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, [...]
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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/
I’m “hung up on” what’s true
This unfortunate opinion piece was published in today’s New York Times, and given that it made me feel so sad and so nauseated at the same time, I figured it deserved a blogged response. Author Eric Weiner asks, “Americans: Undecided About God?” It would have been more accurate to say, “Eric Weiner: Reluctant to admit [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 10, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/im-hung-up-on-whats-true/
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/
Confirmation bias, in a nutshell
Via STFU, Believers: If you believe prayer is worthwhile — please tell us, which is it? Do you get things because you pray for them, meaning that we can check to see if your god is real by seeing if believers always get what they pray for? Or does your god already have a perfect [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 3, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/12/confirmation-bias-in-a-nutshell/
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/
The funniest JW tract ever!
Okay, you guys. Seriously, this is amazing. I am holding in my hands an issue of The Watchtower with the cover story: “Five Lies About God Exposed!” The introduction is too beautiful not to type it out here. Blockquote, ahoy! Have you been lied to? Few experiences hurt more than learning that someone you trust [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 10, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/11/the-funniest-jw-tract-ever/
Would anything change your mind?
I brought this question up at another one of those Bible study meetings I mentioned a while back. We were discussing whether it was appropriate for a Christian to question, complain about, or protest the things happening in their lives or the things they were required by circumstance to do. Given that I’ve named this [...]
Posted by NFQ on November 8, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/11/would-anything-change-your-mind/
Please, try to convert me!
This is in response to something that a friend of mine said to me in an interesting conversation we were having about religion last week, and something which kind of Gil wrote yesterday in a comment on this blog. Both said something very close to: “I hope you don’t think I’m trying to convert you, [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 6, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/09/please-try-to-convert-me/
Convinced by fine-tuning?
Cosmic fine tuning was one of the arguments put forward to me as evidence in favor of a god’s existence, in that epic comment thread a while back. Jojo the hun wrote, I’m very interested in the observation that the values of a number of independent physical constants have a highly unlikely combination of values [...]
Posted by NFQ on August 9, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/08/convinced-by-fine-tuning/
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