Book Review/The New Atheist Movement/Uncategorized

“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?)

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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 wading through chapter 10 of his book, in which he is engaging in (my newly coined phrase) “the Barker Bolt” and jumping from decontextualized Bible verse to decontextualized Bible…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 5): The Bible…a Universal Moral Rule Book?

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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 Christianity?” and, quite obviously, is about what Barker feels is wrong with Christianity. In Part 3, which covers chapters 10-16, he focuses on what he feels are…

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“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 4): Trudging Thru Three Chapters

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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: Cosmological Kalamity, and Chapter 9: Dear Theologian. Overall, I found these three chapters to be somewhat pedantic, with Barker choosing to engage in theoretical mind…

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My “Debate” with…Kent Hovind???

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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 how well it went over, but I thought I’ll share the link if anyone might be interested to see what it is like trying to arguing the genre of…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

“godless”–by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis (Part 3: Science, Morality, and the Bible)

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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 typical arguments for the existence of God and attempts to refute them all. They all can be categorized the following way: (1) Arguments 1-4 and 14-15…

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“godless” by Dan Barker: An Extended Book Analysis–Part 2 (Reason, Faith…and the USSR?)

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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 6: Refuting God; Chapter 7: Omni-Aqueous; Chapter 8: Cosmological Kalamity; and Chapter 9: Dear Theologian. In this present post, we are going to take a look at…

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Book Review/The New Atheist Movement

Going “godless”: An Extended Book Analysis of Dan Barker’s “godless” (Part 1)

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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 write about what they claim and why you disagree with them. It sharpens the intellect to force yourself to not only articulate an opposing view, but to then articulate precisely…

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Pop Culture/Social and Cultural Issues

Gillette, the Razor’s Edge of Advertising, and the Politics of the Beast

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A long, long time ago, before the scandalous and now discredited Buzzfeed article, and before the instant outrage and back-peddling regarding the tribal chieftain and Covington Catholic teenagers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, there was yet another outrage blowing up on social media regarding the recent Gillette advertisement about “toxic masculinity.” Now, when…

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Biblical Studies

ICR, Isaiah, and Old Testament Prophecy: How Not to Understand It

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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) regarding a recent archeological find in Jerusalem. The article, by Brian Thomas, was entitled, “Archeological Evidence for Isaiah.” In short, it was about a clay seal that was discovered…

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Creation Evolution Debate/Ken Ham/The New Atheist Movement/Uncategorized

Atheist Jerry Coyne and YECist Ken Ham: Two Peas in a Pod

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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, despite being on completely opposites ends of the so-called “creation/evolution debate.” And every now and then, another piece of evidence presents itself to further solidify my view. In this case,…

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