As I picked up litter gospel tracts scattered in a shopping mall parking lot the other day, I got to thinking about what a Christian — or, any other variety of theist — might be able to say in order to convert me. So many of them (including the writer of these tracts) take the [...]
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I’m easy to convert, actually
Posted by NFQ on December 25, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/12/im-easy-to-convert-actually/
Did Jesus really exist?
There’s a lot of scholarly work out there attempting to settle the question of whether or not the Jesus of the Christian Bible really existed. I’m not going to pretend to summarize or even really discuss that work here. I just want to highlight something I think is often missing from debates between Christians and [...]
Posted by NFQ on December 24, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/12/did-jesus-really-exist/
If God, then what?
I saw this review of an apologetics book that was published earlier this year, and while I’m totally unenthusiastic about the book itself, its title — also the title of this post — got me thinking about a question I often struggle to convey to theists. I don’t think this is a guaranteed “gotcha” type [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 17, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/09/if-god-then-what/
What’s in the gaps?
The Apologetics 315 blog quoted William Dembski of the Discovery Institute not too long ago, making what I’m sure he and they thought was a clever argument: “Scientists rightly resist invoking the supernatural in scientific explanations for fear of committing a god-of-the-gaps fallacy (the fallacy of using God as a stop-gap for ignorance). Yet without [...]
Posted by NFQ on September 5, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/09/whats-in-the-gaps/
Yeah, about that “healing”…
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. I caught this cute little posting on my Facebook news feed a Sunday or two ago: This is only one of a few that my friend posted while recovering from a cold, but in all of them she talked [...]
Posted by NFQ on July 9, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/07/yeah-about-that-healing/
Precise answers to the wrong questions
I’ve been doing Serious Research lately and haven’t had much energy for blogging. I’m actually starting to remember that blogging gives me more energy (like exercising) if I can get myself to kick off the virtuous cycle when I don’t feel like it — so perhaps I’ll be posting more actively in the near future. [...]
Posted by NFQ on June 18, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/06/precise-answers-to-the-wrong-questions/
What are gross-out tactics for?
When I got home yesterday, I found this palm-sized tract wedged against my doorjamb. It’s grotesque. This image to the right is the cover — you can click on the picture to read the text for yourself online. It doesn’t say anything particularly new or insightful, just the usual statements of Christian doctrine and Bible [...]
Posted by NFQ on April 24, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/04/what-are-gross-out-tactics-for/
Just look at a daffodil!
This conversation from the webcomic Rob and Elliot will probably feel frustratingly familiar to many of you… but I bet you’ve never seen it wrap up the way it does here! (Click the picture below to see the last two panels.) If you want more atheist humor, you should check out (Rob and Elliot writer) [...]
Posted by NFQ on April 10, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/04/just-look-at-a-daffodil/
Undermining rational thought
I stumbled upon this hilarious website called proofthatgodexists.org. The emblem of the site is a circle containing the URL and the words “Absolute Apologetics,” as well as a tic-tac-toe board with X’s in all nine spaces — I guess to drive home the degree to which they feel they’ve won. The site leads you through [...]
Posted by NFQ on March 5, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/03/undermining-rational-thought/
Legitimate supernatural claims
I’ve had a number of conversations with theists in which they tell me their beliefs are grounded in evidence, not blind faith. As a scientist, I’m surprised when they can’t offer a hypothetical scenario in which they would change their beliefs. Because that’s the thing about basing your belief on evidence, isn’t it? If you [...]
Posted by NFQ on March 1, 2012
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2012/03/legitimate-supernatural-claims/
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