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Inspired by God. Says who?

Who wrote the Bible? What are their credentials?

There is a good part of religion, then there is the fantasy part of religion. The fantasy part is “whats wrong”. I think the best question to ask a theist is: “Says who?”

OK, scammer is the wrong word. Trickster might work better. The clergy are like magicians, or psychics. They all pretend to be connected to the supernatural. This isn’t about feelings, or meanings or intentions. It is not negative or hateful. It’s about the place where religion goes wrong...

I’m looking at religion the way I would look at a machine that doesn’t work right. The preachers claim to understand their god and their book. Rather than facts the believer gets an opinion. If this was a machine, this is where it is broken. This is where it needs fixing. Rather than focusing...

A couple months before I retired in 2010, I had this is the conversation with a young delivery truck driver who tried giving me a religious tract. Me: No thanks. To tell you the truth, I actually feel insulted that anyone would think that I would fall for that ridiculous story about an all...

I would guess that most of these characters believe their fantasy is true. Whether they believe it or not, whether their intentions are good or evil, they will say anything to convince people that their fantasy is true. Fooling people for money and respect that borders on worship sounds like a...

When someone tells you there is an invisible god who wants you to give him money, it’s a scam. They don’t do it just for the money. Passing themselves off as a representative of a god, the scammer is often respected to a level resembling worship. I believe in Jesus just like I believe in...