Traditional Christian values change every few blocks when a church of a different denomination is reached.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 8 minutes ago
Continuing the Fiddler on the Roof theme:
The crisis comes when his youngest daughter, Chava, elopes with a Russion boy, a Gentile. She meets Tevye on the road and begs him not to reject...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 32 minutes ago
If the courts tell them something is illegal/unconstitutional, the executive branch tells the judiciary to its face to suck a bag of dicks because the executive decides which laws...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 36 minutes ago
Another thing that jumped out from the List: "You might feel the inclination to go argue with Christians about it, and you might fantasize about convincing Christians to renounce their faith...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 40 minutes ago
Daniel, you are being too clinical talking about numbers. There was/is a lot more to the impact of The Troubles than just the numbers killed. I don't think there is a single family here that...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 47 minutes ago
Ah, I guess I read too much into "Once you’ve deconverted" - deconversion is often a gradual process, so there may be no particular instant in time where the process is "done"...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
Jesus was trans?
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
Also, people don't leave their faith for logical reasons so much as emotional ones.
That's a very good point, and I think it speaks to the "proper" (or...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
It's Bibliolatry. the Bible's still inspired and stuff, you're just interpreting it wrong.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
Some political science types have predicted this will devolve into a Northern Ireland type situation, bombings, assassinations, etc.
The Troubles of Northern Ireland were...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 1 hour ago
Observers who suggested the Northern Ireland scenario for the US also noted that it's not just the head count that determines the who wins, it's the level of commitment. If I believe my...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 2 hours ago
"It makes sense that rational people who argue from evidence believe such argumentation works because it worked for them and they can point to successful outcomes," <--- 100% agree....
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 3 hours ago
2. the women thought that after a day and a half (it wasn't literally 72 hours) spices might still mask some of the odor
But what odor? Didn't those women believe...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 3 hours ago
They''re calling it BDE these days.
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 4 hours ago
Exactly. If recent history in the US has taught anything it's this: It's not about reality, it's about belief. It won't happen to me; the leopard won't eat my face,...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 4 hours ago
Way back in 2023 when I wrote The Death of Christian Belief, I thought demographics would surely hammer the last nail into the coffin of American Christianity. Now it appears that assumption...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 4 hours ago
Mark was making his own tales about the Jesus character, no doubt. The later gospels then redacted, or in some cases, rewrote gMark. The Gospel according to Mark, was not popular in the early...
Debunking Christianity: An Honest Sermon about the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5 · 4 hours ago
All very good points and I agree. The reason I wrote that is because many of the deconverting Christians I've met (myself included) are seekers. They are curious and they DO read the bible,...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 4 hours ago
1. The Book of Acts states that the disciples were still worshiping in the Temple and offering sacrifices for purification 25 years after Jesus' death. 2. Only a moron would apply spices to a...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 5 hours ago
"what traditional Christian values isn't he accepting?"
The definition of traditional Christian values changes about every decade. :)
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 5 hours ago
"There's no question counter-apologetics works at the margins" I don't see my target audience as the margins. Christianity has lost 1% of the American population every year for...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 5 hours ago
Trump is a greedy, lying, hateful, misogynistic racist - what traditional Christian values isn't he accepting?
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 5 hours ago
The whole point of allegory is a hidden message. And used in gMark to cover an idea that would be classed as seditious in plain speak that all could interpret.
When seen...
Debunking Christianity: An Honest Sermon about the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5 · 6 hours ago
I pretty much agree, cept that Trump can ignore a huge number of traditional Christian values and still get votes of Christians who hate the libs even more than they hate traditional sinners. (And...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 8 hours ago
Steelmaker, steelmaker, think up a dodge ... Jesus had already told his followers that he came to fulfill the law. So the women knew that the halakhic prohibition didn't apply anymore. Or: the...
Debunking Christianity: "How to Become a non-Christian" by James Aames is a Brilliantly Conceived Book! · 8 hours ago