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At this time of year some Christians start complaining that people have lost the true spirit of Christmas. Big business, they say, has turned it into a money-making racket and the hoi-poloi regard it as just another holiday; an excuse to throw a party and have a good time with not a thought for the baby Jesus lying in his manger. They encourage us to...

Information about WinAce is slowly disappearing from the web, so I have decided to record his farewell message on this blog.

I feel sad every time I read it.






Allan died of complications resulting from cystic fibrosis on November 4, 2005.

Earlier that same year his...

In 1985 the Jehovah Witnesses published a book (“Life – How Did It Get Here?”) which included a chapter heading that asks the question, “Could Life Originate By Chance?” - and the text goes on to suggest that it could not:

“The proteins needed for life have very complex molecules. What is the chance of even a simple protein...

In the bible Jesus says:

Sell everything you have and give to the poor. Luke 18:22

Not surprisingly, the Christians have found a loop hole that enables them to avoid this particular ruling. They point out that Jesus was talking to just one man so the rule applied only him...

The article, The Problem of Evil, was written by Peter Kreeft, a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. He is the author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics.

The article was...

Did Jesus really exist, or did a small Jewish sect simply take the basic story told about the pagan gods and adapt it to fit their expectations of a coming messiah? Today the usual Christian response is that Jesus really did exist and Christianity is unique; nothing at all like the pagan religions of the Roman Empire.

But 2,000 years ago it was quite a...

For more than 20 years the fundamentalists have been using Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) to teach their children stuff like this:

• Man should never trust his own reasoning – his reasoning may be incorrect because man’s reasoning is not God’s reasoning.

If a scientific theory contradicts...

It's getting close to Easter, and I'm reminded of that famous biblical contradiction regarding the death of Judas.

In Matthew 27:5 it is stated that Judas,
"went and hanged himself."

But Acts 1:18 says Judas died when,
"falling headlong, he burst asunder...

Every Christian on the planet can tell you how to recognise the Ten Commandments:

(1) They are laws given to Moses by God.
(2) They are written on tablets of stone.
(3) They are called “The Ten Commandments”.

But this is an atheist blog and Christians know there is going to be a sting in the tail of this story, so a lot of them are...

Peter McCormick wrote "Advance Australia Fair" in 1878Just over 100 years later, in 1984, it became the Australian National Anthem. There are five verses but some of them use archaic language so it was decided that only the first and third verse would be used...