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Bible Contradictions #56: Magic?
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
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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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, faith, God, Moses, Religion, the bible
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Using Bayes’ Rule to Disprove Jesus Is a Double-Edged Sword
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
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
Bible Contradictions #55: How Old Was Benjamin When He Came to Egypt?
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
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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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, cognitive dissonance, cognitive dissonance theory, creationism, God, Religion, Science, the bible, young earth creationists
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The Atheist and the Retired Minister: Strange conversation about knowledge
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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Bible Contradictions #54: How many false prophets are there?
I haven’t posted a bible contradiction in a long time. Long story short, I never backed up my .psd files for the images, and after I suffered a loss of data I grew lazy about creating a new template. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Bible Contradictions, Christianity, false prophets, God, Religion, the bible
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Don’t violate the 9th commandment because you’re too lazy to read
I’m a serial non-commenter. It doesn’t mean I don’t read other people’s blogs — I do. I just don’t always have something to say. Often when I do comment it’s because someone — usually a theist — has violated the … Continue reading
Eternal life is completely meaningless
I woke up early today with a long list of problems to solve and chores to finish. I started the day off by breaking one of the 10 Commandments (I chose to work on the sabbath). I finished my list … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, atheist, atheists, Christianity, Christians, eternal bliss, eternal life, God, Heaven, hell, Islam, Quran, Religion, the bible
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