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Category Archives: religion vs. science
The Skeptic Vs. The Miracle….. #Buying a Miracle
A Miracle by definition is the suspension of the laws of nature and physics. It by so, that when nature or physical law cannot explain something, that is when something is deemed a miracle. To the skeptic & atheist they don’t believe in miracles; and the religious believer does. So … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, deceived, faith, fraud, jesus the christ, miracle, religion vs. science, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged God Test, God's Crime Scene, Miracle, miracles, religion, science, Scientific skepticism, skeptic, Skeptical Inquiry, skepticism, Skeptics Society, test, unbelief
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The Shame of Non-Evidence
“The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.” -Thomas H. Huxley ******** “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.” -Christopher Hitchens ******** “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, belief, christopher hitchens, Common Sense, deceived, faith, fallacious reasoning, freethinker, god, laws of logic, logic, occam's razor, philosophy, probability of God, quote, reason, reasonable evidence, religion, religion vs. science, scientist, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged belief, Carl Sagan, Christopher Hitchens, critical thinking, evidence of Jesus, logic, Musings, quotable quotes, quotes, reason, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, Scientific skepticism, skeptic, skepticism, Thomas Huxley
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NASA Completes 52-Year Mission To Find and Locate God
WASHINGTON—After more than five decades of tireless work, brave exploration, and technological innovation aimed at a single objective, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Wednesday that it had finally completed its mission to find and kill God. NASA officials … Continue reading
Posted in death, religion vs. science, satirical
Tagged April Fools Day, death, God, God is Dead, Holiday, NASA, science, Supreme Being
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Book Review: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
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
Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, attributes of God, bible contradictions, biblical difficulties, Book Review, christian, death, debate, evil, faith, god, prophecy, quote, reason, reasoning, religion, religion vs. science
Tagged Abortion, Atheist, belief, Book Review, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christianity, faith, God, God's attributes, morality, new atheism, new atheist, Sam Harris, Scientific skepticism, skeptic, skepticism, Stem cell
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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator
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
Posted in atheist vs christian, carm, Common Sense, contradiction, creation, creationism, evolution vs. creation, faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, god, inspiration, Intelligent Design, logic, occam's razor, ontological argument, probability of God, quote, reasonable evidence, religion vs. science, The Thinking Atheist
Tagged christian reasoning, creation, Creationism, Deism, deity, God, God Test, Intelligent Design, logic, logical contradiction, perfect, Perfect God, philosophy, quotable quotes, quotes, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, reasonable faith, Scientific skepticism, skepticism, Theism, theist
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Why I am no longer a Christian?
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
Posted in atheist, attributes, attributes of God, bible contradictions, bible study, biblical difficulties, christian, creation, creationism, cumulative case, deconversion, early christian history, god, Intelligent Design, philosophy, purpose, religion vs. science, theology
Tagged atheism, Atheist, atrocities, bible contradictions, bible difficulties, christian history, Christianity, church history, Creationism, does god exist?, early church history, God, God's attributes, historical jesus, Intelligent Design, manifesto, morality, Prayer, reason, science, scriptural difficulties, unanswered prayer
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Can we all just get along.
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
Posted in atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, bible, character, christian faith, christopher hitchens, church, creationism, debate, emotions, evolution, evolution vs. creation, Free-Thought, freethinker, laws of logic, quote, religion, religion vs. science, sam harris, scripture, scripture alone, unbelief
Tagged atheism, Atheist, bible, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Church, community, mindset, new atheism, new atheist, quote, read your bible, religion, Sam Harris, scripture, scripture alone
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Being in a Mixed marriage Christian-Atheist, the issues that come up, and overcoming the issues of dogma
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
Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, christian, church, creation, creationism, debate, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, evolution vs. creation, freedom, guest post, history, life, love, marriage, reason, religion, religion vs. science, skeptic, skepticism, The Thinking Atheist, unbelief
Tagged Atheist, belief, christian, christian doubt, Christian faith, Christianity, Church, creation, Creationism, de-conversion, freethought, life, logic of life, Marriage, mindset, reasoning, religion, Religion and Spirituality, skeptic, truth, unbelief
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Intelligent Design, Perfect Design, and Stupid Design
So in dealing with Creationism and Intelligent Design, I couldn’t help but notice that if God is perfect shouldn’t he be called the Perfect Designer. And that creationism should be referred to as Perfect Design, not Intelligent Design. However in … Continue reading
Answering the Well Spent Journey Atheist Questionnaire
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
Posted in atheism, atheist vs christian, bible study, life, philosophy, purpose, religion vs. science, Response, scientist, youtube
Tagged atheism, fine-tuning, free will, freethought, God, Neil deGrasse Tyson, religion, Survey, Theism
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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Deductive Reasoning (Part 7)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Deductive Reasoning Deductive Reasoning is a subdivision of logic and critical thinking and a form of reasoning in which a conclusion follows logically from the stated premises or proposition. Deduction is also a … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, best apologist, carm, christ, christian faith, Cosmological, creation, deductive reasoning, Dr. William Lane Craig, god, human nature, laws of logic, logic, messiah, reasoning, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged Cosmological argument, deductive argument, deductive reasoning, kalam Cosmological argument, logic, reasoning, William Lane Craig
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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Analogical Reasoning (Part 3)
Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Analogical Reasoning Analogical reasoning is a method of processing information that compares the similarities between new & understood thoughts, and then uses those similarities to gain understanding of the new … Continue reading
J.P. Moreland
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.
Posted in apologist, bible, christian, christian faith, god, jesus, jp moreland, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged bible, jp moreland, logic, trinity
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The Atheist Challenge on the Matter of Doubt Podcast
The Atheist Challenge: 10 Questions for Atheists In this episode of A Matter of Doubt guest Andy joins us as we respond to a listener’s challenge. The author of The Bittersweet End Christian blog sent us an email suggesting we take his Atheist Challenge, … Continue reading
The Christian (Theist) Challenge
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
Posted in apologist, christian, god, inerrancy, infalliable, religion vs. science
Tagged God, morality, scripture, Survey
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Religion Vs Science by J.P. Moreland: Has Science Made Belief in GOD Unreasonable?
I saw this video on Religion & Science, on somebody elses blog. The two main things I took away from this video, were the idea that 95% of science support or correlates with Religion. And on the Atheist turned Deist, Anthony Flew … Continue reading
Posted in best apologist, jp moreland, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged God, religion, science
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Dealing with the Reasonable vs. the Possible
What is the difference between “possible” and “reasonable”? Why does it matter? How can mastery of this distinction help us to think clearly before we begin to examine the case for the Christian Worldview? When dealing with the reasonable & the possible, … Continue reading
Posted in atheist vs christian, god, reason, reasoning, religion vs. science, scriptural difficulties, youtube
Tagged bible, possible, reasonable, reasonable faith
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Who is the Best Atheist Debater?
I would like to hear from the Atheist Community on who is a good Atheist Skeptic on Christianity & the Bible? I want to know…
Posted in agnostic, apologetic, atheist, bible contradictions, religion vs. science, youtube
Tagged agnostic, Atheist, debater, skeptic
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Doubt vs Faith
I thought this would be the best expression of how I feel at times. This pictures really hits it. Faith sometimes, even though I have it sometimes seems so backwards, and upside downs.It does not always make sense to me. But … Continue reading
