Atheist Bob Seidensticker was once asked by a Christian apologetics blogger what evidence he would require to convince him that God exists. He flipped the question around and asked himself what his best reasons were for being an atheist—believing that there is no God. The result was 25 pro-atheistic reasons. …
My previous post, “Anabaptism: Non-Violent Resistance“, highlighted how Christians must eschew violence, including any advocacy of violence. Anabaptism radically accepts the Bible’s commands to live in peace while always resisting evil. Is this a contradiction? How can this be done practically? The answer lies in Passivism (not pacifism): In the Sermon …
Recently Christian apologist Wintery Knight deleted my comments, banned me, and then passively accused me of some combination of supporting anti-war, pacifism, appeasement, and/or isolationism as well as being historically ignorant and governed by feelings. I wrote about this experience at “Is Wintery Knight a Snowflake?” and also specifically addressed …
Recently Christian apologist Wintery Knight made the claim that Iran is a threat. To America, Iran is a threat because it possesses the power to take lives and cause suffering. But, is Iran a threat to Christians? Christians place their hope in Jesus, the one who has conquered death. Death holds no …
I often discuss censorship on Twitter and blogs (see here). A Christian following Jesus’ example lives in peace. A Christian following Paul’s example uses reason and evidence. A Christian fully prepared to defend his faith has no use for ideological censorship.[1] You might expect that—as a Christian who frequents the blogs …
In the article What Do Mass Shooters Believe?, writer Isaac analyzed the ideology of the mass shooters with 10 or more victims. The results are interesting and are worth delving into further. The Data The following graph shows the ideologies of the shooters: Of the 18 mass shooters with 10 or …
This post is a rebuttal to a Twitter debate with Scott Leishman. My response is too long to post on Twitter, so here it is. This is where the thread left off: This is in response to the Twitter troll post: A simple math problem has divided the internet. It's …
Yale English professor Claudia Rankine writes in the New York Times Magazine (H/T Simple Justice Blog) about White Male Privilege. She wanted to know what white men thought about their privilege, but she ran into a problem: Why would white men not talk to a black woman? Is it because they are …
This is part of a series on the proof of God in DNA. See this index. One of the reasons I am a Christian is because science, math, logic, philosophy, and history all point to Christianity. No other religion, including atheism, comes close to providing a viable alternative. In “Proof of God …
Dalrock has taken a break from his time consuming screeching about Warhorn to deal with the problem of single mothers not having any marital prospects. A commenter, Bee, suggested that single mothers give their children up for adoption at birth. As a parent of three adopted children, shouldn’t I get behind this …