When the Experts Agree
Does an advanced degree make someone an expert? Sometimes. It should seem obvious that it depends on what the degree is in, what school conferred the degree, how much current […]
2011
The Joys of Misinterpretation
(Via Cyanide and Happiness)
National Day of Exclusion
Last year the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a lawsuit to challenge the National Day of Prayer. On April 15, 2010 District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled in their favor […]
Humanist Chaplains?
A few weeks back I mentioned that one option I’m looking at for the future is being a Humanist Chaplain in the military. There is a lot of work to […]
Is there a God? – What About Prophecy, Part 2
Why does God always have to use prophets? For the sake of argument, let’s just assume there is a divine being who is intimately involved and concerned with what goes […]
Tuesday Science – A Tribute to Science Based Medicine
About a month ago a coworker pulled a muscle in his back. He went to a Chiropractor. Even though he doesn’t buy all the woo claims of Chiropractic, he thought […]
Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice
This is really quite the touching story, I highly recommend watching it. Roger Ebert is one of the nation’s leading film critics with an iconic voice, well, he had an […]
An Easter Quiz – See How Well You Know the Story
David Fitzgerald who’s book, Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All I mentioned in my list of resources on the Jesus Myth hypothesis and who also […]
The Passion of the Apostate
Four years ago I was one of the thieves on the cross in the Passion Play at Andrews University. By the second performance I had the anguished looks, the agony […]
Episode 71: Raiding the Mail Bag with Dustin Williams
Episode 71: Raiding the Mail Bag with Dustin Williams: “Eli is out this week, but our good friend Dustin sits in as co-host. Together we go through the mail bag […]