Sep 3, 2010

I receive emails attempting to refute the rather obvious contradiction between the Genealogies of Jesus listed in Matthew and Luke all the time.  The two accounts disagree on almost everything, starting with Joseph’s father.  Luke says Joseph is the son of Heli, Matthew says he’s the son of Jacob.  The genealogies don’t line up again until...

Aug 18, 2010

Here is another claim I receive quite often.  Christians will claim that people are sent to Hell because that’s what they want.  No, really!  Apparently an eternity of eternal torment is appealing to some people.  So God, being the great guy he is, gives them exactly what they want.  This argument was sent to me recently in an email response to my...

Aug 4, 2010

A judge ruled against California’s prop 8 today, saying the ban against same-sex marriage violated the 14th amendment rights of gay and lesbian couples in California.  Specifically it violated section 1: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any...

Jul 28, 2010

Arizona is an interesting state. For half the year, the weather is beautiful and comfortable. However for the other half the year, it’s too hot to do anything outdoors. This has lead more than one Arizona resident to draw the connection between Heaven and Hell and the Arizona seasons. It’s not uncommon to see church signs in August with clever...

Jul 21, 2010

Earlier I responded to an email from Benjamin criticizing my rebuttal of the Kalam Cosmological Argument.  He is still attempted to defend it. Hello: Saying that something begins to exist is simply self explanatory. Hello Benjamin, That depends on your definition of “begins to exist.” The sense of cars and those other things beginning to exist is...