Category Archives: purpose

Ray Comfort and The Evolution of the Banana

Posted on June 14, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

For those who are not familiar with the background of this video I wanted to highlight something very critical other than the typical ridicule and silliness of it. That Ray Comfort is using a banana (The atheist nightmare) as proof … Continue reading →

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The Death of God

Posted on June 9, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I remember somewhere in the middle of my journey into extinguishing my skepticism and doubt I came across the Phrase, “God is Dead.” It caught me off guard, because it was such a bold statement. Bold that such a person would … 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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In Life…

Posted on May 3, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Do whatever you WANT to do. Do whatever you NEED to do. Do whatever you HAVE to do. -But make sure you do all three.

Posted in life, occam's razor, purpose | Tagged life, logic of life, morality, quote

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 →

Posted in atheist vs christian, character, emotions, love, marriage, message, purpose | Tagged anti-theist, atheism, Atheist, Austin Cline, christian, Christian faith, Christianity, life, logic of life, Marriage, podcast, religion, Religion and Spirituality | 1 Comment

Scriptural Reasoning

Posted on April 3, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Go to Main Menu, Bonus topic for my series: Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a growing academic field of study, because it is a relatively young philosophical field of thought. In some academic circular it is … 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 →

Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, church, emotions, human nature, life, Philosophy for Life, purpose, religion | Tagged Atheist, Christianity, Church, community, Easter, Holiday, mindset, Religion and Spirituality, unbelief | 1 Comment

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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Just another atheist Questionaire

Posted on February 18, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This will probably be my last questionnaire post, I like doing them, because they are fun, simple, and easy to do. But they don’t serve the true purpose of the blog, which is too examine and evaluate the belief in … Continue reading →

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Why I am no longer a Christian?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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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Defending your Faith-Free Life

Posted on January 21, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Reblogged from Triangulations: Let’s start with a Bible quote and my coined definition: …Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; — 1 … Continue reading →

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My De-Conversion in One Sentence

Posted on January 14, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

“A book that changed me? The Bible. It turned me into an Atheist.” -Andy Hamilton *I have since updated my ABOUT page to include my de-conversion. Feel free to check on my new About page. To get the full de-conversion, … Continue reading →

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Facing Death

Posted on January 9, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

In the Face of Death Jimmy Valvano gives a moving farewell speech at the ESPY Awards of ESPN. Stricken with Cancer, he needed help just getting up the stairs. He delivers an emotional sonnet on how precious life is and how precious … Continue reading →

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The Fallacy of Christ the Man

Posted on December 16, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

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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My First Atheist Meetup

Posted on December 13, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

First and foremost, let me apologize that I have not been posting, commenting, or responding to comments much in these last few weeks. I have been very busy with work. During this time of the year I sometimes have to … Continue reading →

Posted in atheist, emotions, life, marriage, purpose | Tagged Atheist, community, life, meetup, Musings, religion | 3 Comments

Peeking Out the Atheist Closet

Posted on November 21, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

Posted in atheism, atheist, christian, christian fraud, deceived, emotions, fraud, freedom, life, purpose | Tagged atheism, Atheist, BitterSweet, christian, Holiday, life, Musings, praying, Thanksgiving, unbelief | 12 Comments

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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Religion, Government, and People

Posted on November 6, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.” – Seneca the younger 4BC- 65 AD *In light that today is election day in the U.S.,I felt it only appropriate … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Depiction of Christianity

Posted on November 5, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

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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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 →

Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, church, confusion, contradiction, contribution post, emotions, guest post, life, love, marriage, purpose, religion | Tagged atheism, Atheist, christian, Christianity, God, life, logic of life, Marriage, religion | 14 Comments