Years ago when I was still an evangelical but not YEC another evangelical and I used to like to tell YECs that Augustine said that God created the universe in a moment of time. That usually shut...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 2 hours ago
He gloried in having no evidence. "What if God just made the earth with built-in age??" In memory I can still hear him asking this question (not an info-seeking...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 2 hours ago
They are masters of the post-hoc rationalization. They never stop trying to shoehorn the universe into their Bronze Age creation myth. I would like to see his evidence for this claim.
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 8 hours ago
That's a great comment. When I recall the story about Elijah and the prophets of Baal, the slogan that comes to my mind is "Make Apologetics Great Again." Back in bible times,...
Debunking Christianity: Everything You Need to Know About Prayer · 12 hours ago
I'll admit that particular dodge had never occurred to me, but it's just another of endless examples of why I consider it pointless to argue with True Believers.
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
The art of navel-gazing.
Aka omphaloskepsis.
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
God created the earth "with built-in age."
Sounds an awful lot like "Last Thursdayism. "Last Thursdayism" is a philosophical concept, often used...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
[...] yelling that God created the earth "with built-in age."
It's too bad that churches don't support free speech. Then I might attend, so I could...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
The publisher's blurb (Goodreads link) for the first book you mention looks awesome!
Debunking Christianity: The Evil God Challenge, Part One: Introduction · 1 day ago
I sat through a sermon where the dude was arguing yelling that God created the earth "with built-in age."
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
my friend John Zande wrote what I think is a great book on this idea: The Owner of All Infernal Names and a follow up book called "On the problem of good".
Debunking Christianity: The Evil God Challenge, Part One: Introduction · 1 day ago
On testimony: "Lysias [an orator in ancient Athens] further makes the point that even eyewitnesses distort battlefield memories. When describing the battle of Salamis, he claims: 'Indeed...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
heh. christians do get upset when its pointed out where both their jesus and paul state that predestination is the thing.
Debunking Christianity: Everything You Need to Know About Prayer · 1 day ago
true, there is a "zeal" with some of these cultists. There is no recourse for an amish woman within their community. I've read some horror stories about how amish women are punished for daring to...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 1 day ago
In 1 Kings 18v 20 to 40 story about Elijah and prophets of Baal. Elijah prays for miraculous lighting of BBQ. After the BBQ supposedly went up in flames there is no expectation by Elijah that the...
Debunking Christianity: Everything You Need to Know About Prayer · 1 day ago
You're right, I shouldn't imply that the Amish are "true" Christians in an absolute sense. But I'm comparing them to Prosperity Gospel hucksters like Joel Osteen or Kenneth...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 2 days ago
Have you heard of Bob Altemeyer (Wikipedia link) or read his books? Such as his final book, Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 2 days ago
Yep!
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
aka they make up what they want , just like any christian fraud.
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
the amish are some of the most hypocritical christians I've met. they do quite a job of managing to rules lawyer their beliefs so they can benefit from modern technology.
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
It's strange how things get smarter and dumber at the same time. "Dumber" is well-documented; just follow the news for the daily dumb parade. But then I chat with Google Gemini and...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
From the link I posted above:- The Amish seek to master technology rather than become its slave. Like few other communities, they have shown the tenacity to tackle the powerful forces of...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
Maybe it's not just you. Maybe it's not just school closures because of Covid. Maybe there's other reasons the youth aren't saving the world:
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 3 days ago
I wonder how long the Amish will be able to hold out as technology keeps getting better. For example, we might be just a few decades away from getting AI-powered robots that can perform any skilled...
Debunking Christianity: Critical Thinking: the Weakest Skill in the Christian Toolkit · 4 days ago
