A couple of stories from Old Testament shot on video in the style of " The Real World ." The Covenant: Sacrificing Issac: To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .

I'm currently reading a manuscript by an aspiring author, Eric Zuesse, entitled "CHRIST'S VENTRILOQUIST: How St. Paul Engineered the Hoax that Shaped Our World." He is hoping to get the book published, and has asked for a little help from the frequenters of ExChristian.net. But first, what is his book all about? He describes his book as the first-ever legal/forensic analysis of the evidence regarding how Christianity started. "Legal/forensic," simply put, is the methodology which is employed in courts of law in a democracy. A court presents to the jury not the largest quantity of evidence regarding a particular matter (as scholars are accustomed to doing via huge bibliographies and numerous footnotes), but instead the highest quality of evidence regarding any specific question. For example, DNA evidence trumps witness testimony, and that's why many people have been released from death rows after the advent of DNA testing. Similarly, the exclusionary r...

From News Bloggers : In this Current TV video, Dr. Jason Lisle also says that " In an evolutionary world view, why should you have things like absolute morality?, Why would it be wrong to kill someone? " It's a really weird way to put it, so why are all the Atheists of the world not running around killing people right now? My housemate is about ten feet away and I have no urge to kill him. Truth is, I think it's common courtesy not to murder people and I thought that up all by myself. It's interesting to note that some Muslims appear to have the same thoughts about Atheism. In Richard Dawkins epic documentary " Root of all Evil? ", Dawkins visits a American Muslim Yousef al-Khattab in Jerusalem. Without Morals Yousef argues that people would be "fornicating in the streets." What do you think? Are Muslims correct? Why or why not? To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .

By newly not Here is my tribute to those who are Christian by name only: You call yourself a Christian, but you *still* haven't read the Bible all the way through, even though you usually have the 'Fifteen Minutes a Day' it takes. You're conveniently avoiding the numerous vile Scriptures we atheists like to throw at you. You call yourself a Christian, but you adhere to "selective morality" when it comes to obeying what The Word teaches. Don't you love God enough to do what He says? A good page for many examples of this is: http://www.evilbible.com/christians_are_hypocrites.htm You call yourself a Christian, but you get in slumps where you only pray to "God" when you need something, or things are going bad. You call yourself a Christian, but do any number of the following in relation to church: * You're secretly happy when circumstances prevent you from going * You sometimes can't help tuning out the sermon (because it's so "dam...

By dano What is God? Where is God? Who is God? Well, let me explain or define God. What I think God is. In my mind the only way I can describe God, is to call it a force. The ultimate force that caused everything. The prime mover. Any other description in my mind would be dishonest. I could not live with myself if I recognized any other description or definition of God. Any other definition of God or description would be inadequate. Not big enough! Now I find it very difficult to see that force as having a penis or a vagina, so I guess that rules out It as being male or female. Penises and vaginas are a rather recent adaptations to life here on earth anyway, making them irrelevant to whatever caused the big bang 5 or 6 billion years ago, and our universe may just be one of an infinite number of universes, and an infinite number of big bangs. What amazes me is that Bible God is so obviously just a primitive attempt by early man to describe God in our image, and that this poorly construc...

According to some, miracles PROVE that God is real. Maybe they're right! What do you think? To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .

Sent in by Pirromount After putting a comedy video on MySpace, having it featured, getting over 160,000 views and then having it censored and my account closed after angry Christians demanded it be removed, I see how dangerous a deluded majority can be. You can see it at www.thesubmissivejesus.com . I've discovered that it all boils down to brain wiring: either your brain is wired to worship magic or it isn't, either it's wired to utilize logic or it isn't, either it's analytical of myths or it isn't. I'm sure that this is the last century for religion. Science and technology is advancing too swiftly for any primitive mindset to continue. Naturally, there will always be holdouts (some people still think the moon landing was faked), but the vast majority will smarten up as technology advances... or they will destroy themselves first and the evolutionary process will begin again. Press release: Promo ads for "The Submissive Jesus Prayer Answering Talking ...

This is a short clip from Stephen Hawking's Universe . The topic: Christian resistance to scientific advancement. Bible passages that relate to Geocentrism: Psalm 93:1, Psalm 96:10, and Chronicles 16:30 state that "the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved." Psalm 104:5 says, "[the LORD] set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved." Ecclesiastes 1:5 states that "the sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises." Bible passaged that relate to Human Evolution: Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image..." Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground..."

By Rabid Ape A challenge to creationists. Forward this to people that spew garbage..., and see if they have a head on their shoulders. Video idea from ' Octamed ' Text liberally quoted from 'Jim Arvo' @ exchristian.net , spontaneously and without permission. To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .

By Dave, the WM Valerie Tarico, author of "The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth," pointed me toward an interesting website this week. Here's a quote from that site: A Christian Domestic Discipline marriage is one that is set up according to Biblical standards; that is, the husband is the authority in the household. The wife is submissive to her husband as is fit in the Lord and her husband loves her as himself. He has the ultimate authority in his household, but it is tempered with the knowledge that he must answer to God for his actions and decisions. He has the authority to spank his wife for punishment... Though this seems unusual in today's United States, this kind of marriage has been practiced throughout history and is still practiced in many parts of the world today. (LINK) That's right, it's Christian Domestic Discipline (CDD)! And if you wonder if these people consider themselves "True Christians™," read this: T...

"God Is Not Great" author Christopher Hitchens and the Rev. Al Sharpton recently faced off in a debate about religion at the New York Public Library.

By Nvrgoingbk When I was a Christian, I was always prepared for the imminent return of Christ. Working out my salvation with “fear and trembling” was a reality for me, as I never did have any true peace regarding any future acceptance in Heaven. Still, I forged on always hoping to be found among the sheep on that fateful day when Christ would return with the martyred saints and separate his flock to the right of Him. Christians will ask me what I am going to do or say to their Christ if one day he does return, and I am found wanting of a response as to why he should allow me access into his eternal day spa in the sky. I have no prepared response, of course, but I think that I would look Christ bravely in the eyes, and tell Him that I have no regrets. I think that I’d tell him that I lived and died with integrity intact. I think I’d bring forth my children, family, friends, and yes, even my enemies as an example of how I lived and let them speak for me. I’m confident that they’d d...

By fjell The screen is alight, and a unified choir of cheers erupting from the thousands of fans filling the stadium being pumped at high volume from the speakers in the café satiates the air. Before me is an omelette, half a fresh-baked baguette, and a quaint bowl of plain joghurt adorned with müsli and tidbits of fruit, sliced unseen five minutes ago by a Sri Lanken in an unseen kitchen. It is a Sunday afternoon in my life. The throng of faces from those seated around me - a mob of perhaps a hundred or so - are plastered with the stares of a strange palpable vacancy. A vacuousness which is exchanged every ten minutes or so for spattered cries of disbelief, shock, ecstasy, or anger. Their collective gaze is fixed cement-like to the screen hung in the furthest corner of the café. Actually I, as well as the mob, am seated on the sunny terrace of this loveliest of cafés - a café to which my heart has been romantically stapled since I green-hornedly ran across it nine years ago at th...

By Dano I find myself with this compulsion to try to use logic and reason to try to convince people they are wrong about a certain thing, but what I am beginning to understand is that when it comes down to religious beliefs at least, rational, critical thought takes back a seat to emotion every time. Now don't get the idea that I think I am the first one to have figured this out. On the contrary, I have read about "Cognitive dissonance" in all of the best selling books, written by the biggest names in Christian Apostasy. One best selling female author and Psychologist who is also an ex Christian fundamentalist even explained it to me this way: Some time the smartest and most gifted are the very ones who can come up with the most complex and imaginative ways to hold on to their emotional beliefs in supernatural things. You have seen them, those brilliant graduates of theology schools, who have gone on to become pastors, and teachers and spent their lives studying every Ch...

A special debate between Alister McGrath , Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University , author of "Dawkins' God" and "The Dawkins Delusion" and Peter Atkins , Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University , well-known atheist and supporter of Richard Dawkins, as seen on Channel 4's " The Trouble with Atheism ". This event was organized jointly by the University of Edinburgh Philosophy Society and The Christian Union. It was held in George Square Lecture Theatre which seats 500, however was overwhelmed by the number of people wanting to attend, over 300 people had to be turned away.

Christopher Hitchens , author of " God is Not Great ," defends atheism and secularism at the 2007 LA Times Festival of Books debate which was recently broadcast on C-Span2's " Book TV " television program. Other panelists include Zachary Karabell (author of " Peace be Upon You ") and Jonathan Kirsch (author of " A History of the End of the World "). Debate moderated by Thane Rosenbaum . The video is about an hour long.

Penn & Teller 's "Bullshit - Holier Than Thou With Christopher Hitchens ." To most of the world, highly revered figures such as Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama are larger-than-life symbols of love, peace and charity. But how much of our perception of "sainthood" is built on hype and not facts? This clip reveals the dark side of the so-called enlightened ones and delves into why we're so susceptible to buying into their bullshit.

Sean Hannity recently attempted to match intellectual wits with author Christopher Hitchens in a debate about the existence of God. Hitchens has written a new book debunking the idea of God, entitled " God Is Not Great ." To monitor comments posted to this topic, use .

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By DagoodS We all cringe a bit when we see someone get caught for doing something wrong, and they begin to throw the blame on someone else. “Not my Fault!” Not to pick on her in particular, but Paris Hilton was just found guilty of probation violation. What did she say? “My Publicist didn’t inform me I was not able to drive.” “Not my Fault!” Anyone who has small children can watch this repartee occur in almost machine-gun like precision: “She hit me!” “He hit me first!” “She called me a name!” “He made a face at me!” “She started it!” “He started it!” It seems as if our natural human tendency, upon being discovered in the wrong, is to defensively determine some other person or circumstance to blame, in order to alleviate (even if just a bit) the responsibility of the action. To spread the blame. To share the fault. I was recently struck by how Christianity is able to do this with the Sin Nature. To spread the blame, just a bit, with the fact that this is simply who they are. The...