Abortion: A Political Football, and My Proposal to Address It
Ever since 1973 and the SCOTUS ruling on Roe v. Wade, abortion has been one of the most controversial issues in American society. Although focus on abortion ten...
Month: February 2019
Shameless Promotion: All My C.S. Lewis Posts on “Mere Christianity”
As I was looking through some of my older posts, I realized I’ve done quite a few series on various books and topics. And so, I thought it might be helpfu...
“godless” by Dan Barker (Part 8): That Immoral Jesus! And Those Horrifically Immoral Beatitudes!
Welcome to Part 8 of my extended book analysis of Dan Barker’s book, godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists. Try to follo...
“godless” by Dan Barker–(Part 7): The Ten Commandments–They are so immoral!
The last part of chapter 10 in Dan Barker’s book, godless—How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists, Barker attempts to make the case...
“godless” by Dan Barker–An Extended Book Analysis (Part 6): How God Hates the Disabled, and How Jesus Doesn’t Care for the Poor…and He Wants You Castrated! (What?)
Welcome to Part 6 of my extended book analysis of Dan Barker’s godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists. We are currently w...
“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 5): The Bible…a Universal Moral Rule Book?
We now come to Part 3 of Dan Barker’s book godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists. Part 3 is entitled, “What’s Wrong with...
“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 4): Trudging Thru Three Chapters
We now come Part 4 in my series on Dan Barker’s book godless. In this post, I am going to cover his next three chapters: Chapter 7: Omni-Aqueous, Chapter 8: Cos...
My “Debate” with…Kent Hovind???
This evening I engaged in an online debate with the far right, ultra-fundamentalist young earth creationist Kent Hovind. It was quite a trip. I’m not sure...
“godless”–by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 3: Science, Morality, and the Bible)
We now come to my third post about Dan Barker’s book godless, in which I will discuss chapter 6 which is entitled, “Refuting God.” In it, Barker covers sixteen ...
“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis–Part 2 (Reason, Faith…and the USSR?)
The second section of Dan Barker’s book godless is entitled, “Why I am an Atheist.” It concludes the following chapters: Chapter 5: Why I am an Atheist; Chapter...