I’m always prattling on about how, if presented with actual evidence and logical arguments, I would change my mind and convert to whatever religious belief system provided that compelling evidence. That’s why I feel like I ought to examine carefully the supposed compelling evidence put forward by theists, at least from time to time. Yesterday, [...]
All posts tagged bible
Proof of Jesus’ resurrection?
Posted by NFQ on January 19, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/01/proof-of-jesus-resurrection/
Breaking down Biblical prophecies
Keith Harrison (who you may have seen in the comments around here, and who blogs at Coming of Age) has been making headway lately on a great series of blog posts: The theme is biblical prophecies. One of the recurring arguments I hear from believers is that the Bible must be true because of the [...]
Posted by NFQ on January 9, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/01/breaking-down-biblical-prophecies/
Christian equivocation on testing God
All right, Christians, can I get a straight answer on this, please? Maybe you could have some kind of council or something…? I just want to know if you think it’s reasonable to expect some kind of trustworthy evidence for your god’s existence before believing in him. That means that claiming a mystical trance experience [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 5, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/christian-equivocation-on-testing-god/
Your permanent record
Do you remember how, in grade school, your teachers would threaten you with “a mark on your permanent record” if you misbehaved? Permanent was such a scary word. It meant forever, didn’t it? And that’s a long time. Of course, later we found out that our high schools knew next to nothing about our elementary [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 1, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/your-permanent-record/
Who’s getting expelled, again?
Inside Higher Ed reports on an incident stemming from two articles written by professors at Calvin College and published in what is apparently a scholarly journal, the American Scientific Affiliation‘s Perspectives on Science & Christian Faith. (I have never heard of the American Scientific Affiliation or any of its journals, but then I am not [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 5, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/09/whos-getting-expelled-again/
Review: Answered Prayer Guaranteed!
Oh man, you guys. I found the best (read: funniest) book ever at the library. I want to review it for you, but I don’t know how that’s possible. I think the best approach is to just quote some choice passages — but even that’s hard, because it’s basically a cover-to-cover laughfest. And it’s really [...]
Posted by NFQ on August 12, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/08/review-answered-prayer-guaranteed/
Friday Link Roundup #40
Oxford researchers investigate likely innate human tendencies to believe in gods and the supernatural. Prompted by Israeli President Shimon Peres’ suggestion for an 11th commandment (bumping up the next 603, I suppose), Alex Tabbarok asked his readers for their suggestions. How could it be this easy to improve on the work of a perfect god? [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 22, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/friday-link-roundup-40/
On Christian charity
I’ve had some harsh words here in the past about how Christians actually behave with respect to their supposed values of charity and generosity. While I was writing this last secular morality post about charitable giving, though, I got to thinking about what the Bible actually says about helping those who are less fortunate. It’s [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 7, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/07/on-christian-charity/
Refuting the Abrahamic faiths
Sometimes, I feel sort of guilty for spending as much time on Christianity as I do. I knew that this would happen when I started the blog, because I live in the US and Christianity is the primary form in which I encounter religious belief, and the primary form in which religious zealotry threatens my [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 28, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/06/refuting-the-abrahamic-faiths/
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