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Test yourself! Three of the seven following sites are parodies, while the others are serious attempts at religious expression. Good luck choosing which are which! Landover Baptist Church 4 Step Proof for God of the Bible OBJECTIVE: Ministries Rapture Ready Time Cube Chick Tract – The Last Generation True Christian Church of Christ
Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle. What’s the point? 1. Evangelicals are constantly mischaracterizing non-theists. We need to listen and [...]
Where’s the harm in religion? Why, here. As Evan says, “This kind of story makes me want to shout blood.” I tend to agree. AP, Tues., July 28, 2009 WAUSAU, Wisc. – The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of undiagnosed diabetes as the family prayed for her to get better testified Tuesday that [...]
From Austin Dacey, at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry: “We are afraid that the thunderstorms might have an impact on the scheduled launch.” The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, G. Madhavan Nair, was speaking to reporters in Tirupathi on the morning of May 5, 2005, as the countdown continued for the Polar Satellite [...]
From what I hear, it can be difficult (although not having come from religion, I admit I don’t have the struggles a lot of folks do).
Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth, the founder of www.WisdomCommons.org, and the host of Christianity in the Public Square, Moral Politics Television, Seattle. My father died in a climbing accident when he was 59, and I was [...]
“I was just looking at a study by an American sociologist (published in England) of comparative religious attitudes in various countries. The figures are shocking. Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God doing this and that — it’s astonishing. These [...]
I think they’re apologizing a bit too much for this film. Of course, though, in 1979, you couldn’t just come right out and tell people you were an atheist, I suppose, and that your film was ridiculing religion.You’d have a bit of trouble finding work. It’s still that way in many parts of the country. [...]
Hearsay written 50+ years after the fact (so to speak) is NOT EVIDENCE. The bible is no more evidence for the resurrection than the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is of interstellar bypasses. Some biblical evidences of the resurrection of Jesus include*: Jesus’ resurrection was prophesied in advance (Isa 53:8-12) Jesus predicted his resurrection (Matt [...]