The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has some ads broadcast on CNN recently. The spokesperson, Ron Reagan, ended the ad with the phrase " "life-long atheist, not afraid of burning in hell." The FFRF has an excellent blog post addressing the outcry about that particular phrase and the idea of "hell" here. I have not much to add … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – The case against Hell
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What the Boss Likes – a new book, One Nation Under Gods
A new book, One Nation, Under Gods by Peter Manseau, is one of the best books I have read in a long time. Mr. Manseau reviews the history of religion in the United States of America from 1492 (with some info on religion in North America before the Europeans came) up to the present day. … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – a new book, One Nation Under Gods
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – geology, poster style
I decided to do a riff on a webposter I saw on Mike's website here. This is an amazing example of layers and cross-bedding, where the direction of the propelling force (in this case both wind and water) changed repeatedly over time, a lot longer than 40 days and 40 nights. This webpage is a very … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – geology, poster style
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – room for another debate
Rather than take up space on another's comments area, I've brought a debate over here. I'll post Seth's post, and in comments, I'll put my response. After a discussion here, this is Seth's reply to my comment (the italicized bits are parts of my comment): "What awesome, thought-provoking questions! I’ll be intentionally brief, so clarifying … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – room for another debate
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 list of questions
My current guest Christian, logicinlife, has asked the following questions in the comments here. If you are long time reader, the answers will be no surprise to you. Many of the questions are loaded questions or have some a priori assumption associated with them. You are invited, atheists, agnostics and theists, to answer the questions … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a list of questions
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
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