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Why I Love Atheists

"An atheist, like a Christian, holds that we can know whether or not there is a God. The Christian holds that we can know there is a God; the atheist, that we can know there is not." --Bertrand Russell I really do love…
God Loves Gays

The Blogging Dangerously Series, Warp Factor 9 Disclaimer: The following post will be operating entirely within the scope of Christianity. If Christiani…
Men are Creepy

I'm not sure I'll be able to articulate this one well, so bear with me. This comic gave me flashbacks to when I was single. I kid you not, this is what went through my mind just about every time I went to approach a…
Christianity: Unconquerable?

Every now and then I hear people talk about the danger of Christianity being conquered by an external military force. This is often couched in terms of Islam. (On occasion it will be something else, like communism or …
Literacy: Dying or in Revolution?

(I'm borrowing Dan TheoCafe's blogging style for today. The following excerpts are from "The New Literacy" by Clive Thompson of Wired.) 'As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how…
Christians: Majority or Minority?

The Blogging Dangerously Series, Issue #8 Are Christians the majority in America? A persecution complex is hard-wired into Christianity. That is to say, the founder of the Christian faith told his followers to expect …
Of True Scotsmen, Beef Jerky, and Abortion Doctors

There's a logical fallacy called the No True Scotsman fallacy. It goes something like this. Somebody says to you, "No true Scotsman would ever wear anything under his kilt!" You say, "That's not true--I know Seamus …
A Word Fitly Spoken

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver." --King Solomon I've been thinking about the nature of online debate. Particularly, online debate over religious topics, such as that which occurs o…
WWJD: Not So Great Actually [minor edits]

I first encountered the shortcomings of WWJD when I was in sixth grade. I went to a Christian school, see. And there was this girl that was crushing on me, and I didn't like her back. It was getting pretty bad. So at…
Do Christians Have To Earn Their Way To Heaven?

I was thinking about something after reading a recent Revelife post. The post was about the idea of "perfection" in a Christian's life. That is, the idea that God tells us several things in Scripture that seem to indic…