Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a review of “One Nation, Under Gods”

Recently, I had a short blog post about a new book I’ve read, One Nation, Under Gods.   I love the book, and thought I might write a longer post about it now. And I need to since I’m going to be lending it to my parents to read tomorrow. One Nation, Under God is a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a review of “One Nation, Under Gods”

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – follow those laws….or not

This week, there were a couple of fascinating columns from the usual theistic suspects, Rabbi Gellman and Billy Graham. Billy has a column on the “ten” commandments.   The querent asks why we should follow them now. Billy asks in return “which of them would you do away with if you could?” as a challenge, because … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – follow those laws….or not

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – addressing “An Open Letter to An Atheist”

This post is an answer to a post I found while rummaging through WordPress's accumulator for posts on "atheism".  It made some of the classic bad classic false claims that many Christians make so I thought it would be a good example on how to respond to such things.  Again, plenty of these point have … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – addressing “An Open Letter to An Atheist”

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a small interlude

Hello my subscribers.  I received a very long comment on someone else's blog and wanted to take the time, and space, to respond to a Christian who is sure I am wrong and that they are the OneTrueChristian.  So, this is a rehash of much of the same.  This is just to give our OneTrueChristian … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a small interlude

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “What does God need with a starship?”

It’s been awhile since I blogged about the claims of Rabbi Gellman of the one person God Squad. But today we have a curious column from him in my local paper. The title comes from Star Trek: The Final Frontier, where Captain James T. Kirk encounters a god, something that happens with some regularity to … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “What does God need with a starship?”

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Roe v. Wade

This day is an anniversary of the date that women won the ability to control their own bodies here in the US when it comes to childbirth and abortion. This was the famous Roe vs. Wade decision. Pleasantly enough, I have just read that the GOP majority in the US House of Representatives have failed … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Roe v. Wade

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – religious tv – yes, you knew it was going to be awful

Here’s a pair of reviews of the tv shows I’ve mentioned in earlier blog posts. The “History” channel has a “docudrama” called Revelation: End of Days. I briefly mentioned it here. Oh my, the nonsense.   I fast forwarded through most of this unadulterated piece of shakey cam crap. Here’s a bit of a stream of … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – religious tv – yes, you knew it was going to be awful

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – another challenger who is sure that the bible flood happened, Diana Lesperance

(this was more enjoyable to write than reviewing bad television(which is damning with faint praise), but we’ll get to that next post.  And yes, it's long.  Such a great surprise 🙂 ). Diana’s claims about science are always curious, but nothing new in the realm of young earth creationist claims. I reviewed her claims about … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – another challenger who is sure that the bible flood happened, Diana Lesperance

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: Where the “History” channel has a docudrama of the Book of Revelation

Just stumbled upon this "Revelation: End of Days"  a docudrama format of the nonsense from Revelation from the "History Channel" which deserves the title as much as the Syfy Channel does.  It does seem to at least have better production quality than the Left Behind nonsense, but it doesn't have the excellent porn star names … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation: Where the “History” channel has a docudrama of the Book of Revelation

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the kvetching continues, and “you want these in the courthouse?” part 4

Now, we’re to Chapter 19 and three months since the big splitting the sea scene.   Moses, plus hundreds of thousands, if not millions, are camped at the base of Mount Sinai. Moses goes up to Y (assumed on the mountain) and Y says that he carried all of the people on eagles’ wings here (as … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the kvetching continues, and “you want these in the courthouse?” part 4