Most Christians agree that the most important part of their entire religion centers on Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Even the most liberal Christians generally think that even if they can consider the whole rest of the Bible to be mythic in nature, Jesus absolutely died and then resurrected himself in Read more
We’ve talked many times over the years about how evangelicals love dehumanizing their enemies. This time, though, we have someone doing it who seems to stand well outside of the evangelical end of the Christian pool. Let’s dive into this newest attempt to make nonreligious people look like subhumans—and perhaps Read more
Last time we met up, I noted that our guest-starring Creationists didn’t like the scientific method. They didn’t like it because it involves deductive reasoning. See, these two Creationists vastly prefer inductive reasoning, and a very strange form of it at that. Today, let’s explore why they prefer it, why real Read more
Today, someone in the Discord posted a link to a video made by Creationists. In it, a pair of Creationists disingenuously attack the scientific method. They don’t say why they need to knock down the scientific method, but only one reason ever drives Creationists to do these things. Today, let’s Read more
My goodness, a mere two days after roasting apologetics as hucksterism intended for evangelicals alone, I learn about a huge apologetics conference that recently happened. As I read the descriptions, I broke out laughing over and over again. Oh my. This was something, all right. Let’s dive into this conference, see Read more
Hot on the heels of discussions about doubt and divinely-recommended computer monitors, I found us an evangelical talking about how the tribe can feel certainty about their beliefs being true (archive). We’ve talked about this particular guy and his incompetent apologetics before. But today, he’s trying something different. He’s trying Read more
Last time we met up, we talked about a post written by Ron Tewson (archive) about dealing with doubt. In its first paragraph, he talks about being a Christian because his god gives him shiny things all the time. But then, he brings up a number of reasons why Christians Read more
As the good folks who sell apologetics materials will tell you, apologetics is of dire importance to evangelical Christianity. For evangelicals, that notion is likely more monolithic than evangelism itself. But the reality, as we’ll see, is far different. Today, we’ll dive into the first part of an apologetics seminar Read more
Not long ago, we talked about a bunch of stuff—like apologetics arguments—that Christians mistakenly think is evidence supporting their various claims. Now, I want to zero in on one particular flavor of apologetics: the kind we encounter in Creationism. Yes, this sad, weird ideology still exists. Its leaders still cheerfully Read more
Last time we met up, I showed you a bunch of reasons to believe in Christianity. Alas for their very hopeful bearers, they all sucked. But I found one list that contained every single kind of bad reasoning, threats, come-ons, and emotional manipulation we know and expect from these inept Read more