Ralph Reed Tries to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes
================================ NOTE: This post was contributed by Gregory S. Paul, who is an occasional contributor to Free Inquiry, and who published an important article called “Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous Democracies”. Here is how Michael Shermer summarized that article: Is religion a necessary component of social health? … Ralph Reed Tries to Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes
Evaluation of the Christian Answer to Worldview Question #1
In this post I’m going to give you the Reader’s Digest version of my Podcast #6 (and the PowerPoint that it is based upon). THE FOUR BASIC WORLDVIEW QUESTIONS There are four basic worldview questions, four questions that can be used to analyze the content of a worldview: Q1. What are the most important problems … Evaluation of the Christian Answer to Worldview Question #1
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 6: NOT a message from God
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or wisdom … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 6: NOT a message from God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 4: Skepticism about God
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 4: Skepticism about God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 3: No Messages from God (continued)
WHERE WE ARE Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth or … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 3: No Messages from God (continued)
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 2: No Messages from God
REASON FOR DOUBT #1 Should we view homosexual sex as morally wrong because it is (allegedly) condemned in the book of Leviticus? In Part 1 of this series I outlined a dozen reasons to doubt this viewpoint. Here is the first reason: 1. God does NOT exist, so no prophet and no book contains truth … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 2: No Messages from God
Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 1: Outline of My Reasons for Doubt
Recently, I posted a meme on my personal Facebook page that challenged the Christian argument that sex between two men is morally wrong because this is allegedly prohibited in the Old Testament book called Leviticus.The basic objection in the meme is that there are several things that Leviticus prohibits that Christians seem to have no … Leviticus and Homosexuality – Part 1: Outline of My Reasons for Doubt
Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 5: Pro-Life Hypocrisy
Before Moses and the nation of Israel reached the Jordan river, Jehovah was busy revealing himself to be a SELFISH JERK and a cruel and bloodthirsty tyrant. The attempt to justify and excuse Jehovah’s command to MERCILESSLY SLAUGHTER thousands of Canaanites, including civilians, including elderly men and women, mothers and fathers, teenage boys and girls, … Was Joshua’s Slaughter of the Canaanites Morally Justified? Part 5: Pro-Life Hypocrisy
Does God Exist? Part 3: Believe Whatever Makes You Happy
In my humble opinion, the question “Does God exist?” is best answered by taking a particular approach: We should answer this question by means of philosophical investigation, especially by critical examination of philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God. However, this is NOT the only way to approach the question “Does God exist?”. Here … Does God Exist? Part 3: Believe Whatever Makes You Happy
Does God Exist? Part 2: Believe What You Were Raised to Believe
In my humble opinion, the question “Does God exist?” is best answered by taking a particular approach: We should answer this question by means of philosophical investigation, especially by critical examination of philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God. However, this is NOT the only way to approach the question “Does God exist?”. Here … Does God Exist? Part 2: Believe What You Were Raised to Believe