14. The Biblical God is Ignorant about Science

The claims here are actually very simple: all of the ‘knowledge’ contained in the Bible could easily have been written by the people of the time with no special agency or divine revelation; God could have given His people some knowledge that would have made their immediate lives easier. For example, no one knew about…

10. The Biblical God doesn’t Care so much about Women

When it comes to the question of whether God exists, the implicit argument here is that because God is not very nice God doesn’t exist (or, at least, because the Biblical God is not very nice the Biblical God does not exist). I was worried this chapter would chew the same cud as the last…

King Ebrima and The Bear

I am back from Austria (for a week) and I found something my brother wrote a long time ago under the heading "What I understand of the Bible" (I have changed his name). This isn't a criticism, or a bit of atheist writing. I just found it very funny. Enjoy.     What I understand…

Re-writing the Bible: a book for the post-apocalypse

I’m still thinking about the post-apocalyptic world and the Post-Apocalypse Bible I’m going to write. I will come up with a new name for that, but Hitchhiker’s Guide is already taken. But this is no easy task. I am going to need a lot of supporting materials. So where do I start? What books are…