2015 Archive

December 2015

November 2015

30: The Church, homosexuality, and the role of personal experience (50)
28: Demon Possession: The book I should write someday… (3)
27: On Ape-Men and Grand Illusions (130)
24: Is it wrong to tell your children about Santa Claus? (38)
24: 77. Kenton L. Sparks on the Bible as Sacred and Broken Word (8)
21: Politicians, fascists, and used car salesmen (14)
19: On reading (and singing) the prayers of others (4)
18: The real scandal over Starbucks cups (9)
17: Hell and Holiness (10)
17: How absurd is atheist offense at calls to Pray For Paris? Very. (49)
15: Why atheists shouldn’t object to the call to “Pray for Paris” (100)
13: Atheist Arguments and Uncritical Anthropomorphism (75)
10: Should you hope God doesn’t exist so you can have some privacy? (Part 1) (14)
10: 76. Keith L. Johnson on Theology as Discipleship (0)
08: Everyone’s Daughter: A Review of India’s Daughter (42)
06: Meticulous Providence, Open Theism, and Twittery: A response to Greg Boyd (96)
05: Atheism and Christianity: the CHRI FM Interview (6)
04: Atheist as Neighbor Chapel Talk (19)
03: How to damn God with faint praise (26)
03: Did Jesus know absolutely everything? (102)
02: Want to lose friends and alienate people? Tell ’em about Jesus. (10)
01: Five Things You Could Have Done For Halloween (2)

October 2015

31: My Best Halloween Memory Ever. What’s Yours? (7)
30: Hell and Mr. Fudge: A Review (24)
28: Those who ignore the causes of Palestinian violence… (15)
27: What Joe Biden can teach us (63)
26: Offensively trite suburban reasons to believe in God # 257: New earbuds just when you need them (49)
25: The Atheist My Neighbor on “The God Show” (7)
24: Misoatheism: A New Label for Anti-Atheist Prejudice (34)
24: Thoughts on The Martian (29)
23: Gift Shop Wisdom (10)
22: Does the religious status of New Testament documents undermine their historical veracity? (37)
20: Koukl responds to Feser and I respond to Koukl (32)
19: Does Wintery Knight believe the sun orbits the earth? (9)
18: Slandering atheists (38)
17: Songs Jesus Would Sing: 2. The Alarm, “How the Mighty Fall” (0)
16: Aliens in our backyard? (17)
14: Can we handle the truth? A reflection on Lincoln Chafee’s bizarre honesty (11)
12: A Smile Can Hide All the Pain: A Review of “I’ll Be Me” (11)
10: An Atheist at Thanksgiving (Revisited) (13)
09: Do some Christian apologists spin their academic credentials? (34)
05: Are atheists rebelling against God? Greg Koukl says “No Duh!” (166)
04: Is the Golden Rule now a luxury we can ill afford? (46)
04: Ran for the Cure (6)
03: On Kinda Hoping God Doesn’t Exist (97)
02: Songs Jesus Would Sing: 1. Tesla, “Be a Man” (5)
02: Songs Jesus Would Sing: The birth of a new series (17)

September 2015

30: Another failed attempt to demonstrate that Calvinism is irrational (due to a contradiction) (43)
30: Running to make cancer history, one step at a time (4)
30: All about Eve: Wm. Paul Young Speaking in Edmonton (2)
29: The Golden Rule of Caricaturing the Beliefs of Others (10)
29: Calvinism is perfectly coherent. In which I continue defending a view I reject (108)
28: Calvinism as a logical contradiction (24)
28: Debriefing Calvinism and an article on hell (98)
27: If the God of Calvinism exists, would you worship him? (135)
26: I refuse to repent to a god who…? A response to Justin Schieber (103)
26: God’s not Dead in 7 Minutes (17)
25: The point is to become holy. Happiness comes later: Christianity Against Culture Part 2 (14)
23: The Making of an Enemy? The Tuggy-Spiegel Interview on Atheism (38)
21: Rethinking short-term missions … and other forms of voluntourism (7)
20: The Rights of the Creator (87)
18: You Don’t Own Yourself: Christianity Against Culture Part 1 (115)
18: How big is the Solar System? (4)
15: Apathy, Hostility, and Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (58)
14: Still Talking Atheism on The Trinities Podcast (8)
14: Does William Lane Craig care about the truth of Christianity? (71)
12: Can Christians and Atheists Stop Fighting? The Rauser/Shaha Conversation (31)
11: Joe Biden talking about loss with Stephen Colbert (28)
11: The Skeptic Community and Irrational Doubt: A second response to Justin Schieber (4)
09: Atheist tweets on faith: A response to Justin Schieber (23)
08: Running for a Good Cause (14)
07: Talking Atheism on The Trinities Podcast (0)
07: Human value revisited: Could divine attachment contribute to human value? (9)
06: Human value and the atonement: A Reply to Andy Bannister (17)
05: The Berenstain Conspiracy and beyond… (9)
04: Are Christians being hypocrites about marriage? (18)
02: Christians standing against gay marriage need to be consistent on divorce (30)

August 2015

31: Atheism and Christian Hospitality: A conversation with Father Ron (7)
29: Why I don’t like agnostics calling themselves atheists (57)
27: The Contemptuous Atheist (42)
27: Upcoming media appearances for Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (0)
26: A Slap of Persuasion? A Review of Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion (34)
24: Stephen Colbert on providence and the problem of suffering (54)
23: Is Jeff Lowder a philosopher? (11)
23: God and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald (5)
22: What chance has she? (18)
21: The Bitterness of Redemption (10)
20: The hack of AshleyMadison.com accompanied by the world’s smallest violin (22)
18: The Myth of the Free Thought Parent (37)
17: Real Atheology considers whether a meaningful life requires God (88)
16: 14. Is Allah the god of the Bible? (3)
15: Matthew Manry reviews Is the Atheist my Neighbor? (5)
15: Faith-Head Christians vs. Brain-Dead Atheists (52)
07: Christology, Anthropology, Theodicy. Inconsistency? (35)
06: Should Christian clergy be expected to believe that God exists? (80)
05: On the Awkward Romanticism and Individualism of Popular Christian Music (10)
04: A Primer to Irenic Biblical Debate on Contentious Moral Issues (27)
01: The Apologist’s Dilemma (62)

July 2015

30: We’re All James Palmer (more or less) (21)
29: Another illustration of the deep problems with imputation theories of atonement (69)
27: Patience: A Sermon (23)
25: What is a Christian movie? (Hint: It isn’t merely a movie that’s marketed to Christians) (12)
24: My exchange with Matt Fradd on God’s not Dead (15)
24: An Unfundamentalist reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (5)
22: Christians and Atheists: My “Strange Notions” Article (1)
22: Is American Religious Conservatism driving people away from the church? (106)
21: 13. What about the ontological argument? (3)
21: 12 Minutes with the 59 Second Apologist (0)
17: Randal talks atheism on “The Ride Home with John and Kathy” (5)
15: How not to advise a wannabe activist (89)
15: A day after Pluto, a look back at the Pale Blue Dot (8)
14: The first Amazon.com review for Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (6)
14: Is the Bible Reliable? The Sermon (20)
14: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? gets a mention on “Catholic Answers Live” (4)
12: The Commie Bible, and other ideological influences on Bible translation (15)
11: My Conversation on Heaven with Paul Arthur (0)
11: Randal on Atheism: The Bob Dutko Interview (10)
10: Does abstinence belong in sex education? (45)
10: My interview on atheism with Dr. Michael Brown (9)
09: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? is now available in Kindle (6)
09: The death of the Christian bookstore (7)
08: Christians and Atheists: The Matt Fradd Interview (18)
07: The 59 Second Apologist is on YouTube (0)
07: Should you ever shun anybody? (8)
06: Keith Parsons on Atheism, Theism, and Irenicism (15)
05: 12. The 59-Second Apologist: What is apologetics? (3)
04: All the world is not a courtroom: The problematic metaphor of religious conservatives (3)
04: Jeff Lowder on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (15)
03: Randal Talks Atheism, Neighbors, and Back to the Future on The Storymen Podcast (3)
02: How to tell you were raised dispensational (5)
02: The Perplexities of Privileging Particular Parents (2)
01: A simple way to allay fears of religious discrimination: stop marrying for the state (121)
01: The Parable of the Good Atheist (19)

June 2015

30: The Parable of the Good Atheist (10)
29: Ten things that are more disturbing than gay marriage (92)
28: Review copies of Is the Atheist My Neighbor? for Bloggers (6)
26: Many Bad Bibles … and the Worst of them All (12)
26: Barack Obama on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (6)
24: God and Moral Obligation: A Review (44)
24: Are we there yet? The long journey to Pluto (13)
23: 11. The 59-Second Apologist: Is the incarnation a contradiction? (16)
22: Would you sacrifice your son if God told you to? (135)
21: Knocking Down the Strawman Theist (89)
20: Further reflections on Baggini’s Atheism: A Very Short Introduction (22)
18: 75. Allan Effa on Religious Pilgrimage (12)
18: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? is now in stock at Amazon (9)
17: All my books together in one place! (40)
16: Remaining a Christian doesn’t make you stupid any more than becoming an atheist makes you smart (9)
15: Reductionism Propaganda? On the wily ways of the open-minded dogmatist (28)
14: Was the Bible written by God or men? And other false dichotomies (18)
13: Buy the book all the smart and cool atheists are reading! (10)
11: 74. The Problem with Jebus (181)
10: My new book on atheism is already bringing Christians and atheists together (43)
10: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The Promo Flyer (0)
09: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? Support the Book and Change the Conversation (51)
08: My abortive Nuskeptix conversation with atheist Raphael Lataster (146)
06: Animal Resurrection (42)
05: What makes you really, really angry? (24)
04: 73. Randal interviews Randal on the Atheist as Neighbor (25)
03: Religion without God : A Review (Part 1) (69)
02: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The Cover (19)
02: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? The J.L. Schellenberg Endorsement (90)
01: Scientism and Sneer Quotes (159)

May 2015

April 2015

28: Justifying Naturalism? (172)
27: A Primer for (Generous) Transgender Theological Reflection (12)
26: Can Christianity guarantee your happiness? (36)
24: Justin Schieber’s objections to the proper basicality of theism considered (50)
23: Transcript for the Rauser/Schieber Debate (1)
22: 69. Danielle Strickland on the Gospel and Kingdom (63)
21: Intelligent Design and Astrology (23)
20: Belief and Doubt in the 21st Century (3)
20: Does God Exist? The Rauser/Schieber Debate (3)
20: Interview: What on Earth Do We Know About Heaven? (0)
20: Interview: Healthy Debate and Discussion (1)
20: Interview: A Discussion on Apologetics (0)
20: A Reader’s Journey through God or Godless this May (119)
19: The Anthropocentrism Switcheroo? (126)
18: Lessons from the tragicomic aging rock star (8)
17: Can you hear the groaning of creation? (107)
16: Belief and Doubt in the 21st Century (22)
15: Meaningful relationship and propositional knowledge: A response to Justin Schieber (Part 2) (120)
13: Meaningful relationship and propositional knowledge: A response to Justin Schieber (Part 1) (125)
13: Does God Exist? The Rauser/Schieber Debate mp3 (24)
11: Debating God: The Rauser/Schieber Debate is Up! (45)
10: 68. Justin Schieber on knowledge, God and morality (5)
09: Mocking Atheism (61)
08: Crucify! Crucify! The standard evangelical response to the Christian provocateur? (20)
07: 67. Justin Schieber on rationality and religious disagreement (72)
05: Easter and the Resurrection to Judgment (34)
03: Are We Alone? How Nova gets the ultimate question wrong (and why it matters) (50)
02: Joe Walsh and the Problem of Evil (202)

March 2015

31: In defense of rational disagreement (164)
31: The Wrath of God was Satisfied: A Passion Week Sermon (11)
30: Insight TV interview – March 2015 (0)
28: 66. Reformed Epistemology: A Conversation with Myron Penner (91)
27: Beyond so-called Friendship Evangelism (16)
26: Randal provides some heavenly insight to “Insight” (5)
25: Atheist Hate Speech at the Prayer Breakfast? (126)
24: Preparing Christian kids for the university faith-buster class (37)
23: Apologetics and the cult of concision or, not every conversation can be had in under four minutes (75)
22: Can evangelicalism save you from spiritual confusion? (7)
20: Do you have to love Jesus more than your children? (36)
17: 65. Ten Things a Seminarian Can Learn from St. Patrick (56)
16: Honor and the Problem of Evil (32)
13: 64. Michael Rea on Naturalism (29)
12: The Man I am Today: One soldier’s testimony and the problem of evil (37)
11: Awesome Pictures from the Rauser/Schieber Belief and Doubt Dialogue (12)
10: Reflections on the Rauser/Schieber Debate and Dialogue (69)
08: The Rauser/Schieber Debate: A very brief debrief (48)
07: 63. Michael Rea on Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Theology (22)
05: Is God the same thing as “magic”? (170)
03: Is the problem of evil a matter of interpretation? (230)
02: The editor comments on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (3)
01: Ignorance as a badge of honor? Fundamentalism among Christians and atheists (90)

February 2015

January 2015

30: Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 2) (280)
28: My Two Upcoming Debates on God’s Existence (17)
27: Did God Really Command Genocide? A Review (Part 1) (129)
26: What we can learn from “Loftus Logic” (or why John Loftus isn’t the Fonz) (30)
25: John Loftus bizarrely rants against me on Unbelievable. Sadly, all too believable. (84)
24: What’s splitting your church redux (3)
24: “Putting down wolves” and other chilling rhetoric (9)
23: 60. Worldview and Apologetics: A Conversation with Tawa Anderson (9)
21: A Wolf in Sheepdog’s Clothing? A review of American Sniper (35)
20: Does Neil deGrasse Tyson know the meaning of meaning? (20)
19: The Magic of Boyhood: A Review (0)
18: When is a Christian going to write a book defending atheists? (11)
17: Did you hear the one about the boy who went to heaven … except that he didn’t? (17)
16: Standing up against prejudice … and being called a hypocrite (17)
14: 59. A Response to Bill Maher on Religion and Free Speech (29)
13: 58. Matthew Flannagan on God and Genocide (42)
11: Buddha statues and Saddam statues: The problem of toleration (33)
09: What is a jerk? (21)
08: The Tentative Apologist (that’s me) talks apologetics with Boldcupofcoffee.com (12)
07: David Marshall takes on John Loftus (51)
05: 57. Terry Mortenson on Creationism (51)
04: The Hope of Holy War? A Review of The Skeletons in God’s Closet (Part 3) (82)
03: Don’t buy that car! Why I read Jalopnik (3)
01: A great deal on Burt’s Bees lip balm (9)