I’ve been doing a lot of re-evaluating lately, especially the social media that I consume. I’ve always recognized that there were problems with the YouTube channels that I watched and the social media platforms I perused because most of them are very openly biased. They have views that aren’t especially honest. They are based, in one way or another, on what they really want to be true.
I want to change it but I don’t know that I have a lot of options. Continue reading Tired of Unjustified Bias
There’s a theist over on the channel, as usual, making all kinds of accusations and pretty much following the standard religious party line. You know, “I’m not here to debate” and “we have evidence!” and all that.
I was thinking about where he was going to go next. These people are almost always very predictable. I’ve already tentatively taken on faith and the Bible, although there’s plenty of work still to do if he decides to go that way, but I was also wondering how long it would be before he reached “we have eyewitnesses!”
That’s what I want to talk about today. Continue reading Lawyers are just Actors
The more I talk to atheists, the dumber a lot of them are. Yes, I said atheists. Just because you reject belief in a god, that doesn’t necessarily make you a rational individual.
That happened again today, so I wanted to take a couple of minutes to explain. This is not at all unusual. These people really have no clue what they’re doing wrong. Continue reading Atheists Aren’t Much Smarter
So there was a recent survey done by the Barna Group, a Christian research organization, which shows that Christianity is in dire straights indeed.
Mindshift did a pretty decent video on it, so I’ll link that below, and the suggestion that I’ve seen on the new research has been largely positive. That things will improve dramatically, as religion dies in the west.
I’m not so sure that’s true though. Here’s why. Continue reading Getting Rid of Religion Won’t Solve Problems
I get asked this a lot because I choose to identify as a mythicist, even though I am not what a lot of people think of when they consider the mythicist position. Maybe I shouldn’t be using the term, but I’ll explain below why I do it and why I don’t really have a horse in this race.
There was another video put up with Paulogia and Matt Dillahunty and I think it’s time I explained it, once and for all. I’ll see you below the fold. Continue reading Did Jesus Exist?
So let’s dive into it. This was hysterical to watch. Continue reading They Still Don’t Get Evidence!
So, I just got permanently banned from Reddit for the stupidest imaginable reason. I don’t really care, it just shows what a complete waste of time it is, but here’s the story anyhow.
I promise, you’ll be rolling your eyes by the end. Continue reading Well, There Goes Reddit!
I just got done talking to another theist and, as expected, it didn’t go well. The second they get backed into the wall or their core beliefs are questioned, off into the hills they run. What else is new?
Yet we all see this all the time, right? How many theists have you talked to that could communicate in a rational, evidence-based way about their beliefs? None? That’s pretty typical. So let’s get into it.
So, another theist showed up on the channel and offered to debate, except over the course of a couple of responses, I backed him into a corner and, at least at the moment, it appears that he’s fled.
That’s not exactly a surprise, is it? Therefore, let’s look at exactly what he did wrong and why, I figure, he knew that he couldn’t actually achieve his goals. Continue reading Back to Square One Once Again
I’ve been on a long-term search for any Christian or other religious apologist worth a damn and so far, my search has come up empty. Occasionally, I’ll see some atheist YouTuber say “I really like this apologist”, but when I look at them, they’re every bit as bad as the rest.
So my question here is… why? Continue reading Um… Why?