Sin: Something Critics of Christianity Should Talk About More
So argues Chris Hallquist. Yes, let's preach a bit more about sin, brothers and sisters. Do I hear an Amen!?
Paul as an over-compensating closet-case would explain a lot.
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 9 hours ago
Paul's momentary idea of "love" may entail acceptance of multiple ways...
It is not even "momentary". As I have repeated here many times, the...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 11 hours ago
I wonder if David was taking the same drugs that Elon Musk was taking when he tweeted (or "Xed") that he loved Trump as much as a straight man can love another...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 11 hours ago
Raccoons have been introduced to Germany, Japan, and Ukraine. Let the British be thankful that raccoons probably cannot swim across the Channel - because once they do, you'll be...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 14 hours ago
That'll be everyone this side of the pond then.
Raccoons have been introduced to Germany, Japan, and Ukraine. Let the British be thankful that raccoons probably cannot...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
As to Catholics and evangelicals, I think many who are attracted to such systems are people who are attracted to structures that impose social control - as long as they profit from the...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
In 2 Samuel 1:26, we find this text: “I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been a close friend to me. Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Believe it or not, I’ll close with one of the feel-good quotes found in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13:4-7:
“Love is patient; love is kind;...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Is a gay love affair mentioned in the Old Testament? There has been much dispute about the famous friendship of David and Jonathan; were they just good friends, or lovers? In 2 Samuel...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Last month my husband and I celebrated our 47th anniversary.
Congratulations and celebrations!
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
because he was obsessed with the idea that Jesus would arrive from the sky soon, very soon—as we read in I Thessalonians 4. And he assured his devout Christian converts that he would be...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Sensible people who live well outside the natural range (or the invasive range) of raccoons.
That'll be everyone this side of the pond then. The main issue with cat...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
I fear time is not on our side.
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
The level of stupidity that it takes for deniers to think that's a flex is impressive.
It's par for the course. Take a soundbite out of context, and then apply it...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
Not the mention the legions of kiddie diddlers in their ranks.
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
As to Catholics and evangelicals, I think many who are attracted to such systems are people who are attracted to structures that impose social control - as long as they profit from the structure. I...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Sensible people who live well outside the natural range (or the invasive range) of raccoons. Where I live, you'd need a cat door that was somehow rigged in a way that only a cat could operate...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
People tend to forget: the developers are in charge of AI, not the other way around.
Where the people who forget might even include Elon Musk. Musk isn't smart enough...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
People tend to forget: the developers are in charge of AI, not the other way around. You're assuming that the developers are good actors. Unfortunately, this isn't so in the...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
Why would someone who has billions of dollars—literally more than they could spend in 10,000 lifetimes—still wake up every day obsessed with making more? Even when they’re old. Even...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
I see money more as a stand-in for dependency. We need money because we are not self-sufficient. Consider, if the feeble human had the adaptations of a goat, the human wouldn't need money. It...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
People who believe the bible is still relevant in a moral sense should live their lives as if the bible is still relevant in every sense. For example, that would entail refusing to consume any...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
It baffles me that devout Christians consider the apostle Paul a source of wisdom and moral guidance.
Did it baffle you when you were "a pastor in the Methodist Church...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
While science deniers are probably too stupid to ask AI LLMs about their misconceptions, scientifically aware people can be proactive. Here's Gemini sharing its wisdom about the Skeptical...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago