Since I go thru the trouble of writing this all up, I figure I'll just make it a blogspot rather than bury it in a combox. Responding t...

See how much nicer I am, to give The Dawkins the benefit of the doubt? One will apparently wait in vain for the favor to be returned. “Once...

I grew up in the faith listening to Contemporary Christian Music. It has been a help to me, and lately I'm becoming pretty jaded about i...

All praise to the Risen One. Let the peoples look and be amazed. He Is Risen Indeed!

Let's say someone has cited several psgs from Leviticus and suggested I pick and choose which to follow. Not I, however, but the New Tes...

Responding again to the Jolly Nihilist : To the reader, I'll be pointing out the JN's inconsistencies in the way he handles morality...

I just can't resist. merkur, who prides himself on his powerful insights into this question, has been weighing in on the question of wa...

Hi JN, I'll post this same comment here and on the relevant post at my place. First of all, you're not on the Wall of Shame b/c you ...

This post will consist of 2 parts, each on irony. Irony #1 - See if you can pick out the irony in the following statements from the Jolly N...

I recently emailed an atheist blogger with whom I've had some interaction in the past. This was because he had asked me to read Dawkins...

I grew up United Methodist but never kept up with the varying and competing influences within the denomination. By the time I actually met J...

Looks like I've provoked a clarification in AC Chase's comment policy. I think this is funny. For one thing, you know, the term ...

I thought I had made a new friend over at Alex the Atheist's place. I decided to engage him in a discussion on the inanities of his post...

A common criticism of conservative Christians in the US like, say, the Southern Babdist Convention, is that they spend too much time talking...

This baby was a brilliant candidate to be aborted. Why? B/c he wasn't good enough to live. He wouldn't be able to do the things o...

merkur makes a good point about abortion. I respond: Don't be so sure, man. Peter Singer is a famed bioethicist and he says it's ...

Just a few reflections on the comments on this post entitled " Aborting Downs Syndrome babies is a moral obligation? " I'm com...

(Originally posted at Beggars All, but I like it so much I'll drop it here too.) I think I've caused a bit of a stir when I said : I...