In my experience, atheists and Christians commonly strawman each other. For example, the atheist criticizing Christianity assumes Christianity includes a […]
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On Keeping a Closed Mind: Lessons from The Friendly Atheist
A couple days ago The Friendly Atheist posted an article titled “Christian Textbook Urges Readers To ‘Keep a Closed Mind’.” […]
critical thinking, fundamentalism, Hemant Mehta, indoctrination, open mind, steelman, strawman, the Friendly AtheistKnocking Down the Strawman Theist
In my last article I made some positive comments about Julian Baggini’s book Atheism: A Very Short Introduction. The book […]
atheism, Julian Baggini, naturalism, strawman, theismWas the Bible written by God or men? And other false dichotomies
This morning I read an article by Shulem Deen titled “This is how I lost my faith: Science helped, yes […]
Bible, dichotomy, fundamentalism, revelation, strawmanJohn W. Loftus defends Peter Boghossian
John Loftus has a lot riding on Peter Boghossian’s book. He gushes that “Dr. Peter Boghossian Seeks to Revolutionize Our […]
John Loftus, Peter Boghossian, strawmanTheism, naturalism, and strawmen
Since Antony Flew wrote his little parable of the invisible gardener sixty years ago, countless atheists have claimed that theism […]
atheism, invisible gardener, naturalism, strawman, theism