Addressing a Critique: Part 1
In the nearly three years since I published Holy Nihilism, the best -- or at least most thorough -- critique I have yet received has come from an online acquaintance…
Running in Christianity
Despite being a non-believer (indeed, an outspoken critic of the faith), I find myself still drawn to and intrigued by Christianity -- in particular, to theology as an activity. The…
Christian Pacifism Grows Over Time
Earlier today, John Lovell of the Warrior-Poet Society put out a short video on Instagram where he said: If the mob silences you and you hide your morality from the…
The Politics of Truth
...the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.John 18:37 I had a conversation about…
Cuckoldry: the Fetish That Shouldn’t Be…
Evolutionary psychology teaches that survival and reproduction have driven the formation of our brains and mental drives. What we find attractive and unattractive feels intrinsic, but in fact emerged out…
Debating Christianity
Next Saturday (June 20), I'll be debating with Myles and SuperLutheran over at The Godcast. No doubt, we will rehash episode 119, where they attempted to take down Holy Nihilism…
The Godcast Addresses the Dis-Ontological Argument
SuperLutheran and Myles from The Godcast recently took a shot at my dis-ontological argument. Their criticism was relatively snarky and obnoxiously nit-picky (at one point, they corrected a date that…
The Question of Consciousness
After studying religion for a while, I have discovered that one useful way of categorizing different varieties of religion is how they answer the question of consciousness. I am not…
Christian Pacifism in History
Contra the scripture itself, many Christians seem convinced that their faith is not pacifistic -- that it is a "warrior's religion." These people (correctly) point out that the current ecumenical direction…
Meditations on the Theological Significance of Crowns in Musical Contemplation of Heaven
And it came to pass that on my journey homeward from labors in the city, I became trapped by fellow travelers moving likewise in a slow and crowded manner. This…