From Vic Reppert: I talked about this in an earlier thread. With Islam, you have to take Muhammad’s word for it that he was touched by an angel. Same with Mormonism and Joseph Smith. With Christianity, you have a pre-crucifixion story where Jesus is supposed to have performed miracles in public. Did these miracles happen? [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
How stupid do you have to be to be a Christian apologist?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 24, 2010
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A perfect coincidence
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 21, 2010
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Two things that showed up in my RSS feed reader today. One a quote from Karl Popper: Faith in reason is not only faith in our own reason but also — and even more — in that of others. Thus a rationalist, even if he believes himself to be intellectually superior to others, will reject [...]
Religion looks manmade: The “Yo’ Ancestor” jokes of Genesis
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 15, 2010
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In my last post, I talked about how many parts of the book of Genesis look pretty obviously like the sorts of creation myths humans all over the globe tend to just make up. I also mentioned that there was another side to this story. What would that be? Well… Start with the story of [...]
Religion Looks Man Made: Genesis Creation Myth
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 10, 2010
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I written before that one of the things Chris Hitchens is at his best talking about is the fact that religion looks manmade. I’ve just recently started reading through the Bible for the third time, which has put me directly in contact with what is, to my mind, one of the clearest examples of this [...]
Paul Kurtz ouster and the death of CFI
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 9, 2010
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Last year Paul Kurtz lost his position as head of the Center for Inquiry, an organization he founded. Then, a couple months ago, he formally resigned from the “chairman emeritus” figurehead role they had given him as a consolation prize, and about the same time a major CFI donor withdrew support, leading to firings, which [...]