Debunking Christianity

October 02, 2023

On the Incompatibility of Answered Prayers and Science by Daniel Mocsny

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Daniel Mocsny wrote On the Incompatibility of answered prayers and Science If outside influences like prayer or meddling gods cannot be...
September 29, 2023

Things the Clergy Won’t Tell You

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To protect thousands of different, conflicting Christian brands  Let’s look at four forbidden topics.   ONE   Each Christian denominati...
September 25, 2023

From Richard Carrier's Essay, "Establishing the Biblical Literalism of Early Christians":

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Richard Carrier establishes the fact that early Christians really believed their miracle stories , contrary to liberals who demythologize th...
September 24, 2023

GUESSINGS ABOUT GOD: Robert Conner’s review of new book by David Madison, PhD Biblical Studies

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Books that question the validity of Christian belief and the historicity of New Testament stories appear regularly these days and they ...
September 22, 2023

God Is Okay with Abortion—Devout Christians Tell Us So

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Without intending to! A member of the congregation is hospitalized with cancer. So fellow parishioners organize prayer marathons to plead wi...
September 19, 2023

In Defense of Richard Dawkins And On Being Right

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John Smith posted this quote on his FB Page by Michael Ruse, atheist philosopher of biology: "Dawkins's book The God Delusion woul...

My Jaded Response To More Philosophical Disproofs of God

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I received a message from Brian Holly on Facebook, asking me what I thought of two philosophical disproofs of God: I’d like to present you ...
September 18, 2023

The Trickster’s Apprentice, by David Eller

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My plan is to post something of interest every Monday morning. These posts will include excerpts from my books, submitted essays, posts made...
September 15, 2023

Theologians Squirm and Fret When We Ask for EVIDENCE

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Why does their god play hide and seek? We can assume that some (many?) churchgoers read the gospels, but, it would appear, without cri...
September 12, 2023

Still On For Monday!

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I had said I would post on Mondays. I will do so! The posts just won't always be excerpts, past postings, or submitted essays. But for n...
September 11, 2023

Daniel Mocsny's Rebuttal of Paul Moser's Definitional Apologetics, Which Obfuscates the Fact That Christianity is Utter Nonsense!

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Christian apologist and philosopher Paul K Moser is wrong, dead wrong, but at least he allows comments that disagree. I got to him though, w...
September 09, 2023

My Engaging Debate with Paul Moser

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Almost every time I have engaged Dr. Paul K. Moser on Facebook, he has berated me as being below him. This time was different, probably bec...
September 08, 2023

Those First Copy-Cat Christian Theologians

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The imagined, invented Jesus of the New Testament  The huge faith bureaucracy—aka the church—is guilty of many sins, but one of its maj...
September 07, 2023

The God of Miracles in the Bible Does Not Exist!

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There is no objective evidence for a god who did the miracles as reported in the Bible. Here is a good introduction to my book on it. Acco...
September 04, 2023

What Motivates an Atheist to be a Good Person?

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Every Monday morning I'm posting submitted essays, excerpts from my books, and some of the best posts of the past. This post today is on...
September 01, 2023

They’re Picking on Religion, So Onward Christian Soldiers

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But a few Standards of Honesty are in order While I was in the process of writing my 2016 book,  Ten Tough Problems in Christian Belief...
August 28, 2023

Trump is a God—Just Not the One That Christians Believe, by David Eller

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Loki, the Norseman Trickster Chaos god Beginning today, and every Monday morning that follows, I'll be posting submitted essays, excerpt...
August 26, 2023

I Plan On Monday Posts

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My plan is to post excerpts from my books on Mondays. This will include excerpts from all of the authors too. I must resist the urge to revi...
August 25, 2023

Is the Death of Christian Belief Coming Soon?

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Cheap knockoff superstitions are taking over This really is a puzzle: why haven’t decent devout believers—by the millions—founded an or...
August 19, 2023

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August 18, 2023

Can Christianity Survive—With So Many Problems and Scandals?

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2,000 years of momentum probably can’t save it Surely the clergy, those most in tune with God, must be the happiest people on the plane...
August 16, 2023

Aesop's Fables in the New Testament

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It can be interesting to try to work out the sources used by the New Testament authors. Here are some examples from both the author of Matth...
August 11, 2023

“My overdosing on religion was becoming a serious problem”

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It’s a problem for the world as well When Christopher Hitchens died in December 2011, a volcano of Christian hate erupted. Devout folks...
August 06, 2023

What are the Best Atheist Books?

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I am a follower of John Smith at Facebook, who writes some very good provocative stuff. This FB post of his to the left provokes some though...
August 04, 2023

Trying to Make a Horrible Jesus Quote Look Good

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But wishful thinking and tortured logic can’t make it happen The high-profile, very wealthy televangelists—Kenneth Copeland and Joel ...
August 03, 2023

Daniel Mocsny On Facts and Trump's Big Lie

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I'd love to find a planet where people agree on facts! As evidence that Earth is not that planet, a recent poll found that 63% of Republ...
July 28, 2023

Testing our Tolerance for Tedious God-Talk

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Why would a good, wise god put up with it? The authors of the four New Testament gospels had a simple goal: to promote belief in the ...

Daniel Mocsny On Faith and the Ontological Argument

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As an example, suppose a street vendor offers to sell me a Rolex watch for $50. A check online shows Rolex watches selling for $12,000 and u...
July 22, 2023

Papias and Earliest Gospel Traditions

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In the first 2-3 centuries of the Christian religion, we observe astonishing creative diversity. As this essay reveals, this diversity chara...
July 21, 2023

The Eccentric, Inflated, Dangerous Theology of John’s Gospel

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Read it and weep—and get over it Here’s a book title that would dumbfound many devout churchgoers:  This Tragic Gospel: How John Corrup...
July 14, 2023

Magical Thinking Is Christianity’s Biggest Mistake

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There are plenty of other mistakes as well If I were asked to debate a flat-earther, Holocaust denier, or someone who is convinced t...
July 11, 2023

I'm Taking a Break. I'll Be Back!

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I have some important things to do. So I'll be away for up to a month. You can continue to expect Dr. Madison's excellent Friday pos...
July 07, 2023

Asking for EVIDENCE for God: Why Is that So Hard to Grasp?

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Sentiments about Jesus do not qualify According to the devout, evidence for their god is so obvious, “I feel Jesus in my heart!” “Just o...
July 06, 2023

New Book Just Published: Guessing About God, By David Madison

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I am pleased to announce that my new book,  Guessing About God , as of today, is available on Amazon, Kindle and paperback.     Paperba...
July 05, 2023

Here Is How We Do the Ontological Argument Correctly!

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"Overall, I can conceive of a being than which is greater than the being in the Bible." --Jake Johnson on Facebook .
July 04, 2023

Open Thread On July 4th. Bring the Fireworks!

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Not that any thread left to itself doesn't end up discussing anything and everything! ;-) I'm busy right now so don't send a...
July 02, 2023

On Thanking God for Cruel Randomness, by Rob J. Hyndman

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What follows comes from an online book by Rob J. Hyndman, titled Unbelievable . He says of himself: "I was a Christian for nearly 30 ye...
June 30, 2023

What Would Convince Us Christianity is True?

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We atheists are asked to imagine what would convince us that Christianity is true. The short answer is this: We need sufficient objective ev...

The Morale of Christian Clergy Is Taking a Big Hit

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No surprise, given the mess their religion is in   1.       Christians can’t agree on who is right, what god wants   When Christians ar...
June 28, 2023

Catholic Apologist William Albrecht Says I've Strengthened His Faith!

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Is this an honor or disgrace? What is going on in his head? What is the message he's telling others? On his Facebook wall Albrecht wrote...

Further Discussions with Apologist David Geisler

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David Geisler: So John why did you say to me that it could be that God does exist? Me: Because nonsense might turn out to be right even ...
June 23, 2023

The Bible Can Be a Believer’s Worst Nightmare

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And it’s a go-to book for sustaining ignorance and intolerance  In my article here last week , I discussed six Bible texts that qualify...
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