Beware of folks who engage in goal-post shifting. This is an informal logical fallacy in which one party shifts the rules for victory after a debate has already begun. For a great example, we can begin with a tweet I posted this past week: According to historic Christianity, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ […]
Edward Babinski
Edward Babinski reviews Is the Atheist My Neighbor?
Edward Babinski, editor of the collection Leaving the Fold: Testimonies of Former Fundamentalists, reviewed my 2015 book Is the Atheist My Neighbor? at his blog. He writes: “I applaud Randal’s attempt to spare atheists from being negatively stereo-typed by conservative Christians as the most blind, stupid, and vile lot of humanity. (Randal also would like to see Christians […]
Christians reason from Christian assumptions! Who woulda thunk it?
Let’s take a look at the opening to Edward Babinski’s comment in response to my article”Why Jesus almost certainly had some errant theological beliefs“: “Randal, The only reason you don’t believe Jesus held any false beliefs of “theological import” is because you don’t question “Christian theology,” you relish swimming in the sea of theological purple […]
The Bible Babinski thinks God should have written: On “The Christian Delusion” (Part 9)
This is the nine and final installment of my 2010 review of The Christian Delusion which was originally published at “The Christian Post”. I may return to review some more of the essays in the weeks to come. * * * Edward T. Babinski, “The Cosmology of the Bible,” 109-47. Yes, we are now into Part […]
Why they don’t believe: Edward Babinski
This is the third installment in my series in which atheists and/or Christian skeptics who received a golden ticket in their Willy Wonka chocolate bar are invited into my factory to share their reasons for disbelief with my readers. Today we have Edward Babinski. Ed edited the book Leaving the Fold and blogs here. * […]
Storytelling Atheological Apologetics
Over the last two days I have probably been spending more time fielding comments at John Loftus’ blog than I should. It isn’t an entirely rewarding task. At times I feel like a representative for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra attempting to sell seasons tickets at an AC/DC concert. As you can guess, it isn’t going […]
