Cross Examined
Clear thinking about Christianity
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#30 The US Constitution is 100 Percent Secular--or Is It?
Christians are eager to imagine the founding fathers building the ...
Christians are eager to imagine the founding fathers building the nation's foundation on a Christian footing. Is the Law of the Land secular? Or do these Christians have a point? (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
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#29 What Would a Religious Constitution Look Like?
The U.S. Constitution is secular, which provides protection to both ...
The U.S. Constitution is secular, which provides protection to both atheists and believers, but this trait is under attack by Christian revisionists. They pretend that it's actually religious. Let's consider what a religious constitution would...
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#28 Principle of Analogy
Some events are common in our everyday lives. When we ...
Some events are common in our everyday lives. When we see one of these, we know what bin to put it in. Other events are common, but only as legends--raising from the dead, for example. Here's the principle behind this natural categorization. (For the...
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#27 Polytheism in the Bible
Have you come across enigmatic verses where God seems to ...
Have you come across enigmatic verses where God seems to be one of many? The Old Testament is full of them. Let's take a look and see the transition from polytheism to monotheism. (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
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#26 Christianity is Self-Defeating
The book of Exodus gives God's demand that the Jews ...
The book of Exodus gives God's demand that the Jews stick with their own kind when they returned to Canaan. God had to make sure that they weren't corrupted by the other religions. But the Bible wouldn't have this prohibition unless the religion had...
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#25 Atheists: What Would It Take to Change Your Mind?
Listen up, atheists! What's good for the goose is good ...
Listen up, atheists! What's good for the goose is good for the gander. We've asked Christians what it would take them to change their minds. Now: what would it take for you to change YOURS? (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
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#24 Christians: What Would It Take to Change Your Mind?
How resilient is Christianity to contrary evidence? Does it blunder ...
How resilient is Christianity to contrary evidence? Does it blunder on in spite of clear evidence that its claims are false? Or are Christians eager to follow the evidence where it leads? (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
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#23 Christianity, the Ultimate Unfalsifiable Hypothesis
A hypothesis should be testable, including "God exists." How honestly ...
A hypothesis should be testable, including "God exists." How honestly do Christians follow the evidence? And have they made their hypothesis unfalsifiable? (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at www.Patheos.com/Blogs/CrossExamined)
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#22 It's a Pro-Slavery Free-For-All!
That God allows slavery in the Old Testament is one ...
That God allows slavery in the Old Testament is one of the stickier issues Christian apologists deal with, but instead of dealing with it honestly, some want to ignore the difficult parts. Take a look at what they don't want you to know. (For the...
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#21 A Deist Argument is Inadequate
Consider some of the popular science-y Christian apologetics: the Cosmological, ...
Consider some of the popular science-y Christian apologetics: the Cosmological, Teleological, and Design Arguments, for example. They all share a flaw that gets too little attention. (For the podcast transcript, search for the title at...
