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Atheist Blogroll 2008-12-22 11:36:32 I had submitted my site for consideration to the AtheistBlogroll
, which has been accepted (and the link to which is now prominently displayed on my sidebar). One of the conditions is to write a post about the Blogroll, so here it is.
Enjoy the fellow atheist bloggers on the site, and I’ll try to figure [...]
You are attacking a literal interpretation of the Bible… 2008-12-22 00:28:04 This “You are attacking a literal interpretation
of the Bible” is a common challenge thrown up by Christians/believers and atheists alike.
When an atheist brings it up it is usually to mention why a particular argument they are reading about wouldn’t work.
When believers talk, you often hear some kind of appeal to a more nuanced and [...]
Later Additions to the Bible… 2008-12-20 00:34:57 Biblical scholarship is not for everyone, but if you are at all interested in the subject (and it’s fine if you are an atheist who fines Biblical scholarship interesting) I wrote up a short article on some famous verses that were not originally in the Bible.
From the beloved “cast the first stone” story to the [...]
Allow yourself to be slapped, repeatedly… 2008-12-08 14:14:14 Jesus is often considered to be some kind of moral genius or amazing moral teacher. Many atheists will say how much they admire the morality taught by Jesus before criticizing some other aspect of religion.
An honest reading of the New Testament Gospels doesn’t really put Jesus’ morality in such an amazing light.
Most of the things [...] Read more:Allow
Mohammad: Executioner via Amputation 2008-12-05 12:16:38 So I’m trying something new today.
I usually post new articles as “article” pages — but this doesn’t update the RSS feed apparently. So, I posted a new article: Mohammad: Executioner via Amputation.
It discusses yet another morally questionable event in Mohammad’s life.
Let me know what you think of it!
- CA
Conversational Atheism 2008-09-01 00:47:04 I hope that this website and my future book encourage active and productive interactions. There will be some long arguments, some short arguments, some quick questions, some weird and interesting questions, some brief stories, some conversation starters, a bit about arguing in general, a bit about tactics…
How I hope the people who read [...] Read more:Atheism