I first encountered St. Anselm’s Proof of God during my undergraduate studies in philosophy and theology. I was at the time a struggling Christian, and there is a power and simplicity in Anselm’s logical proof of God’s existence that –
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Johnny Depp’s blasphemous new Christmas Carol with BabyBird: Jesus Stag Night Club
There are many reasons to love Johnny Depp; his stunning good looks, goofy movie roles or charming bad boy personality. But here’s another one: for his outspoken willingness to criticize religion and poke fun in places others dare not tread. Teaming
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Obama, the Antichrist and the 2nd Coming of Jesus: White House Shooter Ortega-Hernandez
This week a student at Idaho State University, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, took some shots at the White House, apparently in an attempt to assassinate Obama, whom he saw as the AntiChrist. Soon after, the bizarre video he’d made as a
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9 reasons why I love Jesus, but don’t believe in him anyway.
I grew up on Bible stories and Christian ethics. To a large extent, I like the stories – Christian literature is pretty good story-telling, usually about a hero, who is brought low, then gets supernatural powers to triumph over his
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Bill Maher on Gadhafi: Does Islam have homosexuality issues?
Take the two most sensitive conversational topics in the world – religion and sexuality – and throw them together. Not an easy topic to discuss, but as Bill Maher pointed out in a recent interview, doesn’t the fact that as
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A simple test of your courage, freedom and humanity
Scenario ONE: A technologically advanced alien race attacks the earth. It wants to brand and kidnap humans to be used as slaves on their home planet. Anyone who refuses is destroyed. The aliens are very powerful and ruthless. Rather than
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Center for un-intelligent design: creationism vs. intelligent design vs. evolution
A common response to atheism and defense of Christianity is “I don’t have enough faith to be an atheist.” In other words, looking at the beauty and order of the universe, it seems mind-boggling and impossible that everything just “happened” to
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Happy Teacher’s / Blasphemy Day! Dedicated to the constant pursuit of knowledge
In Taiwan, teacher’s day was last week on September 28th; but “World Teacher’s Day” is on October 5th. In between the two (today, September 30th, 2011) is “Blasphemy Day International.” A good teacher, like a good blasphemer, is willing to
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Why Obama is the Antichrist, and why you should vote for him in 2012 anyway.
Apocalyptic fears may decide 2012 presidential election. The New York Times posted an article a few days ago by Matthew Avery Sutton called “Why the Antichrist Matters in Politics” which deserves comment. My liberal, educated, tolerant and open-minded friends and
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Online religion quiz results: Jews, Atheists and Agnostics score the highest on the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey
My buddy over at Think Atheist posted a link to a quiz on religion from the U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey. It’s pretty fun to test your knowledge and see how you measure up against the rest of America. Jews and
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Support JesusPotterHarryChrist on Kickstarter.com and get awesome freebies!
If you’re looking for a late-summer read, check out the book “Jesus Potter Harry Christ.” It claims that both Harry and Jesus are spiritual metaphors told in the literary form of historical fiction. The paperback is selling well on amazon,
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Migraines and God: A Brain Wider than the Sky Review
This summer I had the rare experience of sitting around and reading great books in a log cabin by log Tahoe (unlike Thoreau, I didn’t build it with my hands). One of the books I enjoyed was “A Brain Wider
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