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Miracles in Moore, OK

Posted on May 23, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Reblogged from Finding Truth: By now, everyone knows about the devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, May 20th. This morning, on NBC’s Today Show, I heard a touching story about a woman who was in labor when … Continue reading →

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Scientific Prayer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Does Prayer Work? That is the Scientific question. There have been many studies over the last 65 years as pertaining to the effectiveness and verifiability of the assured applicability of prayer. The majority of the studies have taken place under … Continue reading →

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An Atheist Christian Marriage

Posted on April 24, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Information on a mixed Christian-Atheist marriage from an atheist perspective is not always the easiest to find. It seems whenever I look up information on this topic; all I can find is Christian sources and articles. So I decided to … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Atheist Unbelief

Posted on April 5, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I remember one of the minor stepping stones into me questioning my faith was the understanding of the burden of proof and the scientific method. I did not understand that atheism was the ‘Lack of Belief’ in that it takes the … Continue reading →

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The Churchgoing Atheist Stops Going to Church

Posted on April 1, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Reblogged from Belief in People: Today is a big day for me. It finally happened. Today is the Sunday of me not going to church anymore. If you’re new here, it will probably help to know that, although I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

Posted on March 28, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It was only after reading a book review on the Finding Truth blog about this book did I decide to buy this book on amazon. And I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading. It … Continue reading →

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Does the God of the Bible measure up to his own Standard of Perfect?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

The bible says we should judge a tree by the fruit that it bears, so for the sake of being biblically sound we will hold the biblical God to that same standard. To determine if the God of the Bible … Continue reading →

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Why A New Covenant if the First was Perfect? Is the Law of God Perfect?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This all together is a confusing topic to tackle, and somewhat difficult to explain or gather because of the way people/believers interpret the law and the bible. So in talking about God’s law we will actually be talking more about … Continue reading →

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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator

Posted on March 5, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I know this topic is overlapping with Intelligent Design and creationism, but I’ll try to focus primarily on the topic at hand. A Perfect Creator???? And the attributes and character of a perfect creator? Question #1. Why would a Perfect … Continue reading →

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The Ontological Philosophy of a Perfect God

Posted on February 28, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This is more of the philosophical question of the existence of God and could a perfect God actually exist? To many the conceived mindset or the idea of a perfect God presents us with a philosophical quandary in the ontological and … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Atheism

Posted on February 13, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Arkentan a frequent visitor to this blog left this comment on my book review post of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. At first I was going to leave just a short reply, but I decided to turn it into a post, … Continue reading →

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The Christian Delusion

Posted on February 12, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

{A Word of Caution, this video does have cursing, offensive, and fowl language.} I remember watching this video by Richard Carrier and being struck with the premise that Carrier calls Christianity a delusion. I remember thinking that was a very … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Mere Christianity By C.S. Lewis

Posted on February 7, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This is one the most highly regarded apologetic books in history. It is claimed to have turned atheist to Christians, and non-believers to believers. Considering the reputation of the book, it was a must read. C.S. Lewis has a literary … Continue reading →

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Can we all just get along.

Posted on February 4, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

So I saw a post on the blog, Is there a God titled, why does it have to be a war? And my initial reaction to this post was one of agreement that it doesn’t have to be a war … Continue reading →

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Did Apostle John and Apostle Peter write their epistles?

Posted on February 2, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Bible Difficulty #10 Could the Apostle John & Peter read and write? Were they illiterate? Most conservative evangelicals hold to the traditional view that both Apostle John and Apostle Peter were the original authors of their epistle, but historical and … Continue reading →

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Being in a Mixed marriage Christian-Atheist, the issues that come up, and overcoming the issues of dogma

Posted on January 17, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

One of the common struggles of a newly de-converted believer is his/her relationship with their believing spouse. So I asked Limey from the Confessions of a Y.E.C. Blog to give a little of his background, experiences, and advise for one … Continue reading →

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An infinite God and his limitations

Posted on January 10, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

How could an infinite God take on limitations? Could God still be infinite if he is limited? Well before we tackle this question, let’s define the topic as according to some traditional apologetics. “The infinite nature of God simply means … Continue reading →

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Celebrating an Atheist Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

I initially was not going to make a post about Christmas and atheism, until I saw this article about Atheist celebrating Christmas on the Finding Truth Blog and that for an atheist to celebrate Christmas is not just ‘merely insane, … Continue reading →

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Answering the Well Spent Journey Atheist Questionnaire

Posted on November 12, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

So in all fairness to Matt of the Well Spent Journey Blog who took my Theist Challenge. I took his 12 Questions to ask an Atheist. In addition he does have a very interesting summary post, on the different answers … Continue reading →

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Overcoming an Unequal Yoke

Posted on October 24, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

Considering my Situation I asked TCC of the Help Me in My Unbelief Blog to do a guest contribution post on the topic of an Atheist-Christian marriage and the difficulties surrounding that. When I first deconverted about nine months ago, the final blow occurring … Continue reading →

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