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Bible Contradictions #56: Magic?

Posted on June 12, 2016 by

I remember as a young teenager watching the Disney adaptation of Moses’ story, titled The Prince of Egypt. In the film storytellers and animators inject a lot of comedy slapstick into the story where god commands Moses to out-magic the Pharaoh’s … Continue reading →

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Moses’ Invisible Pen: How the Pentateuch Destroyed Any Hope of Faith

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

In the early years of Rayan, I steadfastly rejected religious claims, but for the most part I did so silently. It’s not that I had complaints about the telephone game, extraordinary claims, or even the utter implausibility of the stories … Continue reading →

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Using Bayes’ Rule to Disprove Jesus Is a Double-Edged Sword

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

Last year historian Richard Carrier published On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt. While I haven’t read it (and therefore don’t plan on critiquing it now), it is on my reading list. As a grad student … Continue reading →

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I Need Input from Christians: Textual Variants

Posted on May 13, 2015 by

In preparation for a short documentary film I’m making about textual variants in the Bible, I would like to pose a question aimed strictly at Christians—both Catholic and Protestant—and ex-Christians. People of other religions and non-ex-Christian atheists (et al) are … Continue reading →

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Bible Contradictions #55: How Old Was Benjamin When He Came to Egypt?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by

In this episode of the Bible Contradictions, I’m going to expose a contradiction that often — by most efforts to understand the bible — goes unnoticed. The question we will ask the bible is how old was Benjamin when he came … Continue reading →

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We’re the reason creationists are crazy

Posted on December 12, 2014 by

I’ve mentioned cognitive dissonance a lot in my blogs. It’s a problem that plagues practically every thought we ever have. Everything from politics to philosophy, from medicine to physics, from music to television, cognitive dissonance is a bitch. If you’re … Continue reading →

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The Atheist and the Retired Minister: Strange conversation about knowledge

Posted on November 29, 2014 by

I spent much of Thanksgiving behind the wheel, driving along a two lane highway through what can only be described as the rural farmland hills of the Bible Belt. We were far from the Interstate. Along the way I passed … Continue reading →

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