Lust, sloth, gluttony, anger, pride, envy, and greed: These are the sins which Christian teachers and preachers have long cited as “deadly,” that is, the ones most urgently to be avoided since they are vicious in themselves and lie at the root of so many other sins. Of course, precisely defining and delimiting these transgressions … The Seven Deadly Sins of Christianity

Here is something from the Huffington Post about somebody named Phil Robertson. Caution: if you have a sensitive stomach you may want to position an appropriate receptacle nearby. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/25/phil-robertson-atheist-rape_n_6936662.html I don’t know much about this guy. He apparently is on some show about a duck or something. He looks like an ayatollah and sounds like … Rape them Atheists!

I recently saw this posted on Victor Reppert’s Dangerous Idea site. I haven’t got a copy of The Brothers Karamazov on hand so I cannot quote it directly from the (translated) original. Nevertheless, it is a succinct statement of a charge that many have made, namely that unbelievers—naturalists in particular—would not believe even if confronted … What if you Saw a Miracle?

Some of humanity’s greatest intellects have tried to prove the existence of God, and any atheist will have to consider these arguments and provide rebuttals, that, by his lights, are sufficient. Arguments for the existence of God fall into two broad categories: demonstrative and non-demonstrative. The former supposedly prove the existence of God with all … The Theistic Arguments: A Brief Critique

Check Out the American Family Association’s (AFA) online “Anti-Christian Bigotry” map. (Sorry, I can’t provide the link) It has a map of North America listing atheist, humanist, GLBT, and “anti-Christian” (e.g. FFRF) groups. All of these groups are engaged in anti-Christian bigotry according to the AFA. For instance, they say of humanists groups: “Believes critical thinking … Critical Thinking is Bigotry

I am presenting to the readers of Secular Outpost my exclusive interview with Professor Hugo Axgrind, Professor of Revisionist History and Head of The Center for Medieval Exoneration at the University of St. Torquemada. I am interviewing Prof. Axgrind about his new book A New Edition of the Spanish Inquisition. Parsons: Professor Axgrind, I understand … Interview with Prof. Axgrind

This is from The Atlantic Monthly: http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/ It is an excellent rebuttal to those who want to claim that there is no specifically religious violence, and that groups, such as ISIS, are violent for political or economic reasons and only use religion as a cover. A key quote from the essay notes that non-religious factors, … ISIS Violence IS Religious

Right-wing columnist–and now Christian apologist–Jonah Goldberg says that President Obama’s statements about the dark side of Christian history are “horse pucky”: According to Goldberg, the Crusades were defensive wars and the Inquisition was a humanitarian intervention to stop the abuses of secular authorities. He says that the abuses of the medieval Church was due to the fact … Jonah Goldberg Defends the Christian Record

Here are ten reasons why heaven would be insufferably dull: The upshot seems to be that heaven would be tolerable only if it were a lot more like the present life. In that case, why bother? BTW, I notice that Prof. Jerry L. Walls, a leading evangelical writer on the afterlife, has a new book … Heaven would be Boring as Hell

We have had an interesting discussion about Karen Armstrong’s essay “The Myth of Religious Violence.” While it is nice to engage with such erudite essays, it is also nice to find something  that cuts right through the fog and lays everything out. As a short summary of the harm that religion has done, I think it is … Valerie Tarico on the Most Harmful Religious Ideas