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2016 Archive

December 2016

  • 31: Secular Intolerance: Evaluating the Principles of the Oasis Network Part 1 (15)
  • 30: Finding her Oasis: Gretta Vosper and secular intolerance (5)
  • 29: Randal and Justin Debate on Line of Fire with Michael Brown (5)
  • 28: Gender and Sexuality Any Damn Way You Please? (85)
  • 27: Gleason: A Review (4)
  • 24: A Journey Through Christmas Posts Past (3)
  • 23: Mock beliefs, not people, Revisited (11)
  • 23: An Atheist and a Christian on Bob Dutko’s Show (1)
  • 22: God and Answered Prayer: A response to Justin Schieber (27)
  • 21: On not having enough faith to be an atheist (3)
  • 21: Are you (ever) embarrassed to be human? (5)
  • 20: God sacrificed himself to himself, blah blah blah (50)
  • 20: On Scientific (and Philosophical and Theological) Ignorance (25)
  • 19: Omran and the Angels of Aleppo (3)
  • 17: An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Podcast (2)
  • 16: Milestones without God: An interview with Secular Celebrant Galen Broaddus (4)
  • 15: Top 30 Atheist Blogs (according to Feedspot) (22)
  • 15: Sending Out Christmas Curses (6)
  • 14: Somebody Goofed comes alive: Fundamentalism like you’ve never seen it before (10)
  • 13: On Getting a Review Copy of An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (3)
  • 13: If Jesus had been sent to the gallows: On the felicitous outcome of attempted sacrilege (15)
  • 10: God, Serial Killers, and Natural Evil (86)
  • 10: Politically Incorrect Roadside Signs (2)
  • 08: These Folks Are My Kind of Christians (2)
  • 08: Everyday Miracle, or A Divine Sign in Douala (106)
  • 07: Two Atheists (both friendly), One Theist, and a Discussion of Religion and Violence (3)
  • 06: An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar is Shipping! (3)
  • 06: An Atheist, a Christian, a Bar, and Mike D’s Concluding Thoughts (1)
  • 05: An Interview on Atheist/Christian Dialogue (0)
  • 05: An Atheist and a Christian Dialogue Review of An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (2)
  • 05: Notes on the David Wood-Michael Shermer Debate (32)
  • 03: The Trailer for The Shack (3)
  • 03: Life is a Highway: Dreams of the Free Thinker (13)
  • 02: Big news on An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (3)
  • 01: Village Atheism and Appalachian Snake Handlers (24)
  • 01: The Shack on the Silver Screen (5)

November 2016

  • 28: Do average Christians believe in the God of classical theism? (32)
  • 27: Responding to John Loftus’ attack on my co-author Justin Schieber (12)
  • 26: When will the millennials realize that Goodwill beats the mall? (8)
  • 26: Two Early Reviews for An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (13)
  • 23: A Child Dying of Cancer Should Change Us All (85)
  • 22: An Atheist and a Christian in a Commercial (2)
  • 22: Is the Atheist My Neighbor? reviewed in “The Humanist” (2)
  • 21: Should Christians be afraid of Islam? (55)
  • 20: Why Roger Ebert could have given God’s not Dead 2 Four Stars (18)
  • 19: An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar … and two guys wrote a book about it (2)
  • 18: Fairyology vs. Goo: Atheists and Christians in Conversation (33)
  • 16: Arrival: A Review (9)
  • 15: Blood Coming Out of Her Wherever: On Donald Trump’s misogynistic war (21)
  • 14: The Oft-Overlooked Sins of Omission (15)
  • 13: Trump: The Christian Conservative Case for Civil Disobedience (6)
  • 11: God Bless the Peaceful Protesters (40)
  • 10: How to Pray for President Trump (44)
  • 08: Are missionaries unwittingly spreading damnation? (72)
  • 06: Being a Baptist on Reformation Day (18)
  • 05: Sodden Dead Flies: How a bad experience at church can have long-term effects (4)
  • 04: More than half of American Christians are now gay-affirming (68)
  • 03: On Being Sorry for the Iraq War (2)
  • 02: You can’t make America great again because it is now better than it ever was (67)

October 2016

  • 29: Is the human species sufficiently unimpressive that it supports naturalism over theism? (50)
  • 27: What does gay marriage have to do with packing Christmas boxes? (38)
  • 26: Lights Out: A Review (23)
  • 26: The rhetorical indulgences of some Christian testimonies (9)
  • 25: Which is a bigger threat to the church: homosexuality or greed? (10)
  • 23: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown reaches 50! Some reflections (13)
  • 20: Jesus vs. the Volcano: How Christians disagree on atonement and why it matters (50)
  • 19: Watching Borrowed Time (15)
  • 18: The depth of current atonement debates in a tweet (13)
  • 17: How evangelical kids can get their faith shaken on the first day of university (8)
  • 14: Stephen Law’s Evil God Challenge. In Under Four Minutes. With Animation. And my response. (49)
  • 12: Calvinism and the Problem of Evil: A Review (39)
  • 12: The Fight over the Fetus: Abortion, Ethics, and Politics (47)
  • 10: Wayne Grudem retracts his Trump endorsement … but why’d he give it in the first place? (137)
  • 09: The First Review for An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (3)
  • 09: Stephen Colbert, Paul Ryan, and their subtly sexist critiques of Donald Trump (39)
  • 08: Thanks to Donald Trump I will no longer call myself an evangelical (81)
  • 07: Swinburne and Homosexuality: A Response to Jason Thibodeau (152)
  • 05: Homosexuality, Academic Freedom, and the Swinburne Controversy (125)
  • 04: When you can’t believe, the church can do it for you (15)
  • 03: Ran for the Cure 2016 (2)

September 2016

  • 30: Move Over Jesus, Here Comes Donald Trump (21)
  • 30: The Problem of Evil Explained in terms of Belgian Strong Dark Ale (56)
  • 29: The Irrationality of Conversion: Christianity and Atheism compared (69)
  • 28: Why shouldn’t I just kill myself? A physicist replies (42)
  • 27: Still Further Thoughts on Christian Atheism (54)
  • 27: Further Thoughts on Christian Atheism (31)
  • 26: Are Christian denominations permitted to expect theism of their ministers? (15)
  • 26: If you appreciate my blog, please make a donation to fight cancer (6)
  • 25: Is the Christian minister Gretta Vosper being persecuted just because she’s an atheist? (29)
  • 24: Why you can’t say the total evidence supports (or does not support) Christianity (15)
  • 23: On Rota’s Wager: Pascal and epistemic virtue (10)
  • 22: “There is no evidence for…” On the unqualified and indefensible claims of bad apologists (23)
  • 21: The Best Religious Joke Ever isn’t About Religion (and why that matters) (14)
  • 20: Atheist apologists who dislike apologetics (17)
  • 19: That’s Why We Love Unbelievable: Two impressive moments from the latest show (19)
  • 18: Christian apologists need to lead by example and stop caricaturing their opponents (5)
  • 17: Sports, violence, and irrational secularists (27)
  • 16: Does religion cause violence? (42)
  • 16: The Fallacy of Charitable Interpretation (3)
  • 16: Haha. Imagine that. (29)
  • 14: Jesus meets Mike Pence (2)
  • 14: Goddidit and Golden Hammers (25)
  • 14: How do you defend the Bible to those who dismiss it as the product of savage minds? (10)
  • 13: Should Protestants accept the Deuterocanon? (4)
  • 12: Should additions to the biblical texts be treated as canon? (16)
  • 11: An Atheist and a Christian Walk Into a Bar: The Table of Contents Revealed! (3)
  • 10: How the British Humanist Association Promotes Propaganda (14)
  • 09: Is there a better way to know than science? (48)
  • 08: How the British Humanist Association undermines Humanism (70)
  • 07: Do Calvinists and Arminians worship the same God? (33)
  • 03: The Irony of the Critique: A Response to Richard Carrier (90)
  • 01: The Imprecatory Psalms at Daylight Church (0)

August 2016

  • 31: How to Hate Your Enemies: A Sermon (53)
  • 30: No, he didn’t think of you “above all”: Or, the hubris of popular Christian piety (15)
  • 30: Don’t try to redeem immoral practices by appealing to culture (2)
  • 29: The Question that Never Goes Away: A Review (36)
  • 29: Evangelicals love Trump (or hate Hillary … or both) (13)
  • 27: On Donald Trump: Pity the psychopath, but don’t vote for him (6)
  • 26: On those who call for an end to philosophy of religion (23)
  • 25: New endorsements for An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (4)
  • 24: Unveiling the New Tentative Apologist Logo (and its retro roots) (1)
  • 22: Belief in God as Properly Basic? The Debate Continues (112)
  • 21: The Sobering Case of a Serial Plagiarist (8)
  • 20: Richard Carrier reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (11)
  • 18: I am Evel Knievel: A Review (3)
  • 17: Dan Fincke endorses An Atheist and a Christian Walk Into a Bar (3)
  • 17: On God and Volcanoes (9)
  • 16: A Conversation with Atheist/Humanist Blogger Sincere Kirabo (2)
  • 15: Doubters and Questioners (11)
  • 13: On the Use of People to Benefit Other People: A response to Jason Thibodeau (32)
  • 11: On Divine Hiddenness: J.L. Schellenberg Responds to My Review (32)
  • 09: Fundamentalism sells … and moderation is a voice crying in the wilderness (45)
  • 07: The Hiddenness Argument Revealed: A Review (85)
  • 05: What would Jesus say to Caitlyn Jenner? (23)
  • 05: Mystics, Skeptics, and Nothing Buttery (8)
  • 03: The Top Five Reasons Millennials Are Leaving The Evangelical Church (According to ME) (11)
  • 03: The First Blurb for An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (1)
  • 01: Donald Trump declares his power over the past, can prevent Russia from entering Ukraine (10)
  • 01: The Problem of Evil and Mindfulness (15)

July 2016

  • 29: Wayne Grudem’s Endorsement of Donald Trump and the Moral Bankruptcy of Evangelicalism (96)
  • 29: A Bully for President? (11)
  • 28: Share Your Candidate for the Best Argument Against Christianity (82)
  • 24: Can a person be a fundamentalist about atheism? (21)
  • 22: Keith Olbermann argues that Donald Trump is a psychopath (but we already knew that) (10)
  • 22: The Republican Road to Hell (33)
  • 22: Atheist Fundamentalism Lives (17)
  • 21: Ted Cruz Behaving Badly? Ms. Manners vs. Moral Obligations (4)
  • 21: Ted Cruz’s Five Most Beautiful and Powerful (but very UnChristian) Words (6)
  • 19: He is Not Your Guru: A Review of I am Not Your Guru (11)
  • 18: The Ethical Problem of Vegetarian Cannibal Burgers (16)
  • 17: Have a question about God? Ask the scientist! (36)
  • 16: We’re not laying pipe! We’re talking about poetry. (10)
  • 15: On Stoning the Children (81)
  • 15: Godless of the Gaps (16)
  • 13: God of the Gaps and Mind of the Gaps (65)
  • 13: Do theists need a proof for God to be rational? A response to Dan Barker (64)
  • 12: And Now for a Word From Banksy (2)
  • 11: All Lives Matter. But Black Lives Still Matter. (17)
  • 10: Credulity at the Skeptic Convention (28)
  • 10: Sabbatical and Public Speaking (6)
  • 09: On reading a few sentences of Dan Barker’s Godless (54)
  • 08: Ken Humphreys’ strange prejudice against the Bible (17)
  • 08: Andy Bannister on God, Human Beings, and Intrinsic Value (67)
  • 06: Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is living history … in the worst kind of way (30)
  • 05: Faith is Irrational: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 5) (68)
  • 02: Humanism, Christianity, and Human Dignity (64)
  • 01: 75,000 Comments (and then some) (12)
  • 01: Religious Fanatics (10)

June 2016

  • 30: I just believe in one less god than you: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 4) (116)
  • 28: Fetus as Parasite? A disturbing trend in pro-choice rhetoric (267)
  • 27: The Bottom Feeders in Academic Publishing (3)
  • 27: Another reason to be disgusted by politicians (39)
  • 27: Divine Violence and the Church: Is Joshua Ryan Butler’s answer sufficient? (44)
  • 25: On the Prolife rationale behind showing aborted fetuses (96)
  • 24: The Cover for An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (13)
  • 24: You are insignificant; therefore, God doesn’t exist: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 3) (3)
  • 23: Jesus Mythicism: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 2) (70)
  • 22: Dawkins’ Central Argument: Reflections on the Worst Arguments Against Christianity (Part 1) (50)
  • 21: Share Your Candidate for the Worst Argument Against Christianity (24)
  • 20: A Review of OJ: Made in America (11)
  • 19: Cursing the Killer: On Praying the Imprecatory Psalms (3)
  • 18: Is right action more important than right belief? (12)
  • 18: 96. Those Without Religion: Cory Seibel on the Nones (14)
  • 12: The Trent Horn – Raphael Lataster Debate (33)
  • 10: Update on An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar (12)
  • 09: Emotions as a way to moral reflection and theological truth (3)
  • 08: The most blatant case of a company man apologist (6)
  • 06: The Pastafarians have infiltrated my daughter’s school (12)
  • 06: Muhammad Ali on the contrast between Islam and Christianity (5)
  • 03: Speaking in Louisville (4)
  • 02: Does God demand love under threat of damnation? (43)
  • 02: 95. The Problem of God-Breathed Violence (9)
  • 01: TWU Today Archives Part 6: Would Jesus smoke a doobie? (21)

May 2016

  • 31: TWU Today Archives Part 5: The mixed fruit of Charismatic Christianity (8)
  • 30: If atheists are offended by a theodicy, does that give them a right to be rude? (51)
  • 29: The complex ethical problem of the Mega-Church (18)
  • 28: TWU Today Archives Part 4: A Plea Against Evangelical Kitsch (7)
  • 26: God and the Problem of Suffering: An Interview with Paul Buller (48)
  • 25: A plea for a greener evangelicalism (8)
  • 25: TWU Today Archives Part 3: My first apologetics article ever in which I demolish scientism! (Not really.) (28)
  • 24: Confession: A Sermon (8)
  • 23: Why John Sanders won the Unbelievable Debate on Open Theism and Heresy (39)
  • 22: TWU Today Archives Part 2: A Defense of Annihilationism (2)
  • 22: TWU Today Archives Part 1: The Bike Shed Blunder (5)
  • 20: 94. For those who doubt, this book’s for you: Bill Anderson on Ecclesiastes (16)
  • 20: On visiting Alcoholics Anonymous. A lesson for the church? (12)
  • 18: A simple thought experiment to show that the world is getting better (8)
  • 16: Many Christians think the world is getting worse. Are they right? (32)
  • 14: Understand Why You Believe? The Problem of Confabulation (7)
  • 14: A Quick Review of the Gagnon-Kirk Debate on Homosexuality (61)
  • 12: The Apologist Who Wrote About the Atheist Who Didn’t Exist: My Interview with Andy Bannister (13)
  • 11: An Evening of Christianity and Islam in Dialogue (4)
  • 10: Violent readings of the Bible and Defending the Indefensible (200)
  • 10: 93. Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? A conversation with Andy Bannister (3)
  • 07: Two Conferences, One Busy Week (29)
  • 02: The Trump Bible (51)

April 2016

  • 29: Gamora, Peter Quill and the Ethics of Human/Alien Romance (34)
  • 27: Should we shun Christians that we believe are living an immoral life? (6)
  • 25: Christianity and Islam: A Bold Cup Conversation (0)
  • 22: 92. God is everywhere: James Gordon on Divine Omnipresence (4)
  • 20: The Problem with Hell in One Cartoon (40)
  • 17: Thoughts on Certainty: The Evangelical Leader and the Liberal Bishop (Part 2) (54)
  • 15: When did common sense become victim blaming? A vote for John Kasich (15)
  • 15: Thoughts on the Evangelical Leader and the Liberal Bishop (Part 1) (14)
  • 13: 91. Andy Bannister on Atheism, Morality, and the Meaning of Life (44)
  • 12: God or Godless has arrived in Korean translation (2)
  • 10: A busy weekend of dialogue on Islam and atheism (5)
  • 08: Should a Christian support a pro-choice candidate? Should a Christian support a pro-torture candidate? (111)
  • 06: The Gospel in the lungs of a Las Vegas street preacher (5)
  • 04: 90. Apologetics Today: A Conversation with Tawa Anderson (9)
  • 03: On helping the poor (28)
  • 02: Thoughts on Being at the Center of Everything (25)

March 2016

  • 30: The A-Unicornist reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (41)
  • 30: Irrational? Faith from Ignatius of Loyola to Carl Sagan (21)
  • 25: 89. What did the cross achieve? Oliver Crisp on Atonement (34)
  • 24: Islam and Christianity in Dialogue (0)
  • 23: The omniscient God as the jilted lover (27)
  • 21: Ed Buckner reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (10)
  • 21: God, Science, and the Universe: A Debate between Krauss, Meyer, and Lamoureaux (30)
  • 20: The Atheist and the Antitheist: The Lecture (0)
  • 19: God in the terrifying image of a jilted lover (22)
  • 17: A Career in the Pulpit (10)
  • 15: 88. Euthanasia, Death, and the Good Life: A Conversation with Heidi Janz (9)
  • 14: Consumerism in its purest form (3)
  • 11: The Unimaginable Torments of Hell (40)
  • 10: A new review of Faith Lacking Understanding (1)
  • 09: Sorry, this pew is paid for (3)
  • 07: 87. From the Bible to Doctrine: A conversation with Stephen Holmes (4)
  • 06: Muslims, Christians, and Worship of the Same God: A quick response to the Unbelievable debate (16)
  • 04: What happens when your abstract moral convictions encounter concrete reality? (22)
  • 02: Unveiling the title for my forthcoming book with Justin Schieber… (9)
  • 01: Do atheists marginalize God? Do apologists marginalize atheists? (43)

February 2016

  • 29: Rebranding Donald Trump: Lessons from John Oliver (4)
  • 27: The Silver Lining on Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (33)
  • 26: Paul Beach and Jonathan Strand debate the Rationality of Belief in God (10)
  • 25: 86. Making Sense of the Incarnation: A Conversation with Timothy Pawl (32)
  • 25: Help Name My Next Book (18)
  • 25: How do you celebrate five + years of blogging? (7)
  • 23: The Blustery Word Salad White Noise of Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager (48)
  • 23: The Irrationality of Anti-Theism: A response to Paul Beach (118)
  • 22: Bernie’s Biggest Blindspot? The problem of advertising in democratic elections (8)
  • 20: Republican presidential candidates on torture: Ted Cruz really is a liar and Donald Trump is a brute (28)
  • 19: The Testimony of Atheist Converts to Christianity (34)
  • 17: 85. No Easy Answers: Kelly Kapic on God, theology, and suffering (18)
  • 16: No Eagles of Death Metal Frontman, everybody shouldn’t have guns (13)
  • 16: Chocolate Cake, Chicken, and Other Metaphors of Truth and Error (57)
  • 14: Did the Church of England troll Richard Dawkins? (14)
  • 13: Is Life Meaningless without God? A Look at Andy Bannister’s Arguments (62)
  • 12: A Christian and Atheist Dialogue and Debate: My new book with Justin Schieber (14)
  • 10: A Limited Appetite for Wonder (77)
  • 08: 84. Is belief in God rational? A Christian and atheist in debate (141)
  • 06: Why Christian presidential candidates need more Christianity in their campaigns (14)
  • 05: Wouldn’t it be nice? A review of Love and Mercy (8)
  • 04: Ted Cruz and Climate Change Denial (24)
  • 04: How can you do this to anybody? A review of The Stoning of Soraya M. (40)
  • 03: Natural, Supernatural, and … Scientism? (119)
  • 03: I Object! A Conference on Biblical Violence … and Beyond (12)
  • 02: The Atheist and the Antitheist (25)
  • 01: My Suggestion for Bernie Sanders’ New Campaign Slogan (41)
  • 01: The View from Up There: Gravity and Aningaaq (3)

January 2016

  • 30: Only One Savior: politics and religious exploitation (9)
  • 29: 83. God’s Story: A Conversation with Mark Roncace (12)
  • 27: Christianity and Atheism in Dialogue … and Debate (15)
  • 26: The Popularity of Donald Trump as a spiritual exam of conservative Christianity (42)
  • 26: Sin Junkies: addiction, punishment, and the new problem of hell (8)
  • 23: Notes on My Devil’s Advocate Debate with Michael Ruse (38)
  • 22: The Ongoing Trials of the Minister Who Was an Atheist (47)
  • 22: When Conservative Christianity Wore Aviators (16)
  • 20: The Act of Killing: A Review (14)
  • 20: 82. Is the Church Making Us Stupid? A conversation with John Stackhouse (15)
  • 18: You can dis the minorities, but don’t mess with Ted! (23)
  • 17: Freethinking children? Not so much. (33)
  • 15: I just finished debating Michael Ruse and… (5)
  • 14: I Miss The Wittenburg Door (15)
  • 13: In my next debate I’ll be defending … atheism (14)
  • 10: Read Chapter 1 of Is the Atheist My Neighbor? (10)
  • 09: Apologetics and the Flying Spaghetti Monster (15)
  • 08: Wheaton College, Larycia Hawkins, and Freethought (19)
  • 07: 81. Robin Parry on the Biblical Cosmos (17)
  • 06: A Modest Defense of Wheaton College’s inquiry into Larycia Hawkins (19)
  • 06: Vintage Bible Tracts: “Good News” (5)
  • 05: Disciples of the Prince of Peace are following the Hater in Chief?! (47)
  • 04: Is Freedom the Cost of Freedom? A Quick Review of Citizenfour (45)
  • 02: Logically incoherent and frankly silly (22)
  • 01: The Humanist Chaplain: A Response to the Bart Campolo / Friendly Atheist Interview (50)

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