Category Archives: christian faith

I don’t believe in God, but I still hate him anyways

Posted on February 9, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

(I initially did not want to write this post, because it felt it too emotional and selfish on my behalf. But after thinking about it several days, I thought it was still too emotional and selfish, but at the same … Continue reading →

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A Faith Check

Posted on September 14, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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The Christian-Atheist Perspective of People

Posted on September 4, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Now I usually don’t like to put up sartirical videos, but this one has a level of truth to it. Comments by the Creator of the Video: This video contains some insane things I’ve heard. You can see how the … Continue reading →

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A Collection of Failed and Discrepant Bible Prophecy

Posted on August 30, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Personally, I am not an expert in Bible prophecy nor I am studied in this topic. So what I decided to do was put together a collection of failed biblical prophecy and general articles on failed biblical prophecy. Just a quick note for the reader; this is dealing specifically with predictions and prophecies … Continue reading →

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Daniel Everett’s Deconversion

Posted on August 24, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Religion vs. Science: How they are fundamentally incompatible?

Posted on August 10, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This is the last post in my Religion vs Science Series. Different Worldviews of Faith and Science I would definitely say that a christian/religious worldview contradicts that of a scientific world view. For in a religious worldview morality, faith, God, … Continue reading →

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Religion vs. Science: Are Religion and Science Compatible?

Posted on July 26, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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The Best of the BitterSweet Blog

Posted on June 29, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It has been nearly two years blogging for me. I have over 2500 comments, nearly 50,000 Views, over 150 followers and a new wealth of knowledge that has transformed my life. Considering this mild accomplishment in my two years period … Continue reading →

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Faith Will Fail: My letter to a Church Elder

Posted on June 1, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Book Review: God is Not Great, How Religion Poisons Everything By Christopher Hitchens

Posted on May 25, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I bought this book, because during a speech by Daniel Dennett he mentioned in his research on de-conversions that this Book, God is Not Great was a major catalyst for some pastors and preachers to de-convert. And for some it was … Continue reading →

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God’s Perfect Plan.

Posted on March 18, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This Post is Part of Series of Post called Dissecting the Anatomy of God. Quick View: Table of Contents, I actually stole this idea from TheoricalBS on YouTube. (Disclaimer: So I do not claim Originality or Original Thought) However, when I decided … Continue reading →

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Its the little things

Posted on February 21, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

For those who know me I typically don’t blog too much on personal matters, and that’s really just my temperament. And thats also how I deal with people in the real world. However this is something I feel like venting about. … Continue reading →

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Can we all just get along.

Posted on February 4, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Defending your Faith-Free Life

Posted on January 21, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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; —…

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My Last Prayer

Posted on December 27, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

So it was August of 2011 that I prayed my last real prayer. Yeah I’ve done lil fake prayers at church, and when we bless food with other Christians. But the one in August of 2011 was the last sincere … 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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A Purpose Filled Blog

Posted on September 25, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

“Am I willing to wield the scalpel of truth to my own biases to find the truth?” quote by imbrocata For a while now I have had the phrase, “Taking a Scalpel to Faith, ” as my tagline on my … Continue reading →

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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Deductive Reasoning (Part 7)

Posted on September 18, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Abductive Reasoning (Part 5)

Posted on September 13, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Abductive Reasoning I think the majority approach to most of the bible difficulties I have come across is using abductive reasoning to conclude a solution to the scriptural difficulty, if an answer exist. So I guess the … Continue reading →

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Reasoning with Faith, Religion, and Atheism…Circular Reasoning (Part 2)

Posted on August 29, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

Go to Main Menu or Start at the Introductory Page Circular Reasoning To most circular reasoning is more of a logical fallacy than a valid argument. This is assumed so because circular reasoning resembles that of the Begging the Question Fallacy. The … Continue reading →

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