Category Archives: christian

Scientific Prayer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

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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Book Review: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

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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Why I am no longer a Christian?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

On several occasion I usually get some version of the two following Question and all these questions are really not about the existence of (any generic) God, but Why I don’t ultimately believe in the Christian God.: What is the … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Atheism

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

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

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

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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The Fallacy of Christ the Man

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

If Christ was in fact God, he knew all the future. Before Him like a panorama moved the history yet to be. He knew how his words would be interpreted. He knew what crimes, what horrors, what infamies, would be … Continue reading →

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What is God?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

What is God? What is he made of?  This is an important question to some, because in many cases the attributes of God are described, but God himself is not defined. If “God” is immaterial, intangible, and invisible, how is … Continue reading →

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Peeking Out the Atheist Closet

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Considering that the Holidays are upon us, I’ve been thinking of some of my relationships with my Family and Friends.  In regards to my relationship with my wife, most of the heated discussions surrounding religion have mostly calmed, however there … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Depiction of Christianity

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

I remember seeing this a while back, and what struck me about it was not the mocking overtone of the comment.  But that the only thing that I could disagree with as being wrong, was the zombie part.  The other question that … Continue reading →

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To PlasticPatrick

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

So I’ve actually had a new frequent visitor to my blog. I usually don’t make comments part of a blog post, but I thought this one might be interesting.  He has actually done his own blog post directed at me. … Continue reading →

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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Inductive Reasoning (Part 6)

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Inductive Reasoning Inductive reasoning is a form of inference argumentation that uses analogies, examples, observations, and experiences to form conclusive propositions.  It is used mostly to explain properties and relations to … Continue reading →

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To Baby Dedicate or To Not

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

So our newborn baby girl is a few months old, and we never got around to doing a baby dedication.  And I have already let my wife know I am not really for the idea of doing a baby dedication. … Continue reading →

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Guns Don’t Kill People, Gods do

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

This is kind of like my response post to CNN’s Where was God in Aurora by Dan Gilgoff.  And this is in no way to be disrespectful to the families at Aurora.  Our hearts and thoughts go out to the … Continue reading →

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Church, Pastor, and Ministry

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

I do apologize to those who were expecting a post on what happened when I told my wife, that I was an atheist when it came to Christianity but I do apologize I will probably not be posting on that for a … Continue reading →

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My BitterSweet Weekend -Part 4

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

So on the Second Day of this two-day conference, all the kids were really excited, because the conference ended early at like 11:30 AM and we were going to the beach afterwards. So we had the rest of the day to … Continue reading →

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J.P. Moreland

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

J.P. Moreland on Logic and the Bible And in that in spite of all logic and reasoning, many Christians will still deny rationality for blind faith.  I support faith in Yahweh my God, but not if it requires me to dumb myself down. 

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What is more important: A Well Thought Out Conclusion or Faith?

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

Now this is an important question in apologetics to me, as it relates to answering the question of the Bible, Religion, God, Biblical Morality, and Bible Difficulties.   Which is a more valuable tool –A Well Thought Out Conclusion/Decision or Faith? “Trust … Continue reading →

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Facing the Truth

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

So Nate from Finding Truth called me out last week on my own blog: he said…“I’m not even sure that calling you a theist is even all that accurate at this point…” And I replied to him saying…“i still consider … Continue reading →

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A Brief Summary of the different types of Apologetics

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

So in this endeavor of questioning my faith.  I’ve spent a significant amount of time going to apologetic websites and blogs.  MVWcreative is a blog that did a short explanation on the seven forms of Apologetics.  (Now just as a reminder, his … Continue reading →

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The Christian (Theist) Challenge

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

10 Questions to ask a Christian I thought this would be interesting, because I’ve seen several questionnaires like this, but I wanted something that would go deep and to get people someone thinking.  (Please give realistic and honest answers.) 1. Do you … Continue reading →

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