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I have a new favorite quote. The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic. Guess who said that?
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The rest of the [back]story
April 21st, 2012 
Deacon Duncan Like I said yesterday, I decided in my mid-teens that I was going to follow God no matter what men said about Him, and that more than anything else led to my eventual rejection of Christianity. When you try to go beyond what men say about God, to the reality behind the words, you discover [...]
A top ten list
April 8th, 2012 Deacon Duncan Happy Easter everybody—I hope you all have prepared your colored eggs for Astarte, the pagan fertility goddess, and have filled your house with other fertility symbols like rabbits and such. Remember, Astarte is the reason for the season (and even gave it her name, slightly misspelled). Oh yeah, and some guy died too. I suppose [...]
A good Friday: miracle in Texas
April 5th, 2012 Deacon Duncan Now here’s a miracle I can believe in. Zachary Moore, DFWCoR’s spokesman, tells Unfair Park that the group reached out to the Angelika chain after being it’s-not-you-it’s-me’d by Movie Tavern. “Initially they said no, and then they said maybe if we changed the ad, and then they said yes to the original,” he writes. “It’s [...]
Excusing God’s absence
March 25th, 2012 Deacon Duncan A few days ago I published a piece by a Christian apologist who goes by the handle “Mighty Timbo,” on the topic of why Mormonism is false. He has a web site devoted to Christian apologetics, so I thought I’d stop by and see what kind of defense he has to offer to the kind [...]
A temple for atheists
January 28th, 2012 Deacon Duncan As you’ve probably heard, Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a “Temple to Atheism” somewhere in London. Seems a rather silly idea to me. What’s next, a museum for non-stamp-collectors? Given that atheism is the absence of belief in God, the most suitable “temple” ought to be—no temple at all. And we’ve already [...]
Defending the defenders
October 28th, 2011 Deacon Duncan Contrary to the famous myth, there are atheists in foxholes–and in helicopters, and in supply depots and in mess halls, and on and on. Unbelievers are willing to dedicate their lives (and sometimes, to risk them) in order to defend our freedoms. Now you can help defend theirs as well. Go to whitehouse.gov and sign [...]
A suggestion for Dr. Dawkins
October 24th, 2011 Deacon Duncan If you’ve seen Richard Dawkins’ response to William Lane Craig, you know that he really does not need my help. I can’t resist making one suggestion, though. If Craig goes through with his intended stunt, and puts an empty chair on the stage at Oxford to represent Dr. Dawkins’ non-appearance, Dawkins should respond in kind. [...]
Musical Gods
October 16th, 2011 Deacon Duncan We’re playing Musical Gods over at Evangelical Realism. Stop by and watch Richard Dawkins try to pull the chair out from under William Lane Craig’s God.
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