As big of a fan as I am of Bart Ehrman, this Washington Post piece he wrote is annoying and misleading (HT: John Loftus). The core argument is this: discrediting Biblical inerrancy won’t discredit Christianity, because no Christians claimed Biblical inerrancy was a core doctrine of Christianity until 1870. Before that, Christianity was defined by [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Bart Ehrman’s misleading piece on the history of Christian Fundamentalism
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 4, 2009
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The evolutionary psychology of spoiled brats
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 4, 2009
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Lester Hunt posts a very funny video on how we’ve been spoiled by technology. He comments: “The other element I see here is what is sometimes called ‘the entitlement mentality,’ which says that whatever is desirable is therefore a right (at least if I am the one who wants it).” This seems wrong. Being able [...]
BibleGod is evil = no God of any kind?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 1, 2009
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Here’s a silly anti-atheist trope that I see from time to time, but have never taken the trouble to document until now: An argument (but, to be blunt, it frequently is not made as an argument but merely as an assertion) against the reality of God’s existence which is popular amongst village-atheists-with-intenet-connections is that the [...]