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  • Free Book: The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails

    Free Book: The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails

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    I don’t generally recommend books I haven’t read, but in this case I’m happy to make an exception. Randal Rauser’s writing is always thought-provoking, relevant and worthwhile — and given today’s special, it’s now eminently affordable!

    Today only (Wednesday, October 30), the e‑version of Rauser’s book The Swedish Atheist, the Scuba Diver and Other Apologetic Rabbit Trails is available for free at Amazon.com, B&N and Christianbook.com.

    And, if you miss today’s deal, the e‑book will be 50% off for the month of November.
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  • An Atheist Monument To?

    An Atheist Monument To?

    Atheist Monument

    The American Atheists unveiled a public monument in Florida today and have plans to build more around the country.

    When I first heard this story I wondered, a monument to what? To no-god? To non-belief? Monuments usually stand for something, not for not-something. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to erect a monument to science, or to reason, or to humanity or to nature? This is part of the problem with modern militant atheism: it all too often defines itself not with positive truth claims, but rather solely in opposition to vague and stereotypical notions of religions belief. Sure, “secular humanism” and “metaphysical naturalism” don’t have the same firecracker snap of “atheism,” but for a movement that purports to value truth over ideology, it seems like you’d want to make it explicitly clear from the outset precisely what you stand for. To borrow a trick from the atheist playbook: erecting a monument to atheism makes about as much sense as erecting a monument to non-stamp collecting. (more…)

  • Universal Pope?

    Universal Pope?

    Universal Pope

    Pope Francis has garnered quite a bit of attention for his comments last Wednesday regarding atheists and his claim that everyone is redeemed by the blood of Christ. He said, in part:

    The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! “Father, the atheists?” Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all!

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  • Review: Cross Examined by Bob Seidensticker

    Review: Cross Examined by Bob Seidensticker

    Cross Examined

    Cross Examined: An Unconventional Spiritual Journey by Bob Seidensticker is an easy book to sum up: it’s a novel about apologetics. Such an undertaking has intriguing possibilities, but unfortunately Seidensticker can’t quite pull off this combination. Apologetics is mostly about telling; good fiction is about showing — and in this novel the two make for uneasy bedfellows.
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