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We’ve Moved! 8 Aug 2012 | 08:19 am
Galileo Unchained has moved! You can find it now at Patheos. Continue reading →
Who Would Die for a Lie? 7 Aug 2012 | 03:00 am
Apologists like to point to the deaths of the apostles and ask, “Who would die for a lie?” What doesn’t get enough attention is the more fundamental question: “Why think that any of the apostles were ...
God’s Diminishing Power 5 Aug 2012 | 03:00 am
Is it just me, or have demonstrations of God’s power waned over time? From creating the world, he’s been reduced to appearing on toast. Continue reading →
Dr Johnson: Legend, Myth, and More 2 Aug 2012 | 03:00 am
How are legend and myth different? Doctrine and dogma? Religion and superstition? Let’s try to clarify some of these fundamental terms. Continue reading →
OK, Smart Guy—YOU Tell Us What Happened 31 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
I don’t find the Christian story compelling. That the gospel story is literally true is far too big a claim with far too little evidence to support it. But instead of attacking the Christian claims th...
The Evolving Jesus Story 28 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
If the gospel story is true, it wouldn’t change with time. God’s personality wouldn’t change, God’s plan of salvation wouldn’t change, and the details of the Jesus story wouldn’t change. But the New...
Dr Johnson: The Angel of Mons 26 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
Did you see the 1971 Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring Angela Lansbury? Set in World War II, the Germans invade a peaceful British town, but a ghostly and invulnerable battalion of anima...
How Decades of Oral Tradition Produced the Gospels 24 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
(See the first in this series of posts traveling the tortuous journey from 21st-century Western culture back to the original story of Jesus here.) Imagine that the year is 50 CE and you are a merchan...
Is Mark an Eyewitness Account? 21 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
How do we know that Mark wrote the gospel of Mark? How do we know that Mark recorded the observations of an eyewitness? The short answer is because Papias (< 70 – c. 155) said so. Papias was a bish...
Project Reason Video Contest 19 Jul 2012 | 03:00 am
Project Reason has an annual video contest. There are only six, and they’re short (1:30 or less). Check them out. My favorite is “Conflict”:
