God, Evidence, and Other Silly Crap: A Rebuttal

An old school colleague of mine, biguglyjim on his blog over at www.meddlingkids.org has an ongoing tendency to write blogs arguing against religious faith and in favour of atheism. Jim is perfectly entitled to hold whatever religious viewpoint (or, in the present case, lack of) he wants to hold.  That’s what freedom is all about,…

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Abraham, Isaac, and Honour Killings

Over the last few hours, I’ve been involved in a discussion over twitter with a colleague named @eikonos about the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac: Genesis 22 Abraham Tested  1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”       “Here I am,” he replied.  2 Then God said, “Take your son, your…

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