Some of my most frequently visited sites on the Internet are Google and Wikipedia. But I’m going to assume that if you don’t know those you probably shouldn’t be reading my blog. Here are a few I consult that are less known and perhaps more relevant to the general reader.

Ex-Christadelphian Voice of Reason

Much more focused than my blog, this blog gives a thoughtful analysis of various Christadelphian arguments. Even when I disagree with the arguments they are harder than most to dismiss out of hand.

OnlySky

Shortly after leaving religion, I discovered the Patheos nonreligious blogs. The first blog on the site I discovered was Bob Seidensticker’s Cross Examined. I came upon it shortly after leaving Christianity, and found that he made some of the same arguments as me, but fleshed them out much better than I had. He has also written a couple of interesting novels about apologetics: Cross Examined and A Modern Christmas Carol.

Over time I discovered some of the other blogs. They covered many different perspectives, and I usually learned something from both the posts and the comment threads. Both fascinating, and potentially a real time sink.

At the start of 2022, most of the active authors moved to OnlySky.

Roll to Disbelieve

Run by Captain Cassidy, this site was originally a Patheos blog, and like the rest moved to OnlySky. But it also became a valuable online community. There are forums, a Discord, and other posts that aren’t on OnlySky.

Celsus (Κέλσος)

Many apologists make claims about the Bible’s accuracy as a historical record, and how a historian would approach the Biblical texts. Celsus is run by a historian, and I think the most valuable parts are his demonstrations of the historical sources and techniques that apologists have missed (for an overview, see the History & Philosophy FAQ).

Oh, and history is fascinating, full stop.

Note: This site seems to be gone. You can still find some of it on the Wayback Machine, but YMMV.

Language Log

Language Log contains many fascinating posts on language usage, by linguists with considerably more expertise than I have. I particularly use it whenever I want to ignore a language rule that appears arbitrary (in Language Log parlance, “prescriptivist poppycock”). For example, not to end a sentence with a preposition. Or that “their” cannot be singular. Or that you should never split an infinitive.

Not only do they tell me I don’t need to worry about the rule, but they often tell me that the rule was made up, has never had any basis, and has not been observed by great writers throughout history (sometimes with long lists of examples going back to Shakespeare or even Chaucer).

Comics

Like fiction, comics show that entertaining and communicating truth are not incompatible. A few that I follow: