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Scholars to study Historical Jesus

December 30, 2008

Well over a decade ago when I was still very interested in the truthfulness of Christianity a group of scholars got together and decided to find out if the words and deeds attributed to Jesus in the Christian text where in fact accurate.
They concluded that Jesus was little more than a two thousand year [...]

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Did you see this one coming?

December 9, 2008

Newsweek recently ran an article about the religious case for marriage equality.  The professional Christian set is, shall we say, not happy?
Leading social conservatives blasted Newsweek for its current cover story, “The Religious Case for Gay Marriage,” which they said misinterprets both biblical scripture and their own political movement.
“It doesn’t surprise me. Newsweek has been [...]

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God’s Checklist

December 8, 2008

That about sums it up, yes?

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What the state asks for, the state gets

October 3, 2008

Six chaplains in Virginia have resigned, dozens more have signed a protest letter and there’s talk of having a rally outside the governor’s pad on November 1, just a few days before the election.  All allege that they’re the victims of religious persecution.
In this case it’s persecution because the state enacted a policy forbidding [...]

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The problem with moderate Christians

January 28, 2008

The problem with moderate Christians is that they are unwilling to bluntly state that the conservatives are wrong and will hem and haw to avoid bluntly stating that the Bible itself is wrong. If there’s one subject that they clearly show this tendency on, it is evolution.
A simple reading of the bible makes it [...]

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It’s not about the Bible per se…

December 31, 2007

but two sisters are refusing to return to school after an incident at their school. The incident in question concerns a classmate who decided to rip pages out of a Bible.
As many Parker High School students get ready for Christmas break, junior Elle Jacobson is at home and will not be returning like [...]

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Teacher fired for not taking Bible seriously?

September 24, 2007

Need a reason why the Bible and all other religious texts should be kept at home/church and out of schools? Here’s one for you. A professor has apparently been fired for using the Bible academically in his western civilization class after being threatened with a lawsuit for telling a student outside of [...]

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Penn & Teller: Bible Bullshit

May 24, 2007

Penn & Teller take on the ‘bestselling book of all time’ the Bible in their series Bullshit:

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The Bible Unearthed Documentary

May 11, 2007

I’m one of the strange people. I prefer facts to truth. A single cold hearted fact is worth more than a thousand feel good truths in my book. Thus, one of my favourite books is The Bible Unearthed. It’s a book about the factual history of Judaism and how [...]

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Texas gives a thumbs up to Bible course

May 9, 2007

The Texas legislature has approved a bill that will make courses on the Bible an optional elective. What this apparently means is that if a school thinks there’s a market for it, they can offer it, but they’re not required to offer it as a default such as the case with other subjects [...]

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