in the world. You might even pay to have bad karma removed! Which shows corruption abounds. So let me put it...
Giving Up Jesus for Lent
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Five Flash Podcasts Each one under 5 minutes: ...on why the gospel resurrection stories don't work. 1. What to do with the Body?...
March 29, 2019
Bible Fables Are Not the Problem
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Core Christianity is the big nuisance There are countless memes going around that ridicule talking snakes and donkeys, the ark full of a...
March 26, 2019
Claiming to Know God is the Highest Form of Elitism
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When I hear someone say that a god is responsible for something that happened or a decision that they've made, I cringe. Most things ab...
The Cover to My Next Anthology
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March 25, 2019
Two Early Blurbs For My Upcoming Anthology On Miracles
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I previously announced this anthology here. Two early blurbs have come in. One is by Michael Shermer and the other by Dan Lambert. See belo...
March 23, 2019
You Too Could Be Wearing These Hats and Participating in this Festival!
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All you had to do is be born into a different family and religious culture. That means you'll be going to hell too, if you don't con...
March 22, 2019
Yay! ‘Nones’ Now as Big as Evangelicals, Catholics in the US
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In a shift that stands to impact both religion and politics, survey data suggests that the percentage of Americans who don’t affiliate with ...
Making Excuses for God: The Erosion of Decency
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Stretching and Breaking the Truth “God inhabits eternity, outside of time and space.” So a pastor friend once told me, perhaps without r...
March 20, 2019
Valerie Tarico interviews David Fitzgerald about Christian apologist Lee Strobel's personal conversion story and his books.
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Excellent interview! The story that Evangelicals find so convincing and delicious is this: Strobel, a tough-as-nails atheist journalist and...
March 19, 2019
A CSI Quote and David Marshall's Response
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I posted this quote on Facebook from a recent CSI episode: "People lie. The only thing we can count on is the evidence." This...
Bob Seidensticker's List of 10 Skeptical Principles for Evaluating the Bible
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It's a good list with a bonus principle. Principles 1-5 are here . Principles 6-11 are here . Another principle which I advocate is ...
March 18, 2019
John Gray’s Criticism of the New Atheists, Part 2
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Last time around, I wrote about Gray’s claim that religion isn’t meant as “a theory that tries to explain the universe,” but is instead ...
March 15, 2019
If the Bible Had a Sewer...
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…that’s where this chapter should be floating One of the reasons that the Bible cannot be taken seriously as a word from God—from any god, ...
March 12, 2019
Believing In God Produces More Pain Than Otherwise
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When life gets difficult, really difficult, it's better if you didn't believe in a god. Take it from me. I've been on both sides...
Why Do We Suffer from the Invisible Man Syndrome?
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“Tell people there's an invisible man in the sky who created the universe, and the vast majority will believe you. Tell them the paint ...
March 09, 2019
You too could purify the universe of bad influences, bad deeds and bad thoughts!
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All you had to do is be born and raised somewhere else on the planet. For more photos click here .
March 08, 2019
What Good Is Christianity?
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Who needs it, really? Since humans began to walk upright, thousands of religions have come and gone. Many hundreds of gods have fallen o...
Hypothesis: Since Bayes Theorem Cannot Help Us It Should be Abandoned
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Here is the full title to this post: Hypothesis: Since Bayes Theorem (i.e., the math, the equation, the formula) cannot help bring us to a ...
March 07, 2019
How Not to Be a Doofus about Bayes’ Theorem From Someone Who "Doesn't Really Understand Bayesianism"
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The title is a response to two posts Richard Carrier wrote here , and recently here . If anyone disagrees with Carrier we're irrational,...
March 06, 2019
Introducing My Next Anthology "The Case against Miracles"
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[Update on 11/18/19: This Introduction has been significantly lengthened]. I finally submitted the digital book files to my publisher Hypa...
March 05, 2019
A Challenge for Churches
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Here's a post that I endorse by my friend Bob Seidensticker at Cross Examined. Churches should step up and do this. LINK
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