Sudden Uncontrollable Fits of Jesus
Has anyone else out there ever noticed that when someone you previously had no clue was “religious” finds out that you are an atheist – that they suddenly have this…
Competing Definitions of Orthodoxy
With the recent mania surrounding Harold Camping’s failed rapture prophecy, Christianity has been in the media spotlight a little more than normal. If you somehow missed the media blitz surrounding…
Rules of Engagement
I don’t particularly like to use terms of war when I discuss what I call Positive Atheism – or activist atheism if you will. In this case I find it rather difficult to…
Losing my Faith
I found out yesterday that a local pastor used me in an illustration in one of his recent sermons. This was brought about because the pastor had seen a…
Honey and Flies – My Personal End to Bitterness
This is the first post in a series in which I intend to explain, philosophize, argue, and even convince myself of a new approach in my own personal life…
Regarding Hope: The Atheist’s View
It is often said by believers of all faiths that to be without God is to be without a thing called Hope. Hope, defined as the feeling that what is…
The Effects of Evangelism on Christians in India
I’m Pissed. You see, the other day I found a video showing Christian’s in India being beaten and stoned to death. According to this video the reason they are being…
Arguments and Fallacies: Moral Relativity
Recently one of my Facebook statuses prompted another debate wherein one of the Christian participants made the argument that the good of Christianity outweighs the bad in reference to the…
Arguments and Fallacies: The Worldview Argument
In order to fight my ever present writers block, I have decided to start a series of blog posts on different arguments and fallacies that the atheist may run into…
The Frontlines of The War on Christmas
If you’ve never been exposed to the annual deluge of commentary from Christian pundits and lay persons alike, consider yourself lucky. In America today, especially in the Bible Belt (where…