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Category Archives: belief
The Free Flowing Knowledge of Religion
I can’t help but wonder whats more foolish? Rejecting a religion after its holy book, Or rejecting all other religions after reading just one holy book? The reason I ask this rhetorical question, because we are guilty of this mindset … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, belief, christian, christian history, debate, Free-Thought, freethinker, history, life, Musings for Life, Philosophy for Life, reason, reasonable evidence, religion
Tagged Agnosticism, atheism, Christian theology, Christianity, freethinker, freethought, quotable quotes, quotes, reasonable evidence, reasoning, skepticism
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Christmas Poetry for the non-believer and believer
An Atheist’s Christmas -by Kim Cole Can you hear the bells? Can you hear the bells? Can you hear them calling? Listen to the bells Listen to the bells Look, the boundary’s falling I can smell the trees All so … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, belief, christian fraud, emotions, history, human nature, unbelief
Tagged belief, Christmas, early church history, historical jesus, Holiday, Paganism, poem, poetry, secularism, unbelief
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Daniel Everett’s Deconversion
This is a very interesting de-conversion story of Daniel Everett as he tried to evangelize to an indigenous (atheist) Amazonian Tribe. And in his attempt to convert them, he himself converted to a non-believer. *He also has a book about … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, atheist, belief, Book Review, christ, christian faith, christian fraud, christian history, deconversion, god, jesus, jesus the christ, jesus the messiah, laws of logic, life, messiah, reason, reasonable evidence, skepticism, youtube
Tagged belief, Book Review, Daniel Everett, life, reason, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, religion, Religion and Spirituality, scriptual reasoning, unbelief
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Religion vs. Science: The Thinking of Evidence vs. Faith
For really where they contradict is in the thinking of evidence and faith and how it applies to daily worldviews. That you can live in a world where faith and religion don’t contradict, but you have to separate the domain … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, belief, christian history, evolution vs. creation, fallacious, fallacious reasoning, Free-Thought, freethinker, history, inductive reasoning, Intelligent Design, logic, probability of God, reasonable evidence, reasoning, religion, religion vs. science, scientist, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged biblical intelligibility, christian history, christian reasoning, Christianity, community, does god exist?, fallacious reasoning, Fallacy, freethought, God, god of the gaps, inductive reasoning, Intelligent Design, logic, logic of life, logical fallacy, mindset, reasonable evidence, reasonable faith, reasoning, religion, science, Science and Religion, Victor Stenger
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Religion vs. Science: Are Religion and Science Compatible?
Now some of my counterparts might disagree with this post but I must confess at the core of traditional fundamental biblical Christianity it contradicts with science. We would be disillusioned to think that religion and science are not at war … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, belief, christian, christian faith, christian history, church, creation, creationism, debate, deconversion, evolution, evolution vs. creation, Free-Thought, freethinker, gallup, jerry coyne, logic, religion, religion vs. science, unbelief, youtube
Tagged atheism, Atheist, belief, believer, Christian faith, Christianity, Church, church history, creation, Creationism, David Kinnaman, Deism, deist, evolution, freethought, Galileo, Jerry Coyne, logical contradiction, mindset, proof by contradiction, religion, Science and Religion, Survey, unbelief, Unfaith, You Lost Me
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Is the concept of a Perfect God Illogical?
After doing my post series on the Anatomy of a Perfect God, I wanted to finish it off with one final question: Does the concept of God even make sense? Is the idea of a Perfect God illogical? The Philosophy … Continue reading
Posted in atheist vs christian, attributes, attributes of God, belief, character, contradiction, creation, death, god, jp moreland, laws of logic, logic, probability of God, religion, skeptic, skepticism, theology, unbelief
Tagged belief, creation, does god exist?, Existence of God, God, God's attributes, Keith Ward, logic, logic of life, perfect, Perfect God, Perfection, religion, richard swinborne, skeptic, skepticism, theology, unbelief
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Free From Mental Oppression
I am free from the mental oppression and mental bondage of Christianity. “I am free to think the things I think, free to appreciate the world around me for what it is, free to live my life now and not … Continue reading
Posted in belief, Common Sense, evolution, evolution vs. creation, fallacious reasoning, Free-Thought, freedom, freethinker, life, philosophy, reasoning, religion, religion vs. science, The Thinking Atheist, theology, unbelief
Tagged christian reasoning, freethought, logic, logic of life, unbelief, Unfaith
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Scientific Prayer
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
Posted in atheist vs christian, belief, christian, christian fraud, fallacious, miracle, prayer, purpose, quote, religion, scientist, skeptic, skepticism, youtube
Tagged Dr. Randolph Byrd, Prayer, Randolph Byrd, religion, Religion and Spirituality, religious delusion, science, Scientific skepticism
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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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Live everyday like you are Dying
Posted in agnostic, atheism, belief, death, emotions, freedom, quote, religion, sam harris, youtube
Tagged Afterlife, agnostic, atheism, Atheist, BitterSweet, Christian faith, Christianity, death, freethought, Lawrence Krauss, quote, religion, Sam Harris
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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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Defending your Faith-Free Life
Originally posted on 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; —…
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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15 Question Atheist Ice Breaker
I saw this questionnaire on the Bold Questions Blog, and it was also cited on the Everyday Infidel blog. I thought this was a good questionnaire, because it is designed around introducing yourself in a light-hearted fashion. 1. At what point … Continue reading
Saying Goodbye to Religous Dogma
So I remember listening to this song on the radio a while back, I remember thinking how much it captivated how I felt at that moment about leaving God, Religion, and Christianity. That even though it was nice and I enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in belief, religion
Tagged BitterSweet, Christianity, delusion, dogma, God, god delusion, God is Dead, life, religion, Religion and Spirituality, religious delusion, skeptic, unbelief
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The BitterSweet End 