I just watched the MSNBC program Kasie DC in which the host, Kasie Hunt, interviewed Republican politician Rob Woodall. After Woodall defended […]
Reflections on a study Bible for atheists
Note: this is a revised version of an article I originally published in 2014. The online community of activist atheists tends […]
How do you know you’re not dreaming?
Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zhou once dreamed he was a butterfly. When he woke, he observed, “Am I a man who […]
Responding to a half-baked objection to hell
This morning I tweeted a link to an article I wrote on the complexity of salvation: “If God wants us […]
Why evangelicalism often fails to be effective
What is more important? Being an evangelical, conservative, and/or fundamentalist Christian? Or just being a Christian? I believe it is more […]
I’m no psychiatrist, but … is televangelist Kenneth Copeland a psychopath?
You tell me: in my non-expert opinion it is either that Copeland is a psychopath or he is possessed by […]
Agnostic Atheists?
I find a significant lack of clarity these days among self-described atheists and agnostics about the use of these terms. […]
An argument for beheading or against lethal injection
This article is based on my 2013 article on state-beheading. Read the background here. Beheading is intolerably cruel. Beheading is […]
Atheists who poison the well by calling things magic
Have you noticed how atheists often like to refer to theistic accounts of various aspects of reality as “magic”? It’s […]
The Problem of Atheist Anti-Intellectualism
A couple of days ago, I got in a Twitter back-and-forth with Nate Phelps. Mr. Phelps is the son of […]