When I was a kid, my pastors and school teachers had a very hard time teaching me the story of Job. To the non-Christian, Job is one of the oldest books of the Bible, so it is understandable that it sounds more mythological…
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Manlyfesto 3 — Faith vs. Evidence
Science being science, evidence is a natural requirement that enables science to work. Without evidence, science would become something else. Thus, you can never believe anything scientifically unless you first understand the evidence. Religion doesn’t demand evidence. It only ever demands…
Manlyfesto 2 — Why I Want to be Filthy Rich
In 1st Timothy 5:8, we read the following: But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. I believe that working, in…
Manlyfesto 1 — The Big Bang
Preface I dislike the word ‘manifesto’. As of today (April 2013), one of the first search results for that word is the manifesto of a nut-job murderer, who wrote up a lengthy and asinine account of his personal troubles and then murdered…
All Grown-ups are Kids
Some people resist Christianity because they don’t like being told what to do. This is completely natural and understandable. It is true that Christianity lists wrongs and rights, presenting some behaviors as better than others, so naturally, those who practice…
God and Aliens
I’ve often been exacerbated by people’s stubborn assertion that alien life must be out there. With no evidence of aliens, any belief in aliens therefore cannot be scientific and must be faith. My movie The Invisible Pink Unicorn and my…
We’re All Slaves
Christians are sometimes characterized as people who believe in an afterlife because they cant cope with the thought of there being no point to life and nothing to look forward to after death besides rotting in the ground. They are…
