What is Christianity? Part 2
One objection to my cognitivist view of religion and Christianity is this popular little bit of stupidity: “Christianity is not a religion; it is a relationship with Jesus Christ.” I have three initial responses to this statement: (1) read your freaking bible, (2) read your freaking dictionary, and (3) use your freaking brain. 1. READ … What is Christianity? Part 2
What is Christianity? – Part 1
Since I am planning to invest the next ten years (or more) of my life in an effort to investigate and answer the question “Is Christianity true or false?”, I need to start out by clarifying and defining the word “Christianity”. There are those who would argue that Christianity is not the sort of thing that … What is Christianity? – Part 1
Ten-Year Plan: Revised Scope
I am going to start my Ten-Year Plan this year. However, I have decided to EXPAND the scope of the project; I will attempt to eat the whole enchilada, so ten years might not be enough time. I wrote a previous post (offsite) on my Ten-Year Plan. The question at issue: Is Christianity true or false? Here … Ten-Year Plan: Revised Scope
Ben Carson is Also a POLITICAL Nutcase – Part 1
It looks like Ben Carson’s popularity is fading away, according recent polls (Thank you baby Jesus!). However, he was clearly the number two choice of Republicans from the end of August until early December, and for the first half of November, Carson was neck-and-neck with Trump, tied for first choice of Republicans. Furthermore, the primary elections/caucuses … Ben Carson is Also a POLITICAL Nutcase – Part 1
Response to William Lane Craig – Part 10
Here is my main objection to William Craig’s case for the resurrection of Jesus: It is not possible for a person to rise from the dead until AFTER that person has actually died. Thus, in order to prove that Jesus rose from the dead, one must first prove that Jesus died on the cross. But … Response to William Lane Craig – Part 10
Silence from the three Nazi, I mean GOP, Presidential Candidates
If a presidential candidate attended a NAZI rally to try to get some votes, and if the leader of the rally spewed hate-mongering rhetoric about working towards a “final solution” for the “Jewish problem” in the USA, do you think the mass media would be interested in reporting this event? Do you think the mass … Silence from the three Nazi, I mean GOP, Presidential Candidates
Huckabee, Cruz, and Jindal Kiss the Ring of Religious Nutcase Kevin Swanson
By “ring” I don’t mean jewelry worn on Swanson’s finger. ================================ “Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal all spoke this weekend at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, an event hosted by Kevin Swanson, a Colorado-based pastor and activist who frequently informs his followers that the biblical penalty for homosexuality is … Huckabee, Cruz, and Jindal Kiss the Ring of Religious Nutcase Kevin Swanson
Religious Nutcase Elected President of the USA – Part 2
In a previous post, I provided evidence that Ben Carson is an anti-science religious nutcase. Here is more evidence that Ben Carson is a genuine nutcase…his obsession with and admiration for W. Cleon Skousen, an anti-communist crackpot from the 1950s: ===================== Ben Carson’s Love Affair With a “Nutjob” Conspiracy Theorist A top GOP presidential contender has … Religious Nutcase Elected President of the USA – Part 2
Religious Nutcase Elected President of the USA
As Keith Parsons has recently argued, it is difficult to separate religion from politics. This is especially true of the current political campaigns for the presidency of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the uglier side of religion is intruding into U.S. politics. Currently, some polls are indicating that the religious nutcase Ben Carson is … Religious Nutcase Elected President of the USA
The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 3
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell.” Carl Sandburg, in The People, Yes (1936) One response to my sixty objections against Clay Jones’s attempt to defend Jehovah’s command to the Israelites to … The Slaughter of the Canaanites – The Grand Inquisitor Jones – Part 3