The Difference between Critical and Sceptical Thinking
AUGUST 31, 2020 BY BEN WITHERINGTON I’ve been re-reading J.B. Lightfoot’s most polemical, but also in some ways his most interesting book, ‘Essays on Supernatural Religion’. It was compiled from…
Chadwick Boseman Forever
AUGUST 29, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE Chadwick Boseman is dead at 43, leaving us a legacy of heroes reminding us that black lives matter. The just warrior-king, T’Challa of…
Abusing Scripture for Personal or Political Purposes
AUGUST 30, 2020 BY ROGER E. OLSON Abusing Scripture for Personal or Political Purposes Every Christian ought to be repulsed and speak out against politicians or anyone changing the words…
America has a Messiah Complex…but isn’t what you think
AUGUST 31, 2020 BY FREDERICK SCHMIDT Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief…
Christian Crowdfunding Site Raising Money For Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse
AUGUST 28, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Domestic Terrorism For Jesus: The Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo is hosting a fundraising drive for alleged domestic terrorist Kyle Rittenhouse after legitimate crowdfunding sites…
Report: White Supremacists And Militias Have Infiltrated U.S. Police Forces
AUGUST 27, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE The KKK Did Not Disband, They Unionized: A new report demonstrates what many have suspected, white supremacists and militias have infiltrated police forces across…
UK evangelist: ‘Only prayer can deliver us from the Covid-19 crisis’
AUGUST 29, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE AN ardent Brexiteer who claimed Britain would be put back on the path to godliness after it left the European Union, has launched a…
Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
AUGUST 29, 2020 BY FELLOW DYING INMATE Is Donald Trump the Antichrist, or does the book called Revelation say nothing about either person? Donald Trump, the Antichrist? Things are pretty…
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Christian Solidarity or Christian Hate?
MARCH 24, 2020 BY GEORGE YANCEY When I started to present my work on Christianophobia, I ran into a fair amount of resistance. Most of the resistance was easily answered…
BSR 27: There Are No Good Reasons to Believe in Miracles
AUGUST 26, 2020 BY BOB SEIDENSTICKER Summary of reply: redefining “miracle” is not helpful, “consciousness” is no more miraculous than a thousand other abstract nouns, and David Hume’s recommendation for…
Kalamazoo Pastor and Wife Accused of Paying Kids for Sex and Illicit Pictures
BY HEMANT MEHTA AUGUST 26, 2020 Stop me if you’ve heard this before: A preacher and his wife are part of a disturbing sex scandal involving young men. Unfortunately, this…
New Research Shows the Four Conditions That Lead to a Less Religious Society
BY HEMANT MEHTA AUGUST 25, 2020 A couple of summers ago, I spent a wonderful week working with a group of policy experts, computer programmers, and sociologists and discussing what…
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When the Bible is Not the Word of God
AUGUST 19, 2020 BY VANCEMORGAN This month marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. It started on WordPress as an outlet for short essays that I had been writing for…
Florida Lawmaker Who Thanks God For Slavery Loses Re-Election Bid
AUGUST 21, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Good News: Florida State Rep. Kimberly Daniels, the lawmaker who thanks God for slavery, lost her bid for re-election earlier this week. The Center…
Christian Parents Call Wisconsin School District’s Face Mask Requirement ‘Satanic’
AUGUST 12, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Satanic Panic: Christian parents in a Wisconsin school district are fighting a face mask requirement for returning students, claiming the requirement is a “pagan…
Georgia School Principal: COVID-19 Is ‘God’s Cleansing Plan’
AUGUST 10, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: Georgia school teachers and other teachers around the country are being placed in intolerable situations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One Georgia lawmaker,…
Fox News Host ‘Shocked’ To Learn Children Catch COVID-19
AUGUST 10, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE The Stupid, It Burns: Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt expresses “shock” to learn that children are susceptible to COVID-19. Daily Beast reports: Fox &…
Hundreds Forced To Quarantine After Priest Who Mocked COVID Hospitalized With Virus
AUGUST 3, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Toxic Religion: Hundreds have been forced into quarantine after an irresponsible priest who frequently mocked legitimate fears of COVID-19 was hospitalized with the virus.…
Fox Host Pirro: Face Masks Are Plot To ‘Dehumanize’ And ‘Frighten People’
AUGUST 3, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Covidiot: Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro ignores the science and claims that face masks are actually part of a plot to “dehumanize” and “frighten…
COVID Outbreak Linked To Televangelist Who Claimed Jesus Protects Christians From Virus
JULY 26, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Selling Snake Oil: A COVID outbreak is being linked to a Bible conference held by televangelist Andrew Wommack, who recently promised his followers that…