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Tag Archives: belief
Faith Will Fail: My letter to a Church Elder
So a while back one of the elders delivered a message at the church. And this was just a few weeks after I deconverted. In his message he talked about faith, doubt, belief, and unbelief. And in his message he … Continue reading
Posted in apologist, atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, best apologist, christian faith, christian fraud, debate, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, faith, freethinker, jp moreland, religion, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged atheism, Atheist, belief, BitterSweet, christian doubt, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christianity, Church, community, doubt, faith, jp moreland, reasonable belief, reasonable faith, skeptic, skepticism, 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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Frederick Sparks: Why I am an Atheist?
I am an atheist because I have never seen any real evidence of any gods of any kind. Even as a child it bothered me that god did not act in obvious and public ways as depicted in the Bible. … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, belief, god, quote, reason, reasoning, skepticism, word of god
Tagged begging the question, belief, bible, biblical intelligibility, God, quotable quotes, quote, Word of God
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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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Just another atheist Questionaire
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
Posted in atheism, atheist, belief, bible, contradiction, Free-Thought, god, history, purpose, quote, religion, unbelief
Tagged Albert Einstein, Atheist, belief, bible, bible contradictions, bible difficulties, christian, Christianity, does god exist?, faith, God, unbelief, Unfaith
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The Christian Delusion
{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
Posted in atheist vs christian, bible, christ, christian fraud, deceived, emotions, jesus, jesus the messiah, logic, messiah, religion, youtube
Tagged belief, Christian Delusion, Christianity, debater, delusion, God, god delusion, religion, religious delusion, Richard Carrier, Sam Harris
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Defending your Faith-Free Life
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
Posted in apologetic, apologetics, atheism, belief, christian faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, inspiration, philosophy, purpose, quote, reason, reasonable evidence, religion, Response, theology, unbelief
Tagged apologetics, belief, christian apologetics, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Hannah Arendt, quotable quotes, quote, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, reasonable faith, religion, unbelief
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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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Content and Deluded
For me personally and emotionally my-deconversion process would not have been so emotionally difficult had I not loved being a Christian. However the truth is I never hated my Christian experience or the Christian lifestyle. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed being a … Continue reading
Posted in belief, christ, christian fraud, church, deceived, fallacious, fraud, freedom, life, poetry, religion, skeptic, unbelief
Tagged begging the question, belief, BitterSweet, Christianity, Church, God, life, logic of life, religion
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What do I believe?
So a little over a week ago, I picked up my wife’s phone and I noticed a text message from her brother. The text was him asking her (about me), “So what do he believe in now?” I actually had mixed feeling … Continue reading
Posted in belief, Common Sense, confusion, freethinker, life, reason, religion
Tagged belief, community, faith, mindset, reason, reasonable belief, reasonable faith, religion, unbelief
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To PlasticPatrick
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
Posted in atheist vs christian, christian, christian history, debate, early christian history, Response
Tagged belief, Christianity, God
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