Advocatus Atheist

  A Tale of the Church Rapist W hen I was a believing Christian I had a cousin who was raped by a Church deacon and an elder in our church. The guy had recently paid for the new parking lot at our church. From what I recollect, the Pastor called a prayer meeting and then the elders stood around this fiend and prayed to cure him of his demons, then they prayed for god to forgive him, and there was a lying on of hands to heal his dark and shattered soul. The next week the monster was sitting in his usual spot. Now the Pastor who believes in God so much that he believes that saying a few prayers will "magically" cure a chronic pedophile rapist instead of holding the rapist accountable and handing him over to the authorities is just as bad as the rapist in my book. It wasn't until a couple of months later when four more families came out with the news that their eight year old girls had been complaining about the mean man touching them in their priva

Blogger now offers customizable PAGE tabs so you can link static pages at the top of your blog (just like Word Press ). I have includes some fun and educational appendices to help anyone who wants a concise, clear, and to the point summary of key Biblical issues. The content includes a simplified time-line of the history and events of Biblical canonization , a Graveyard of the Gods which lists the numerous dead, forgotten, or impotent [G]ods which nobody believes in anymore, making us all atheists of a sort. Additionally I have included a short list of Bible contradictions and discrepancies, as well as an about page and contact information . Please feel free to click on these informative pages at the top of the Advocatus Atheist blog for a more in-depth view of things. I hope this helps clear up matters for people who may not be so historically inclined. Have a good one! -- Advocatus Atheist

An first rate interview with New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.

Excellent discussion.