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A Murder of Atheists, part 4
We now continue considering the group effort by Robert Greg Cavin, Michael Martin, Theodore Drange, Robert Price, Richard Carrier, Peter Kirby, Jeffery Lowder, Evan Fales, Duncan Derrett and Keith Parsons to discredit Jesus’ resurrection? This group, referred to as a “murder”-a term in this sense is taken from referring to a group of crows a…
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The Quadripartite Equine Riders, part 6 of 11
On Scientific Authoritarian Faith On the issue of whether many people believe what scientists tell them on faith on a par with religious faith some interesting statements are made:Sam Harris states: “I think we just touched upon an issue that we should really highlight. This whole notion of authority, because religious people often argue that…
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The Quadripartite Equine Riders, part 9 of 11
Dennett the Mesmerist Prof. Daniel Dennett uncovers an interestingly odd plan to hypnotize theists, in a manner of speaking: “I think, what I would love to do is to invent a memorable catchphrase or term that would rise unbidden in their minds when they caught themselves doing it, and then they would think oh, this…
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Dan Barker's Kalam Konfusion
Note: This was written by a fellow co-author named Josh when we both posted to the Atheism is Dead blog: If salvation is the cure, atheism is the prevention. Dan Barker’s recent book Godless contains Barker’s personal perspective on the issues between atheism and Christianity. The entire book is not a personal account per se,…
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William Provine – Heavy on Inference But Light on Implication
William Provine’s 2005 AD lecture entitled “Evolution and Intelligent Design: The Implications for Human Free Will” is generally agreed upon to have been heavy on assertions and light on facts. Comments ranged from “He makes a lot of jumps to conclusions as if they were obvious” and “He can’t define what free will is,” to…
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Christopher Hitchens – The Atheopic Principle
Some atheists cannot seem to make up their mind as to whether Judeo-Christianity is to be besmirched because it reduces humanity to lowly, wretched sinners or because it exalts humanity to made in God’s image unique creatures. Either way, Judeo-Christianity is to be besmirched; on this atheists agree, but why remains a subject for atheism’s…
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Richard Dawkins – “Brave New Schools – Dad links son's suicide to 'The God Delusion'”
A New York man is linking the suicide of his 22-year-old son, a military veteran who had bright prospects in college, to the anti-Christian book “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins after a college professor challenged the son to read it. “Three people told us he had taken a biology class and was doing well…
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Dan Barker – Scriptural Misinterpretations and Misapplications, part 2 of 14
Their Secret PartsAt 54:54 into part 2 the formal debate has ended and questions are being taken from the audience. Dan Barker was asked: “You stated that there are no actions that are absolutely wrong, such as lying, etc., that there is always an exception. When then is rape considered okay? What is the exception…
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Scientific Cenobites, part 9 of 9
Louis Leakey has stated, “The part played by prejudice in relation to scientific controversy was very strong in the thirties and remains so to this day.”1 Paleoanthropology has been described as “a field where opinion can sometimes overwhelm irrefutable fact, the natural tendency to polarize to one viewpoint against another has been enhanced.”2 Atheism and…
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Dan Barker – Scriptural Misinterpretations and Misapplications, part 10 of 14
The Castrati Kingdom? Dan Barker wrote: “What personal sacrifice for ‘the kingdom of heaven’ was Jesus talking about when he told his disciples, ‘He that is able to receive it, let him receive it’?…Castrate yourself. -No wonder we don’t hear sermons from the entire New Testament-how many preachers actually take this ghastly advice seriously?! Although…