Why Fast Company & Sam Harris need to do their homework

Why Fast Company & Sam Harris need to do their homework | The Resurgence:

The claim that the Bible is full of contradictions ignores the variety of genres of literature in the Bible. Fundamentalists interpret religious texts in only one way—the literal way—and so does Project Reason. You can make up lots of supposed contradictions by interpreting this way. Not interpreting a text with the awareness of the genre lacks the basic principles of reading and interpretation.

The Science Behind Red Sea Parting

Penn does make a good point. Do Christians really need science to explain miracles, if that is the case then are they miracles anymore? Penn says Christians are now using Atheists arguments: YouTube - The Science Behind Red Sea Parting - Penn Point (this also has a language warning)

The Making of an Atheist

Possibly interesting book: The Making of an Atheist - TGC Reviews:

Spiegel clearly states his thesis: The real causes of unbelief and skepticism have more to do with the will than with reason. These causes are moral and psychological in nature. He says, no doubt to the ire of atheists everywhere, “For the atheist, the missing ingredient is not evidence, but obedience” (11).

Atheists Conduct De-Baptisms with a Hairdryer

What do you need to undo a Baptism? A hairdryer: Atheists Conduct De-Baptisms

Atheists’ Latest Gadget: The Hairdryer | Gizmodo Australia

WorldNetDaily Supports Atheist Billboard Vandalism

Friendly Atheist responds to My kind of vandals over a billboard that was vandalized WorldNetDaily Supports Atheist Billboard Vandalism

You don’t have a right not to be offended. Go ahead. Put up your own billboard (with your own money). It can say whatever you’d like. We might poke fun at it, or write about how dishonest or misguided it might be, or put up our own billboard in response.

But I can’t think of any atheists who would even think to vandalize it. We support freedom of speech, including speech that we dislike.

If a Christian group would like to respond to this tripe in a positive way, they could always pay for a new atheist billboard. It would suggest: “We may disagree with your beliefs, but we defend your right to believe them. And Satterfield does not represent the true meaning of Christianity.”

Yeah, I’m not holding my breath for that…

New atheists embody the very things they hate - PAUL PRATHER - Kentucky.com

This story made it to the front page of digg and at the moment has 2017 diggs and 1356 comments.

New atheists embody the very things they hate - PAUL PRATHER - Kentucky.com

I'm equally intrigued by the online comments that follow every news story online about religion; the responses seem to come disproportionately from readers who jeer at all references to God or piety.

Only 2 percent of U.S. adults are atheists, the Trinity study found. Still, by another estimate I saw, that's three times the percentage of avowed atheists 20 years ago.

My objection to the new atheists isn't that they're atheists. It's that they strike me as hypocrites...

I wish these atheists would venture, say, into a seminary library.

If the new atheists are as bright as they claim, they ought not imitate the worst traits of the very people they consider their inferiors.

Atheism in Australia - Yahoo!7 TV

So help me God: Atheism in Australia - Yahoo!7 TV

There is a clip from Sunrise between an atheist and a Christian. Also the article has some interesting stats at the start:

- 64% of Australians identify as Christian
- In 1902, 97 per cent of the population professed to be Christian.
- Estimates up to 25% of Australians are atheist
- 18.7% stated No religion in 2006, while 11.2 stated left religion 'not stated'
the doctrine or belief that there is no God

Against All Gods - TGC Reviews

This looks like it could be a good book: Against All Gods - TGC Reviews:

They assert that the surge of New Atheism is also a good thing because it is forcing discussion of religion back into university life. These attacks are happening largely in the academy, pushing the sacred back into the secular

Their belief is that in thoughtful, uninhibited discussion of the issues, the truth can and will emerge as it forces New Atheism to move from offense to defense. As Christians are able to press their worldview with the truth, New Atheism ideology will crumble.