The second episode of Life Today that Jim and I taped is airing today! Like before, if you’d like to check it out on TV, a station guide can be found here. Yesterday’s episode is streaming up on the Life Today website (go to April 30) and it’s also available in other versions: QuickTime, MP3, Transcript. Same deal with today’s episode. Streaming video is up on the site (Go to May 1) and other versions are also available: QuickTime, MP3,… Read more
Andrew Post, a senior at North Dakota State University, has a very straightforward column explaining how he (as an atheist) responds to the question of what the purpose of life is. Echoing the reason that people often use when they climb Mount Everest, Post writes: I hate to burst bubbles, but the only reason life exists on this planet, simply put, because it can. The fish swimming around in the ancient seas moved onto land because (a) it was a… Read more
Last month, Jim Henderson and I taped an interview with a Christian television program, Life Today, talking about our new books. Today, Part 1 (focusing on I Sold My Soul on eBay) is airing across the country. Tomorrow, Part 2 (focusing on Jim’s book, Evangelism Without Additives) will air. If you’d like to check it out on TV, a station guide can be found here. Better yet, watch the episode online! Once the episode is available for downloading, I’ll update… Read more
At the American Atheists convention in Seattle earlier this month, I was surrounded by people who were presumably non-religious. But there was a small group (three people?) of Christians who came there as well. They weren’t there to stop the event or protest or anything. But they were questioning a number of people who attended and were willing to engage them. It was slightly annoying to many atheists, gauging from the reactions I saw, but the Christians didn’t seem to… Read more
