Tag Archives: Bible

I don’t want to change your beliefs, I want to help you believe them

A prob­lem I fre­quently expe­ri­ence when in con­ver­sa­tion with oth­ers is that I am often seen as the adver­sar­ial char­ac­ter. Part of this is because I use the label “atheist-christian,” which often leads oth­ers to imme­di­ately focus on only one part of the hyphen­ated label—when talk­ing to a chris­t­ian, I am labeled an athe­ist, whereas

Immigration and the early Israelites

  Note: This post does not cover ‘solu­tions’ to the immi­gra­tion issue; instead, it is an address, of sorts, to Chris­tians regard­ing (what I see as) the view the Pen­ta­teuch takes on being an alien (or immi­grant). This post is pri­mar­ily about the Bible, if that’s not your cup of tea, then this isn’t the