I had an interesting exchange with Jonathan MS Pearce on naturalism and dualism in “The natural and Naturalism“. Not only does the discussion have inherent value, but there are broader lessons here about how to retain intellectual credibility and avoid becoming an ideologue. And for that reason, I’ve decided to put a spotlight on the discussion […]
Debunking Christianity
The natural and naturalism
Today I was over having a friendly chat at Debunking Chistianity when andreas_schueler asked me: “why are there innumerable examples of naturalistic explanations replacing theistic ones but no example of theistic explanations replacing naturalistic ones ?” Given that I have heard this question (in varying forms) many times, and given that I could not unpack it […]
Naturalism and the invisible gardener
Imagine that you were a reader of the “Modern American Literature Blog”. Then one day one of the main contributors blogs about a really neat book that somebody game him to read called The Sun Also Rises. Your first thought would probably be: “Wait a minute, you’re a main contributor on the Modern American Literature […]
Debunking Christianity: A blog for Joe Sixpack Atheist
John W. Loftus recently linked to an article I wrote at his “Debunking Christianity” blog. If you want to waste some time, read through the comment thread. It starts off with a string of insults directed at me from potty mouths who either (a) didn’t read the article or (b) read it and completely failed to […]
The first Crazy review
FYI, John Loftus just posted a review of Your not as Crazy as I think at his Debunking Christianity blog. You can check it out here. If things keep going like this, pretty soon atheists and Christians will be gathering around the fire while we all sing “Kumbaya”! Hey, did anybody bring marshmallows to make […]
