can⋅on/ˈkænən/ [kan-uhn] 6. the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired. Now, if I was to ask any Christian on the street “what is the canon?” I’d probably get a blank stare, or them asking if I meant the printer/camera company. If I was lucky and happened to run into […]
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Well that’s $50 worth of books and postage the banana king, Ray Comfort, won’t be getting back. A few weeks ago Ray Comfort announced on his blog: that he was giving away signed copies of his new book, “You Can Lead An Atheist To Evidence But You Can’t Make Him Think” and “The Atheists Bible” for […]
By Reuben from Non-Linear Thinking and Reubenville Across the Internet, there is much discussion and discourse on how exactly the Bible, Koran etc pines against homosexuality, abortion etc. As discussed here, some have a more liberal interpretation of such texts. But what makes a fundamentalist determine what’s heretical/bad/liberal/logical from what’s conservative/backwards/myopic/traditional? How do they ‘think’ […]
Recently, while on my way home from University, I was stopped by a young Christian gentleman who forcefully explained that he had a great gift to give to me. Dubious (and suspecting the gift would prove to be ‘Jesus!’), I listened for a few moments before apologizing and explaining that I was an Atheist and […]
By Daniel Carabellese The confirmed death toll of the Australian Bushfires is, as I write this, climbing well beyond two-hundred. Some poor, deluded individuals might claim that these bushfires are caused by arsonists and lightning strikes, exacerbated by drought conditions and extreme heat. However, I know better: the bushfires are caused exclusively by the decline […]
