the 'early equals true' argument that underlies all apologist arguments.
Read the notes for this episode:
http://stevelikescurse.livejournal.com/494891.html
Read 'The Apologists' Abuse of A.N. Sherwin-White' at:
http://youcallthisculture.blogspot.com/2007/11/apologists-abuse-of-sherwin-white.html
Additionally, someone (I don't wish to name names, but — fuck it, it was saintpine) requested a list of books I recommend that challenge Christianity. Here are a few titles I've found useful/enjoyable, just off the top of my head:
The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine
God Is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens
The End of Faith, and Letter to a Christian Nation, by Sam Harris
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
Some Mistakes of Moses, by Robert Ingersoll
Letters From the Earth, by Mark Twain
The essay on Religion from the Philosophical Dictionary, by Voltaire
Why I Am Not a Christian, by Bertrand Russell
Not all of the above listed works are atheistic, but they are all contrary to the claims and doctrines of Christianity, and they have all been of tremendous help to me.
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http://www.stevelikestocurse.com