Atheism, Agnosticism, and Secularism (Index Page for Dave Armstrong)

General

The Atheist's Boundless Faith in Deo-Atomism ("The Atom-as-God")

Why Atheists are Far More Religious Than We Think (Seton Magazine, 6-23-15)

Dialogue with an Atheist Concerning My Semi-Satirical Critique of Atheism (7-11-15)

Round III With Ed Babinski On Profound Christian Ignorance, and Every Subject Under the Sun Except the Topic (The Psalms)

Dialogue With an Atheist on the "Basics": Creation, Freedom, Rebellion, Suffering, Etc. (vs. Daniel Morgan)

Dialogue With an Atheist About How Much He Actually Knew About Biblical Exegesis as a Christian (Especially, Abortion in the Bible) (vs. "DagoodS")

Debunking Christianity: Insulting and Mocking Christians and Christianity is the Norm (Including Mind-Reading & "Knowing" Interior Motivations)

Reflections on the Pseudo-Science of Social Darwinism, the Ethics Derived Therefrom, and Its Use as a Justifying Rationale for the Nazi Holocaust

Atheist Philosopher Thomas Nagel Honestly Grapples With the Logical and Practical Implications of a Consistent Atheism

Mike Huckabee Provides an Excellent Role Model For How to Converse With Militant Agnostics (Bill Maher)

On Whether Atheism is Inherently More Rational and Scientific, and Less Dogmatic and Axiomatic Than Christianity 

Dialogue with Former Christian, Dr. Jim Arvo, on Various Aspects of "Deconversion"

Was I a "Troll" and Did I Merely Critique Deconversions During My Three-Month Stay at the Debunking Christianity Blog?

Garden Variety Atheist and Skeptical Objections to Christianity Briefly Answered

Stephen Colbert Interviews Richard Dawkins (You Tube)

John W. Loftus: "Blood Out of a Turnip": Getting Nowhere Trying to Persuade an Active Atheist Polemicist to Defend His Own Positions Against Critique

The Defective Father Psychological Theory of Atheism / Christian Emotionalism and Fideism

How and Why Discussions With Agnostics and Atheists Often (Sadly) Collapse / The Many Logical Fallacies of Ed Babinski and Friends (Was [and occasionally still touches upon]: Discussion on the Psalms) (vs. Ed Babinski and Pals)

Dialogue With a Skeptic of Christianity (vs. Charlie Kluepfel)

Dialogue With an Agnostic Concerning Several Common Objections to Christianity in General and Catholicism in Particular (vs. Matt Fahrner)

Dialogue With an Atheist on the "Problem of Good" and the Nature of Meaningfulness in Atheism (+ Part Two) (The Flip Side of the Problem of Evil Argument Against Christianity) (vs. Mike Hardie)

Friendly Discussion on Presuppositions and Basic Differences (Particularly, Hell), With an Agnostic (Ed Babinski)

Stacked Deck: Losing One's Christian Faith in College / General Epistemological Discussion With an Atheist (vs. Daniel Morgan)

Antoine Lavoisier: the Great Catholic Scientist and "Father of Chemistry" Was Executed by "Enlightened / Goddess of Reason" French Revolutionaries

Discussion With Atheists on Hell, the Argument From Desire, and God's Justice and Ours (vs. "DagoodS" and Others) (+ Part Two)

Dialogue With an Agnostic on the Galileo Fiasco & Whether or Not it Disproves Catholic Infallibility or Suggests Various Other Shortcomings (vs. Jon)

Reply to an Atheist About Jesus' Death on the Cross, the Nature of Forgiveness, Apostasy and Deconversion, and Other "Christian vs. Atheist" Issues

Reply to Atheist Scientist Jerry Coyne's Position That Science and Religion Are Utterly Incompatible: Rationally Disallowing Even Theistic Evolutionism

Critique of Ten Common Atheist Polemical Claims About Science, God's Existence, the Alleged Profound Irrationality of Theology, and Epistemology

Alvin Plantinga's Decisive Refutation of the Atheist Use of the Problem of Evil as a Disproof of God's Existence, Goodness, or Omnipotence

Reply to Former Christian John Loftus' "Outsider Test of Faith" Series

The Essential Silliness and Hypocrisy (Even Duplicity) of Atheist John Loftus: Webmaster of Debunking Christianity

Dialogue With Atheists on a Supposedly Sexist, Misogynist Bible and Christianity, and on Female Atheist Disdain for Christian Women as Abused "Sheep"

16 Atheists / Agnostics and Me: Sounds Like a Good Ratio! Further Adventures at an Atheist "Bible Study" Group With Former Christians Jon and "DagoodS"

Dialogue With an Atheist About Miracles and the Influence of First Premises on One's Methodology and Openness to Evidences and Proofs (vs. "DagoodS")

Free Speech and Atheist-Christian Discussion: Controversies, Proposals, and "Rights" vs. the Rudimentary Ethical Demands of Civility (vs. "DagoodS")

Further Exchanges With Atheist DagoodS About First Premises, the Place of Evidence, My Annoying Socratic Methodology and Supposed Inconsistencies, Etc.

Is the Bible Silent or Lax on Abortion? Hardly. But Agnostic Ed Babinski Gives it His Best Shot in Arguing Just That

Common Ground

Dinner Tonight with Six Atheists (Facebook, 6-9-15)

Are all Atheists Utterly "Wicked and Evil"? The Multiple Complex Causes of Atheist Disbelief, Romans 1 and 2, and the Possibility of Atheists' Salvation

Can Atheists Be Saved? Are All Atheists Immoral? The Demands of Christian Charity

Atheists Can be Saved (Hypothetical Church Sign - "Photograph")

Fair-Mindedness Triumphant: Atheist Jim Lazarus Strongly Condemns Atheist Ad Hominem Attacks Against Christians (edited by Dave Armstrong)

Thoughts on Perfectly Possible Constructive, Enjoyable Atheist-Christian Discussion (and Frustration That It Is So Rare)

Secular Humanism and Christian Humanism: Seeking After Common Ground (Dave Armstrong and Sue Strandberg)

 

How Atheists and Christians Can Constructively Dialogue, With Mutual Respect (+ Related Censorship, Free Speech, Ethics and "Legalism" Issues)

God (Atheist Obsession With the Supposedly Nonexistent)

Atheists' Unreasonable, Unrealistic Demands For Proof of God's Existence (Massive Miracles, Etc.)

"Blind Faith" (?): Dialogue with An Atheist, Challenged to Produce Any "Positive" Rational Evidence for Atheism Rather Than Assertions of What Atheists Deny (vs. Jon)

Thoughts on a Perfect God Who Creates an Imperfect World [Facebook] 

God as Cosmic Santa Claus and the Bible as Fairy-Tale: Reply to Common Atheist Critiques Concerning the Christian Epistemology of Belief in the Bible and God

"Jittery John" Loftus Again Throws a Hissy-Fit When I Simply Critique His Argument Against the Biblical, Timeless, Transcendent God

Dialogue on the Argument From Non-Belief (ANB) as a Proposed Disproof of God's Existence (vs. Steve Conifer and Dr. Ted Drange)

 

Dialogue With an Atheist on the Epistemology of Disbelief in God and the "Demonization" of Opponents (Including Appendices on Conscience and Disproofs of Worldviews) (vs. Sue Strandberg)

Dialogue With an Atheist on the Premises and Axioms of Atheism (vs. Steve Conifer)

Dialogue With an Agnostic on the "Logic of God," Science, Axioms, and Biases (vs. Dr. Jan Schreurs)

Preliminary Replies to Atheists' Questions About Christianity (Particularly the Trinity and Salvation) (vs. Dr. Ted Drange)

Angry, Irrational Atheists and Other Ex-Christians On the Prowl Again: Christopher Hitchens vs. Fr. George Rutler / The Good Folks at ExChristian.Net

Dialogues With / Critiques of "ProfMTH" / Mitch

Second Reply to Atheist Mitch / "ProfMTH" Regarding Christian Apologists' Allegedly Dishonest Interpretation of the Messianic Prophecy, Isaiah 53

Reply to Atheist Mitch / "ProfMTH" on Whether John 7:38 is a Legitimate Reference to Old Testament Scripture

Reply to Atheist Mitch / "ProfMTH"'s Video "Jesus Was Not the Messiah" - Pt. I (Alleged "Fabrications" and "Misquotations" of OT Messianic Prophecies)

Third Reply to Mitch / "ProfMTH" (Video: "Jesus Was Not the Messiah, Part 3: Crucifixion Prophecies") / Zechariah 13:6 and Psalm 22

Reply to Atheist "ProfMTH" / Bart Ehrman Video, "The 'Real' Paul": Is the Biblical Paul Self-Contradictory? (Pagan Ignorance vs. Deliberate Unbelief)

"The Butcher and the Hog": The Atheist Approach to the Bible


[see also related papers in the "Alleged Biblical Contradictions" section of The Bible, Tradition, Canon, & Sola Scriptura Index Page]

Reply to a Skeptic Regarding Elijah the Prophet's Extraordinary Departure From Earth and Relation to John the Baptist (vs. "paul")

Classic Example of Atheist Biblical "Exegesis" (Edward T. Babinski) [Facebook, 7-14-13]

Dialogue With a Skeptic Regarding Elijah and John the Baptist, Round Two (vs. "paul")

Alleged Bible "Contradictions" and "Difficulties": Master List of Christian Internet Resources for Apologists (Including a Lengthy Bibliography)

Examination of Atheist Bible Scholarship and Exegesis

Reply to "The Problem of Pain and the Egomania of the Psalms" (vs. Ed Babinski [agnostic])

Second Reply to Agnostic Ed Babinski on the Supposed Irrationality and Immorality of the Psalms and the Christian Worldview (vs. Ed Babinski)

Postscript to Dialogue With Agnostic Ed Babinski on the Psalms, Etc.: Ed's Attempt to Enlist an Ancient Near East Scholar in Support Backfires (Dr. James Roger Black vs. Ed Babinski; compiled and additional commentary by Dave Armstrong)

Census and Jesus' Birth in Bethlehem: Atheist John W. Loftus' Irrational and Uninformed Criticisms of the Biblical Accounts

The Hittites: Atheist "DagoodS" Lies About Christian Apologists Supposedly Lying About How Biblical Critics Once Doubted Their Historical Existence

Habitually "Lying" Christian Apologists?: 19th Century "Hittites Didn't Exist" Radical Skepticism and Examination of Atheist DagoodS' Replies and Charges

Hittite Skeptics Chronicles, Part III: Specific Citations of Denial (Budge, Sumner, & Conder) and Biblical Historical Accuracy (in the Time of Elisha)

Great Hittite Wars, Part IV: Lying Christian Egyptologist M. G. Kyle?: Atheist DagoodS Disputes Sir A. E. Wallis Budge's Reported Hittite Skepticism

Joseph of Arimathea: Atheist "DagoodS" Fallaciously Asserts Alleged Biblical "Contradictions" (Lousy Atheist Exegesis Example #5672)

Resurrection Appearance Accounts: More "Bible Butchery" From Atheist "DagoodS": His Demonstrably False Pretense That the Passages Are Contradictory

Reply to Alleged Biblical Contradictions Concerning Judas and His Death (vs. Dave Van Allen and Dr. Jim Arvo)

Atheist "Deconversions"

Reply to Bob Hypes' Article: "Religion and How I Lost It" (vs. Bob Hypes)

Response to the "Deconversion Story" of a Pastor's Wife

"DagoodS" Deconversion Story, Part I: Projection, Open-Mindedness, and Presuppositional Issues

Critique of "DagoodS"' Deconversion Story Meets a Sudden Premature Death

Bob Hypes' Reply to My Critique of His Article: Religion and How I Lost It and My Counter-Reply (vs. Bob Hypes)

Critique of Some Key Fallacies in Atheist Joe E. Holman's Deconversion Story

Critique of John W. Loftus' "Deconversion" Story From Church of Christ Pastor to Atheist (vs. John W. Loftus)

Atheist John W. Loftus and His "Deconversion" Story: The Strange Saga Continues and the Plot Thickens

Now I Am a "Spiritual Predator" Who Wants to "Attack, Maim, and Torture" Because I Dared to Critique an Atheist Deconversion [John Loftus] (vs. RubySera Martin)

The Deconversion of Novelist Anne Rice: Straw Men, "Baby / Bathwater" Mentality, Sexual Liberalism, and an Irrationally Held, Apologetics-Free Faith

Anne Rice's Facebook Followers Irrationally and Intolerantly Attack Yours Truly for Criticizing the Lack of Adequate Reasoning for Her Deconversion

Reply to Deconversion Story of Dave Van Allen, Webmaster of ExChristian.Net

Famous Atheists (Real and Imagined)

Philip Pullman (of The Golden Compass Fame) Takes on God, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, & J.R.R. Tolkien

Were Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain Atheists?

Brief Exchange with an Atheist on the Definitions of "Deism" and "Atheism" and Whether Mark Twain was an Atheist [24 April 2014]

Was Skeptical Philosopher David Hume an Atheist?

Albert Einstein's "Cosmic Religion"

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Last updated on 11 July 2015.

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