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...
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“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...
Going “godless”: An Extended Book Analysis of Dan Barker’s “godless” (Part 1)
One of the most illuminating, albeit frustrating, intellectual exercises one can do is to read something by someone with whom you completely disagree, and then ...
Gillette, the Razor’s Edge of Advertising, and the Politics of the Beast
A long, long time ago, before the scandalous and now discredited Buzzfeed article, and before the instant outrage and back-peddling regarding the tribal chiefta...
ICR, Isaiah, and Old Testament Prophecy: How Not to Understand It
Earlier today, in one of the creation/evolution Facebook groups I am in, someone posted an article from last year by ICR (The Institute of Creation Research) re...
Atheist Jerry Coyne and YECist Ken Ham: Two Peas in a Pod
I have long said that atheists like Richard Dawkins and YECists like Ken Ham are each other’s doppleganger, and actually share the same fundamental worldview, d...
Douglas Wilson and those BioLogos Unbelievers–Whispery Rants from a Hollow Man
Last month, the conservative Reformed theologian Douglas Wilson wrote a blog post entitled, “Those BioLogos Unbelievers.” I was made aware of it when someone sh...
Ken Ham’s “Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant” (Part 3): America Today and Acts 17 (…and did Ham really say Paul tried to turn Greeks into Jews?)
We now come to Part 3 three of my analysis of Ken Ham’s most recent book, Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant. In his book, he attempts to make the case that ...
Ken Ham’s “Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant” (Part 2): America of Yesteryear…and the Jews of Acts 2
In my previous post, I began to look at the most recent book by Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis (AiG), Gospel Reset: Salvation Made Relevant. In that post, I loo...