Tag: christian

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the confusion about David

As my readers know, the bible is chock full of contradictions. The entire field of apologetics has been invented to deal with a set of books that were never meant to be together. What is amusing is that this has been a problem with all of the bible, NT and OT. After going off on … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the confusion about David →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – putting jesus on trial

Found this on a rather silly christian blog. It's all of the common christian baseless arguments in one place. a few memes at the end.And here's how that all fails:I’ve put this jesus on trial and unsurprisingly, imaginary beings fail that.Jesus’s teachings are all over the map. One can see how different authors made up … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – putting jesus on trial →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the typical christian confusion about the worth of a human life

On Hillfaith, there are the typical conservative christians who try to lie about how much their god cares about human beings. In this post, it's about making a choice, saving a pet or a person."Your decision becomes ever more complicated when you realize you only have one life preserver on hand and you aren’t a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the typical christian confusion about the worth of a human life →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – christian excuses about prayer

John Clayton, a christian who tries to claim that science agrees with his religion and that prayers work, has failed a couple of times recently. In one post we have this:"It is interesting that the more vocal atheists of our day spend a lot of time talking about prayer. Many of them became atheists because when … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – christian excuses about prayer →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a classic example of how Christians make their god in their image

Mark Taylor, a pastor at a congregational church has written a piece that is classic for showing how christians make their god in their image. Not wanting to accept that his bible is full of a vicious and ignorant god, Mark must claim tht this god is "really" Jesus, whom he conveniently forgets is also … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a classic example of how Christians make their god in their image →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Poor SOM, failing yet again

one more for good measure....If you are a new reader to this blog, you may not be familiar with a fellow named "Silence of Mind", a TrueChristian(tm). He's been around a while and as always he fails miserably with his screeds about atheists. He's on about how bad atheists are and trying to very hard … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Poor SOM, failing yet again →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – for your delectation, a discussion with a typical Christian

Pastor Jonathan Waits has challenged me to put up his replies to my comments on his blog. So, with his permission, I have. You can see them on his blog too, and I'm sure there will be more. The following is *very* long, tedious and has very little new in it, including no evidence for … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – for your delectation, a discussion with a typical Christian →

What the Boss Likes – yep, the “sky is falling” claims of bigots have failed… again

I subscribe to the emails from the Rand Corporation, a huge global think tank that has done much research on various subjects over the years. They started as a part of military and space research, and ages ago when I had an internship at the Smithsonian, I handled some of those documents that were about … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – yep, the “sky is falling” claims of bigots have failed… again →