July & August in Review

Continuing my tradition, this is an index and summary of my posts from the past two months. Here are the ones from July:

• May & June in Review: An index of my 27 posts from May and June 2011
• Endogenous Retroviruses: Viruses "fossilized" in the genome demonstrate evo.
• JI: Out of Chaos, Canon: The NT came from power struggles among biased men
• Two Rational Thought Sites: Atheism resources from 2 UCSD club members
• Misogyny in the Bible: Censorship & rape are totally inconsistent w/ a loving God
• Why Creationists Should Drop the Issue: ...Even from their own perspective
• Abraham in an Alternate Universe: How his tale would look if God rejected faith

And from August:

• The Bolted Door: Why as a Christian I often refused to let myself doubt
• Parsimony, Explained Like You're Five: Examining the power of Occam's razor
• WEIT: The Naked Ape: The abundant fossil evidence for human evolution
• LY5: Why Creationism Isn't Taught: Simply explained, it's religious & unscientific
• JI: How Christianity Evolved (Part 1): Origins of anti-Semitism & Messianic Jesus
• JI: How Christianity Evolved (Part 2): The divine Jesus, the Trinity & the afterlife
• WEIT: The Meaning of Life: Evolution doesn't sanction evil or rob us of purpose
• Murder in the Bible: God directly and indirectly massacres innocents in the OT
• JI: Reconstructing Faith: Can Christianity survive the Bible's errors & forgeries?
• WEIT and JI Indexes: A summary of my posts on the two books I've been reading
• Self-Help and Skepticism: Think & Grow Rich lacks rigor, uselessly invokes God
• r/Atheism: The net's largest atheist forum is shallow, but witty and supportive
• A Dual Perspective: My Christian upbringing lets me see things from their angle
• The Little Things Add Up: Religion can harm via things like church attendance
• Two Approaches to Ignorance: Religion loves it; science sees it as a challenge

I was on vacation for most of July, which explains why my activity slowed down quite a bit. Last month I managed to finish off my coverage of both of the books I've been writing about since January. It was an enlightening experience, but I'm glad to be done so I can move on to new projects. I'm also quite happy with my posts about misogyny and murder in the Bible; I don't see how anyone can find the passages therein to be consistent with a benevolent God.

When I started this blog at the beginning of the year, I didn't really think it would get this far. It's allowed me both to organize my thoughts on religion and to improve my writing skills through consistent practice, and in my view that alone makes the endeavor well worth it.