A brief look at what the Bible does (and doesn't) say about abortion, along with the story of how the Pro-Life movement took over evangelical Christianity.

The only good thing one can say about the biblical account of the conquest of Canaan is that it never actually happened. Morally speaking, the story is a mess, and modern attempts to justify it show everything that's wrong with the Divine Command Theory of morality.

The New Testament doesn't praise Abraham because he didn't kill his own child, it praises him because he was going to. Nothing is innately wrong if whatever God says is right.

A message delivered on Sunday, September 8th, 2019 to the Universalist Unitarian Church in Ellisville, Mississippi wherein I discuss three reasons why we make gods.

All I ever needed to know about the Bible I learned from the story of Lot and his wife. It is a microcosm of all that is wrong with this book.

It's not just about the miracles. Even the history in the Bible is made up. There never was an Egyptian captivity. There was no Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob. No Moses, no Aaron, no Joshua, and no Canaanite conquest. Archaeology has spoken, but the church refuses to listen.

Here are six reasons why the Bible, even when taken on its own terms, cannot be a perfect book.

Smart people can still be made to believe nonsensical things...if you get to them young enough. Here are four reasons why religion works on even intelligent people, and why it's difficult to let go.

Here are 8 ways the Christian faith speaks to you, and about you, that sound remarkably like an abuser.

You can't raise people to believe things that don't make sense and then expect them to value rationality. Here are a handful of ways faith normalizes bad thinking.