I hear this a lot from the non-religious, as though it’s a demonstrated fact and it’s not actually true. Recently, I was listening to a lot of Atheist Experience clips and the subject of slavery comes up a lot. That’s fine, of course, but it also shows a very clear bias and irrational bent from Matt Dillahunty that I think it’s important to look at the problems with these claims. So off we go. Continue reading Is Slavery Actually Immoral?
Matt Dillahunty Gets It Wrong
Go watch that video first and then come back because I’m going to get into some of the details. It’s okay, I’ll wait. Continue reading Matt Dillahunty Gets It Wrong
Let’s Talk About Determinism
This kind of thing comes up all the time and I figured it was about time I talked about it because I tend to disagree with determinism on a certain scale and a lot of people just don’t like that.
So let’s have a conversation. Continue reading Let’s Talk About Determinism
Faulty Reasoning
I just had someone over on my YouTube channel criticize me because I’m insulting people who believe in gods. They are a believer and even though they agree with me on so-called “church people”, I should stop telling people to stop using their emotions.
Except that’s not what I’m doing and someone really misunderstands pretty much everything I’m saying. So here I will explain. Continue reading Faulty Reasoning
Why Paul is Important
I recently did a video response on Mike Licona where he tries to argue that Paul actually matters in the Bible. I agree with him, Paul does matter, just as every other writer in the Bible, but not for the same reasons he thinks. You need to establish a real, historical Paul so that you can objectively and independently verify that the events recorded in the Bible actually happened.
And unfortunately for the religious, you simply can’t do any of that. Continue reading Why Paul is Important
The Absurdity of Race
I’ve been watching a bunch of Thomas Sowell videos of late and he’s always been someone I’ve enjoyed. He’s a black author and speaker who is staunchly conservative and thinks that most things the political left are doing is simply wrong.
And he’s completely right about that. But I don’t just accept what he says as gospel truth, I think there are some things he’s wrong about too. So let’s talk about it. Continue reading The Absurdity of Race
Are They Assholes Because They’re Gay?
This kind of thing has come up before but I ran into someone today who said they write “lesbian stories” and they wanted to know how to frame conversations between lesbians, as though that was different than conversations between anyone else.
And they’re just wrong. Here’s why. Continue reading Are They Assholes Because They’re Gay?
Every Character is NOT a Representative of Their Race!
I know that a lot of things are coming up social issues of late, but these are things that I never really get to talk about on my YouTube channel, so I’m going to put them here instead.
As a lot of people also know, I am an author and there’s a mess of identity politics currently polluting the writing game. People are concerned whether they’re allowed to write people who aren’t absolutely identical to who they are in real life and that’s just stupid, yet there’s no talking rationally to these regressive snowflakes because they’re not concerned about reality.
And here’s everything wrong with that. Continue reading Every Character is NOT a Representative of Their Race!
Critical Race Theory is Dumb
I found myself in a discussion recently about critical race theory. Yes, I know, it was a waste of time, but that’s what passes for pseudo-intelligent discourse online these days. So here’s what I think about CRT and racism in general and why I think the whole underpinnings are just absurdly nonsensical. Feel free to disagree in the comments and let’s have a discussion. Continue reading Critical Race Theory is Dumb
Your Feelings Don’t Override My Rights!
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This is one of those things that tend to come up quite often, especially when you’re getting into discussions on abortion and suicide, stuff of that nature. There are a lot of people, not just the religious although that tends to be where a lot of this comes from, who seem to think that their own personal discomfort at an idea somehow allows them to force those who engage in things they don’t like to stop.
And no, that’s not how any of this works. Continue reading Your Feelings Don’t Override My Rights!