Recent content by Dr. Bob

No Christian burned the so-called Gospel of Phillip. In the early days of the Jesus movement (what was once referred to as "The Way") manuscripts were copied and passed around frequently. Books that were seen as scriptural or divinely inspired were copied and passed on. Books that were not...

We constantly hear here on Yahoo! Answers that religious people indoctrinate their children with their beliefs, from an early age, and how this is wrong. An acquaintance has recently posted a picture to Facebook of himself and his infant son sitting together, reading "On the Origin of the...

then what does that mean for Lewis Black? Speaking of lack of humor ... sheesh!

your thoughts about them? I come down on the side with the atheists and scientists on this one. My fellow Christians frustrate me (and a couple here do this) when they refer to mental illness as a demonic possession or a spiritual problem. I can't begin to tell you how damaging it is for...

... because his treatment of women as equals was radical for 1st century Jerusalem. I heard from another Answers user that Jesus was notorious for mistreating women, however. When I asked for proof, I got nothing relevant. So how did Jesus treat women, do you think? Can you provide...

I'd love to be able to engage in some of these discussions in a back-and-forth way that simple questions and answers don't permit, and Facebook page seems easiest to set up (instead of something like an internet forum, which is beyond both my expertise and my time availability.) What say you?

For someone who claims that knowledge is a good thing, you clearly have very little of it. That's because the tree was not the "tree of knowledge," as you claim. It was the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil." If you'd bothered to read a Bible or even hammer "tree of knowledge" into...

I haven't read the book, but why not ask questions about Hitchen's specific points, so that even those of us who haven't read the book might offer some rational rebuttals?

I agree. TV Shows prove nothing. So why do I see Penn and Teller's TV show cited as proof that the Bible is full of errors?