Debunking Christianity

Did You Miss the 2020 International Conference on Atheism? You're in Luck! N ot everyone was able to attend the conference, so we'v...

The Amazing James Randi has died at the age of 92. He will be missed. I met him in Vegas when I was on the program in 2013. All I have to sh...

Straight outta the Bible In ancient times, all over the world, the idea caught on that some humans were gifted with knowledge of the spirit ...

The perils of comparing the gospels   Once upon a time four gospel writers got together at a bar in Corinth. They had all submitted their go...

It seems obvious that the ancient Israelites were not monotheists, but instead practiced monolatry , the worship of one go...

Prof. Henry Munson Writing book reviews is no facile task.  A reviewer must be familiar with the subject matter, and also show some familiar...

…or imaginary prophecies: take your pick  Caravaggio brilliantly captured the moment when the Risen Jesus invited his disciple Thomas to t...

Dr. William Vanderburgh's book length defense of David Hume on miracles is  now in paperback and more reasonably priced!  It's the b...

Because this is the haunted month of Halloween here's something to spook ya all! I'm always interested in new angles to a...

Even Christians can’t agree on “Christian” morality  Auntie Em—Dorothy’s aunt in  The Wizard of Oz —wanted so much to tell off Miss Gulch: “...

Merging Easter with Halloween I’m sure Christian commitment can be rated, perhaps on a scale of 1 to 10. Those whom we would rate as “ten...

I'm writing an introductory chapter now for my next anthology with three headings/main points: 1. The Christian Faith Stunts the Imagina...

Whenever someone is defending faith, or is arguing that faith and reason are compatible, they should be asked which of three common meanin...

The author who said too much  There are so many Bible episodes that could be in the running for biggest embarrassment. Certainly the story...

Recently Dr. David Geisler struck up a conversation with me on Facebook Messenger after he noticed a tribute I posted to his father Norman ...

Theology Gets a Free Pass to Make Things Up Most of the gods imagined by humans—since we began imagining such things—have plied the mirac...

Text of my presentation at e-Conference on Atheism [Here is the script of my presentation on Saturday, 5 September 2020, with a few sm...

Professor Jim Spiegel just got fired from Taylor University for this song, titled "Little Hitler." I debated him last year. He bel...

I recorded a video talk for two virtual conferences this past Labor Day weekend, for the International eConference on Atheism, put on by the...

I'm doing a talk at 5:30 PM est. LINK on YouTube

Jesus: Exorcist, Magician, Lord and Savior In the subdued lighting of a church in Spain, I saw a woman touching the frame of a saint p...

My anthology is now in an audio edition!  Click here .

Were the gospel writers incompetent or dishonest? The beginning and end of the Jesus story should prompt suspicion; in fact they jeopa...

What Christian wouldn’t be incensed by the following statement, especially if informed that it was made by a professor of philosophy at one ...

 

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…we get a happy ending Christian fanaticism has been fueled by the apostle Paul, whose absorption in Jesus—whom he met in his visions—...

[Another summer re-run.] We nonbelievers claim that a perfectly good, loving being would never have created hell, but according to mos...

First let me share a photo that was take in 1985. Here are the two men I admired most, Drs. William Lane Craig and James D. Strauss, both at...

Everything you know about god(s) is (probably) rubbish So, one day I’m crossing Park Avenue in Manhattan. The southbound lanes are sep...