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Antichrist, by Saint Robert Bellarmine, Reviewed
Some establishment media is still based: you can find good stuff if you know where to look. Like in the PI. Take this op-ed in the Manila Times, by one…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Ordering Among Angels
Previous post. Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges. ON THE ORDERING OF THE ANGELS AMONG THEMSELVES 1 Since bodily things are ruled by spiritual things, as we showed, and…
CONTEST! Produce Better Parody Of Christianity Than Nicholas Kristof & Serene Jones
We've had many contests over the years, dear readers, varying in their difficulty and intellectual challenge. This time I have the true test, the consummate conundrum, the summit of stumpers.…
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Poor Richard Carrier Goes On The Offensive
Six years ago I wrote a small, daily piece (Bayes Theorem Proves Jesus Existed And Didn't Exist) about the use of probability in proving or disproving the existence of God.…
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Inference To An Explanation: Shapiro’s The Miracle Myth Reviewed — Part III
Read Part I, II. Did Jesus walk on water? Eyewitnesses reported he did. The event was so well remarked that people wrote of it at a time when most events…
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Inference To The Best Explanation: Shapiro’s The Miracle Myth Reviewed — Part II
Read Part I. A researcher puts you into a room. On the table is a blue ball. Somebody put it there. It could have been Alice, Bob, or Charlie. Given…
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Profoundly Ignorant: Shapiro’s The Miracle Myth Reviewed — Part I
There is almost nothing to like in Larry Shapiro's The Miracle Myth: Why Belief in the Resurrection and the Supernatural is Unjustified. But, as Shapiro would be sure to agree…
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Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death?
Headline: "British And German Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death." Thanks to reader Mark Charters for discovering the study. British and German scientists have confirmed there is some form…