The slow death of a religious sect.
News came out on Tuesday that the Church of England (CofE, what Americans would call the Episcopal Church) have decided to go ahead and ordain women bishops. To a secular person, that doesn’t seem like...
View ArticleA question of morals.
I get tired of typing out the same question to a certain brand of theist every time I debate them, so I thought I’d start a thread about it so I can just direct them here in future.I’ll start with a...
View ArticleReligious Extinction?
Here’s an interesting story from the Beeb, reporting on a study presented to an American Physical Society meeting in Dallas:“A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is...
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The Faith Card
Arguments with Christians frequently end when the Christian plays the “faith card.” It’s basically a conversation stopper, “You can’t understand because you don’t have faith.” Consider this example...
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Atheism in a Postmodern World
Modern atheism began about 150 years ago, when all the factors came together to make a lack of belief in a deity seem intellectually sustainable. But at the time, it was part of a diverse group of...
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Courses for Christians Critiqued: “Going Deeper” Part 1 – Ironically Shallow
I’ve been considering for some time writing a series about some of the courses that various denominations and churches offer their congregations, putatively to help them to understand their faith...
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