Author: clubschadenfreude

intelligent, female, atheist, science fiction fan, great cook, excellent alewife, cat lover

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – that pesky free will

A fellow I’ve corresponded with on Facebook gave me a link to bible verses he claimed supported the idea of free will.  I’m bored, so I went through and looked at all of them.   My usual readers will recognize quite a bit of this, no reason to waste your time again. Okay, let’s look at … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – that pesky free will →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique part 4

Part Four – The Prophetic Fingerprint Well, happily this is the last of the “Case for Christmas” videos. Here’s email’s spin: “Some people believe the Old Testament doesn’t apply to those of us who follow Jesus. They think the ancient history, poetry, and prophecies are irrelevant to today’s modern culture. Yet, the Old Testament is … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique part 4 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – you’d think conservative Christians would know better than to lie

A common false claim by many Christians has to do with Darwin and evolutionary theory.  They want to so desperately conflate Social Darwinism with evolutionary theory, in order to try to scare people from accepting evolutionary theory and realizing that the bible is nothing different from any other silly set of myths. I found this … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – you’d think conservative Christians would know better than to lie →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique Part 3

Part Three – “A Mind-Boggling Proposition”  yeah, it’s really called that. So, in addition to the latest bit of nonsense from Lee Strobel about Christmas, I also got an email from another shilling preacher from biblegateway.com about the Jews.   Now, I find Jewish belief just as ridiculous as Christian or any other belief but the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique Part 3 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique part 2

Part Two – Beneath the Fake News So, here we have week two of the “case for Christmas” and unsurprisingly, we have a conservative Christian using Bumbling Idiot Donnie’s favorite lie. Per Lee, Christmas has been “victimized” by fake news.  Amazing how a supposedly omnipotent character just can’t do a thing about us puny humans, … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique part 2 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – ooops, they said the quiet part out loud

I ran across this post today "There are consequences for evangelists' blind support of Donald Trump. Here's what to expect in a post-Trump America."   I captured it on a There are consequences for evangelists as a word doc since I'm suspecting that the Christians might take it down.   One might think it is a spoof … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – ooops, they said the quiet part out loud →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique Part 1

Part One – Setting the Record Straight Well, Lee has quite a challenge here since the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, and therefore Christmas, is certainly quite a mess.  We have two gospels that just ignore it, two that have the details everyone knows but are contradictory and Paul who has seems to … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” critique Part 1 →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” – preview of a critique

Being completely bored, I signed up for Bible Gateway’s shilling of Lee Strobel’s new book “The Case for Christmas”.  I figured this will at least give me something to do and give me a few posts for this blog.  The videos are free, but they really, really want you to buy the books. Unsurprisingly, this … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “A Case for Christmas” – preview of a critique →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – as expected Christians who supported Trump now insist that they never did

As some of my readers might remember, I've clashed with John Branyan and his rather peculiar daughter Amanda before. They were all for Trump, how great he was, how Amanda voted for him and how dare anyone point out how much he was a failure.  We can see that right here "On behalf of your … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – as expected Christians who supported Trump now insist that they never did →