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Pharyngula
freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 08/23/2026 > is-there-a-prize-for-bad-apologetics

Is there a prize for bad apologetics?

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) The YouTube algorithm chose to stick a video titled What’s your best two minute apologetic? in my face. I expected the usual nonsense, but was surprised to see something novel. It’s even more stupid than the usual fare, but at…...

Pharyngula
freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 08/14/2026 > i-was-lucky-my-family-wasnt-god-soaked

I was lucky my family wasn’t god-soaked

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (353+ words) freethoughtblogs.com I did not like this video. It’s titled “Meet the Evangelical Science Teacher Who Raised an Evolutionist“. It meanders. It’s slow. It’s from the perspective of a rational, evolution accepting person who has a…...

Pharyngula
freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 06/12/2026 > southern-baptists-always-on-the-wrong-side

Southern Baptists: always on the wrong side

3+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (153+ words) You know, the Southern Baptist denomination was specifically formed in 1845 to uphold slavery — their whole raison d’etre was to separate themselves from those namby-pamby abolitionists who would later kick their asses in the Civil War. That’s not their only issue, though....

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freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 06/05/2026 > there-are-no-atheists-in-foxholes-by-definition

There are no atheists in foxholes, by definition

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) freethoughtblogs.com Pete Hegseth has decreed that there are only 31 religions that will be officially recognized by the US military, in an effort to pare down and streamline the efficiency of their administration. Of the 31, 22 are hair-splitting variants of the…...

Mano Singham
freethoughtblogs.com > singham > 05/13/2026 > is-agnosticism-a-viable-stance-on-the-existence-of-god

Is agnosticism a viable stance on the existence of God?

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (207+ words) I am busy today and in lieu of an original post, thought that I would post an old article of mine that was published in the UK magazine New Humanist in July 2011. I moved my blog to FtB in 2012 from…...

Pharyngula
freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 04/14/2026 > whats-an-atheist-to-think

What’s an atheist to think?

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1382+ words) Here’s a conflict in human thinking in general. It’s revealed in this old exchange between Mehdi Hasan and Richard Dawkins. Hasan is a believing Muslim, and Dawkins asks if he believes that Mohammed flew to heaven on a winged horse....

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freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 03/13/2026 > i-hate-to-be-that-guy-but

I hate to be that guy, but…

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (130+ words) A lot of atheist content on YouTube is boring, and here I am contributing to it. Snarki, child of Loki says 13 March 2026 at 6:54 pm Atheist content is boring? Yeah, I guess it’s boring to talk about a big nothing. Maybe…...

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freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 03/04/2026 > their-claims-of-apostasy-are-grossly-inflated

Their claims of apostasy are grossly inflated

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1312+ words) No questions allowed.Obey even if he doesn’t exist. Mano Singham considers an essay from one of those people who say they were an atheist, but have now returned to their faith. Mano treats it thoughtfully and respectfully, and I…...

Mano Singham
freethoughtblogs.com > singham > 03/03/2026 > a-lapsed-atheists-journey-back-to-faith

A lapsed atheist’s journey back to faith

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1423+ words) Christopher Beha has a long essay titled Losing Faith in Atheism wherein he describes his personal journey from Catholicism to atheism and then back again. As one who had a journey from religious belief to non-belief but have never had…...

Pharyngula
freethoughtblogs.com > pharyngula > 02/05/2026 > internationally-humiliated

Internationally humiliated

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (976+ words) I just learned that one of the featured talks in the US Pavilion at Davos (I detest Davos anyway) is titled Did God Take The World’s First Selfie in 33 A.D. It’s about the Shroud of Turin, which some gullible adherents…...