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Sharing a prophet’s grave: An accidental resurrection in the bible
According to Acts 26:23 and 1 Corinthians 15:20, Jesus was the first person to be resurrected. But actually, if you go by the bible, many, many people were resurrected before Jesus rose from the dead. I’m not here to point out … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Bible Absurdities, Christianity, Christians, God, Islam, Jesus, Jesus rose from the dead, Judaism, prophet Elisha, Religion, the bible
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The absurdity of Passover: Drunken celebrations of racism
There are only around 14,000,000 Jewish people in the world, which makes up about 0.2% of the global human population. It’s not a very significant population. On the other hand, Jews have an extraordinary tendency to excel in many academic … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, God, God of Abraham, Jewish holidays, Judaism, Passover, Religion, the bible, The Torah
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“Atheism is a religion”: The fundamental flaw with this statement and how it undermines religious belief
Is atheism a religion? Despite the fact that, no, it is definitely not a religion, the very question itself is self-defeating when asked by a religious person. I imagine that this post might be troll bait. There probably lurks someone (particularly … Continue reading
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Bible Contradictions #26: Who does god respect?
Respect. Sometimes you gotta give it in order to receive it, unless you’re in the military. Then you just give it. But when it comes to whether or not god can respect you, the bible is quite dubious. First let’s take Psalm … Continue reading
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Bible Contradictions #25: Who raised Jesus from the dead?
A foundational tenet in Christianity is that Jesus was resurrected following his crucifixion. But how is he risen? Whose magic hand was responsible for the resurrection? According to John, Jesus H. Christ’s holy and holey dead hands raised himself! I’ve … Continue reading
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Where are the Christian suicide bombers? Actually, closer than you think
Robert Pape’s book Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (2005) (I cannot recommend this book enough!!) is, arguably, to date the most extensive survey of suicide terrorism. In it, Pape argues that the general agreement that suicide terrorism … Continue reading
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Tagged altruistic suicide, Atheism, Christianity, Christians, God, Islam, Jesus, political science, Religion, suicide bombers, Suicide Terrorism, the bible
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The Bible: Peer review, or it didn’t happen
Peer review can be a bitch. The purpose of the peer review process is to determine the credibility of a researcher’s work prior to publication. The process is integral because it weeds out potential publications with results or methodologies that … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Christians, God, Jesus, Religion, the bible
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Is god supernatural?: The conundrum of belief
In a previous update, I made a claim in passing that “If god can interact with the natural world, then god ceases to be supernatural.” That is, any interaction between any god and the natural world can be observed. Such … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Christians, God, Islam, Judaism, Religion, the bible
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The New Testament’s one real opportunity to condemn slavery; Paul does the Christian thing (and returns a runaway slave to his master)
Everyone knows that the bible, especially the Old Testament, condones slavery at every twist and turn. Indeed, it makes zero mentions or suggestions that slavery might be a bad thing. At every opportunity to condemn slavery, god instead condemns gathering … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdities in the bible, Atheism, Bible Absurdities, Bible Morality, Christianity, Christians, God, Jesus, Onesimus, Religion, Slavery, the bible
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Is Silenceofmind an atheist troll?
Atheist bloggers everywhere might be familiar with silenceofmind (SOM), a Christian apologist serial commenter who appears to believe to know more about what atheists believe (and don’t) than the atheists themselves. SOM uses non sequiturs, kettle logic, arguments from ignorance, red … Continue reading
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