The following two maps have been placed in the Appendix of my book, The Outsider Test for Faith:
While moving my library, I came across a booklet containing the 1987 lecture for the
Inaugurating of The LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professorship of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga by Professor Thor Hall (PhD, Duke University) entitled
Tradition Criticism: A New View of Wesley
Take a look at this video posted by Randal Rauser, who argues that the size of the universe does not lead to atheism:
Since 1948, the conservative Christian station in the Up State of SC has been Bob Jones University’s
WMUU. The station’s call letters stood for
World's Most Unusual University.
As before, Julian Haydon is sending me these excellent excerpts. Enjoy.
Picture right is the typical
Salvation Gospel Tract found at bank ATM’s, left on tables at restaurants and ironically, in restrooms. This one was left under a wiper blade on my wife’s car at work by
Freedom Baptist Church (as stamped on the back) located just a quarter mile from where she works.
Evangelist Dr. Oliver B. Green (Feb. 14, 1915 – July 26, 1976) was the president and founder of
The Gospel Hour (still on many Christian stations today) who loved good fundamentalist Bible theology and defended the King James’ Version of Bible. Rev. Green preached solid Baptist's truth backed by eternal salvation for all true believers and eternal Hell fire for all non-believers. (I used to listen to him in the early ‘70s on my way to college where, as a Christian, I majored in Bible.) His website states:
Again I thank Julian Haydon for sending me these items from Ingersoll.
Christian "truth" is fabricated and propagated by Christian tradition and one of my favorites deals with my experience at
Saint George Greek Orthodox Church here in Greenville, S.C.
While attending its annual spring Greek festival, I noticed the church was open so visitors could venture inside to get an introduction to the Greek Orthodox tradition and its icons, so I decided to check it out. As I entered, I was given a brief printed history which included the claim that the
Greek Orthodox Church was the
ONLY TRUE Christian Church established by Jesus Christ himself. (Wow, and I thought it was the Mormons!)
This is the final part of a lecture delivered by Col. Ingersoll in San Francisco Cal., June 27, 1877. It was a reply to various clergymen of that city, who had made violent attacks upon him after the delivery of his lectures, "The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child," and "The Ghosts." [Thanks once again to Julian Haydon for this excerpt].
A.
The Holy Spirit (The promised “Comforter”, Acts 2: 4)
B.
An Evil Spirit (Afflicted Saul, 1 Samuel 16: 14)
C.
The Distilled Spirit (Lives in a bottle before possessing humans. Often cohabits with either of the above spirits! Proverbs 23: 31 -32)
May your Holiday Season be a
spirit filled one! Harry
Even though I'm a godless atheist I say this. Don't quote me though, at least not without my explanation. I'm not speaking about a godless ethic, that supposedly atheists do these kinds of deeds, and/or that they have no ethical standards to condemn such terrible senseless acts. I do have an ethic and I do condemn these kinds of deeds. That's a topic for another time so don't derail what I'm saying with irrelevant comments. What I'm saying here is something different.
This email by
Anson Rainey was his answer to my question over his conversion to Judaism. (One likely reason most Israelis would have let John Strugnell’s comments pass.) [Click on the email to enlarge for reading.]
This lecture was delivered by Col. Robert Ingersoll in San Francisco Cal., June 27, 1877. It was a reply to various clergymen of that city, who had made violent attacks upon him after the delivery of his lectures, "The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child," and "The Ghosts." Thanks once again to Julian Haydon for sending me this.
David Marshall opines, “Those who make wild claims about the scientific method often base their arguments not on good human evidence, but rumor, wild guesses, and extrapolations that would embarrass a shaman.” [From The Truth Behind the New Atheism, pp. 28-30] This sentence of his expresses a such very low view of science and its method that one wonders if he is Amish. People of faith must denigrate science in at least some areas, simply because science is the major threat to their faith. That’s the nature of faith. People of faith must deny science. To maintain their faith believers must remain ignorant of science. Yes, scientists have made mistakes in the distant past, but Marshall cannot possibly say this with a straight face about modern science. Yet he did.
{My first post for DC in 2006 (now revised)}
As a Christian, I heard the Bible verse of John 3:16 run into the ground about how “
God so loved the world that he gave His only Begotten Son” to die for us because He loved us so much.
with me. They debated the historicity of the birth narratives found the gospels. The format was a 20 minute opening, 15 minute rebuttals, and so on. To the left is the amusing picture that Justin Schieber did at Reasonable Doubts, who hosted it. The link to the debate is 
His book is bittersweet for me, both a joy and a pain to read, brilliant and, well, ignorant. Yet, I recommend it highly just the same.
Below is an excerpt where I respond to him: