Yesterday on The Atheist Experience, Russell Glasser was somewhat excited to have an actual Christian apologist call in, Matt Slick from CARM.org, but to be honest, I was entirely unimpressed, both by the argument that he ultimately used, and by his holier-than-thou, I’ll-tell-you-all-about-atheists attitude. The debate starts toward the end of the show, which you [...]
With the problems Ben Stein’s flop Expelled is having with the illegal usage of this song, it seemed an appropriate title. This is a topic I’ve debated many times and it’s both amazing and disgusting to see theists defend their religion’s horrors. What would happen if religion didn’t exist? Not just organized religion, but religious [...]
I’ve been having a semi-debate with a theist over the course of the last couple of days. I say a semi-debate because all of the debating is coming from my side. They are simply making unsupported assertions, empty claims, logical fallacies and demands for acceptance. I point out the problems with their [...]
I got an e-mail a couple of days ago from someone who wished to remain anonymous, whose comments are much, much too long to be posted anyhow, but there was one part that I wanted to respond to, simply because it’s a common question that I’m sure most atheist bloggers receive.
What is it that Christianity [...]
Recently, I had an exchange with a theist regarding the existence of God. Her only “evidence” was that she had some “experiences” that she claimed were with God. So I did the only logical thing and asked how she knew that? Of course, she didn’t like that.
In my experience, people claiming to [...]
I’ve just had the displeasure to debate some so-called anarchists who claim that anarchy is one true political way. It’s become painfully obvious to me that anarchists are either so young that they lack experience with reality, or so stupid that they can’t grasp reality. Unfortunately, at the moment I don’t know which, [...]