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O Me of Little Faith
Sex and the Bible
By
Jason Boyett
If you’ve read the Bible beyond the Gospels and some of the safe, greeting-card-quote-ready psalms, you’re no doubt aware that there’s some stuff in it you don’t especially want your kids reading without parental supervision. Tons of violence. Some really disturbing stories. And plenty of sex. Oh, boy, is there a lot of sex. (Hint:…
Geocentricity, Creationism, and Taking the Bible Literally
By
Jason Boyett
Back in March I interviewed Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh about his book Rapture Ready! Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. It’s a pretty great book offering a hilarious, honest outsider’s assessment of American Christianity. I recommend it to Christians and non-Christians alike. Anyway, this weekend Radosh posted at The Nervous Breakdown…
Atheists Know More about Religion than Christians
By
Jason Boyett
Today the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released the results of a new “religious knowledge” survey that came to a discouraging — but not unexpected — result. It discovered that, on average, atheists and agnostics are more knowledgeable about religion than believers. Participants in the survey (which controlled for differing levels of education)…
The Problem with John 3:16
By
Jason Boyett
I got to know Shawn Smucker a few months back when he interviewed me for his blog around the time O Me of Little Faith released. Shawn’s a good guy and a fellow writer (he’s written two books) and he’s in the middle of a year in which he’s not watching TV. Maybe it’s the…
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