Genesis as a metaphor, does even that work?
Does the Genesis story work as a metphor of our modern scientific understanding or is it at odds with even that?
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Claim: “You are a fool if you do not believe in god”
Franklin Graham, son of the more famous Billy Graham and also CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, has written an article in which he claims that those that do not believe in God are fools. Since he has a quote from the bible that says this is so, then I guess it just must be true … Read more
BBC Reports “Widespread ignorance exists among children about the contents of the Bible”
Today the BBC has reported that a Bible Society survey has found that many people don’t know the Bible. OK, I get that, we live in a post-belief age, so that’s not such a bad thing in many ways. Ah but wait … they also report “Many of the parents who responded saw the Bible … Read more
The “Biblical Definition of Marriage” is not what you think it is
Often when debating believers, a rather common tact taken is to hear something akin to the following declaration, “OK, you as an Atheist can do whatever you want, but I much prefer decency as defined in the Bible“. That of course is the cue to point out that the Bible endorses genocide and slavery as … Read more
The best Bible App … is rather popular with Atheists.
One of the most popular apps around is YouVersion. This is a free Bible app that contains over 700 different translations and has been downloaded by 115 million people, so is perhaps one of the most popular apps out there. Well yes, so there are lots of religious people, but then you knew that anyway. Now … Read more
Bible Study … with Penn & Teller
Today lets have a bit of fun … learning the bible from Penn and Teller … (yes OK, it is from 2006, but hey, it still stands) … So there you have it then … oh, you want more? Well yes, that was just part 1, so here is part 2 … I suppose you … Read more