Now that I’m past being a theist, pretty much all arguments for god have started to sound like this: I’ll be posting pictures of crafting projects Monday and perhaps Tuesday of next week, but I’m sleepy from traveling today so this is all I can give. I hope your holiday celebrations, if any, are going or have … More Arguments for God
What follows are the notes I made while watching God’s Not Dead. I had intended to write a full review, and I may still do that, but I don’t have anything else to post this morning, so here you go. Did he seriously just joke about giving extra credit for using a lowercase g at … More Rebecca Watches God’s Not Dead: Raw Notes
This is a clear demonstration of exactly the thinking that leads to books like I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist. An excellent explanation is in the following video, although I think his definition of omnipotence strawmans the way theists typically use the term. Usually, theists use omnipotent to mean the power to do … More Mermaids and God
I’m posting twice today to bring you a very important announcement from Mr. Oz Atheist: Evolution has been proven false! Details here.
I don’t really have a reason, but I’m going to answer the questions from Ray Comfort’s “Atheist Test” anyway. I will not just give the multiple choice responses provided, however, but respond to any flawed reasoning I see as well. Otherwise, this wouldn’t be very interesting, right? Billions of years ago, a big bang produced … More The Atheist Test
I think I found this picture on twitter, and found it apt considering my recent series of rebuttals to 20 arguments for the existence of god.
Many of the arguments I encountered on Peter Kreeft’s list suffered from similar fatal problems. In general, they were based on fallacious thinking or misunderstood science and defended with rhetoric rather than fact. Here’s the full list again, with the two flaws I see as fatal or at least extremely weakening for each argument: The … More Thoughts on Arguments for God
This is the twentieth in a series of posts responding to a list of 20 arguments for the existence of god from this article. To be fair, the article does state that these arguments don’t make a case except when taken all together, using the metaphor of a rope, but I am analyzing them individually so … More Pascal’s Wager
This is the nineteenth in a series of posts responding to a list of 20 arguments for the existence of god from this article. To be fair, the article does state that these arguments don’t make a case except when taken all together, using the metaphor of a rope, but I am analyzing them individually so … More The Common Consent Argument
This is the eighteenth in a series of posts responding to a list of 20 arguments for the existence of god from this article. To be fair, the article does state that these arguments don’t make a case except when taken all together, using the metaphor of a rope, but I am analyzing them individually so … More The Argument from Religious Experience
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 