atheism

Agnosticism: The Perfect Answer That Never Delivers

Nov
05
2010

As a rational response to the question of God, agnosticism is unassailable stance. So then why are there so few agnostics?

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What Non-Christians Want Christians To Hear

Oct
23
2010

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Here’s a small sampling of the responses I got when I asked non-Christians about being on the receiving end of the efforts of Christian evangelicals to convert them.

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An Atheist (And Her Atheist Husband) Visit Her Evangelical Family

Aug
10
2010

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Dear John [a woman wrote me yesterday], I’m an atheist who was raised in the Bible Belt. I’ve come out as an atheist to most of my family, but many of them are in denial about it; they think it’s just a phase that I’m going through (even though it started when I was a [...]

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Atheist and Christian: Who’s the Fool?

Jun
22
2010

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(Relative to my recent, “The Cross That Batman Bears.”) I would no sooner suggest that an atheist can’t be moral than I would that a bug can’t be creepy a wino can’t be ambitious Batman can’t suffer jock itch any other stupid thing I might say. Of course atheists can live according to an ethos [...]

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The One Thing I Dreaded Most About Becoming a Christian

May
27
2010

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When I very suddenly became a Christian, I was in a supply closet at my job. By the time I was coming out of that closet (har! okay, grow up) — and I mean the exact thought that very strongly came to me as I was turning the doorknob that would lead me back out [...]

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“God Can Love Me; God Can Send Me To Hell. But He Can’t Do Both.”

Mar
29
2010

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While sitting at Starbucks yesterday I’m pretty sure I overheard the following exchange between two men whom I’ll call Chris and Stan: Stan: But that just doesn’t make any sense. Chris: What doesn’t? Stan: That if I don’t believe in the reality of the same God that you just told me loves me, then that [...]

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Christian Issues

The Best Case For the Bible NOT Condemning Homosexuality

Apr
02
2012

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No Christian has to choose between their compassion and their faith in the Bible.

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Relationships

Joseph to Mary: “Who could believe such a thing?”

Dec
16
2011

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A conversation between Mary and Joseph the night before Jesus was born.

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Christian Spirituality

What Jesus Left Out of The Great Commandment

Oct
31
2011

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Here’s what Jesus left out of the Great Commandment—and why.

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Humor

Worst Trucking Slogan EVER

Oct
08
2010

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Truck drivers are so weird.

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Pastor Bob's Corner

A Primer on Islam: The Basics (Lesson 1 of 6)

Sep
30
2011

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Hi. I’m Pastor Bob. This is the first lesson of a multi-week class on Islam I taught for a large gathering of folks from multiple congregations: Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Catholics, recovering agnostics, etc.

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Personal

When Etta James had her way with me

Jan
23
2012

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Right there, in front of all sixteen of us, Etta James became Etta James.

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