In a delightful coincidence (no gods needed), w have another Billy Graham bit of nonsense about prayer, prayers for water in the American west, our current TrueChristian, KD, claims about how his prayer was answered, and his claims on how dare anyone bring that up, complete with indignant words on why it’s the atheist’s fault … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – prayers and theist claims, or “again, why believe such claims?”
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What the Boss Likes – a great demonstration of burden of proof
Burden of proof is always a topic when atheists and theists are talking or when conspiracy theories are being bandied about. This post does a wonderful job of using a rather bizarre news story to good effect on showing how the positive claim has the burden of proof. Aahhhhhh! Cannibal rats!
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Republicans fall flat on face again, assure women that they only want up in vagina, not to give them fair insurance
Wow, Mike Huckabee is a twit, not that you didn’t know this already. One more Republican who has said that somehow Democrats think women are weak and have uncontrollable libidos and *that’s* why Democrats think they have to provide women birth control coverage in health insurance. Huck has said that Democrats supposedly say “they [women] … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Republicans fall flat on face again, assure women that they only want up in vagina, not to give them fair insurance
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – professional and amateur theists and their straw men redux
This week’s Sunday paper had a most entertaining column from Billy Graham Evangelical Ministries. The title my local paper gave it? “Atheists live by faith of God’s nonexistence”. Yes, that old saw again. (link to the sad little thing here). Mrs. J.Q., the questioner, tells BG that her cousin has read some books by atheists … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – professional and amateur theists and their straw men redux
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a Christian commenter comes slinking back, and a question: why believe one and not the others?
(Januaryy 22 - an addendum. We have one Christian who answered the question at the end of this post. You may find what he said here. He believes in other gods in addition to his god. There are arguments for and, of course, against this in the bible.) Happy New Year! Welcome new "followers". I … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a Christian commenter comes slinking back, and a question: why believe one and not the others?
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the possibility of extraterrestrial beings and religion
In that my dad has just started watching Ancient Aliens (I know, I know, but it gets him thinking), we’ve been discussing the implications of aliens for religion and humankind. It happens that there is a new column from the God Squad rabbi about such things. Someone wrote to ask Rabbi Gellman what the implications … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – the possibility of extraterrestrial beings and religion
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – those who doubt gods should seek answers… whoa, only the ones Billy approves of!
I was going to do a blog post about the myth of the “war on Christmas” that is so popular this time of year. However, it’s just low hanging fruit, since one can see that there is anything but a dearth of Christmas celebration and awareness in December. On my way home to visit my … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – those who doubt gods should seek answers… whoa, only the ones Billy approves of!
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Having “faith” that atheists don’t really exist
Recently, and indeed many times before that, I’ve encountered Christians using this argument that since “everyone” has faith, then there can’t be atheists, and therefore, leap of logic, their god exists. The biggest problem with this argument is that the idea of having faith in something, in the classic “belief in things unseen” sense, still doesn’t … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Having “faith” that atheists don’t really exist
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a primer on what you might not want to say in an online discussion, Baker’s Dozen edition
Recently, I’ve been in a very long discussion with an individual in the comments of one of my blog posts. This started with a TrueChristian using a tedious old gambit of insisting that atheism is a religion. Indeed, I was getting very close to a full card Bingo on the image that accompanies this post … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – a primer on what you might not want to say in an online discussion, Baker’s Dozen edition
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – A potpourri of recently noted reasons on why religion is silly
There’s been a handful of things that have caught my eye that demonstrate why religion is silly. And lest, anyone be confused, religion is defined for *this* post as the beliefs, actions and practices that are based in belief in the supernatural. So, if you think that there is a soul, that there is a … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – A potpourri of recently noted reasons on why religion is silly
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