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Category Archives: freethinker
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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Politics and Religion
These words of Barry Goldwater ring so true. Because in my own dealings with the heart of Christianity any compromise in their own eyes is a compromise of their faith. And that just can’t happen. For many of them feel … Continue reading
Posted in atheist vs christian, emotions, Free-Thought, freedom, freethinker, history, human nature, life, quote
Tagged Christianity, God, Holiday, Politics, quotable quotes, quote, Susan B. Anthony
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Atheist by Default
For me personally, when I think of my non-belief in a formal fashion and think of all the different -isms out there, I have to be honest. I can relate to all of them, and to a degree they all … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, atheism, atheist, confusion, emotions, Free-Thought, freedom, freethinker, occam's razor, paul the apostle, Philosophy for Life, purpose, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief
Tagged agnostic, Agnostic atheism, Agnosticism, anti-theist, atheism, Atheist, freethinker, freethought, humanism, humanist, ignostic, Ignosticism, Nontheism, secularism, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief, World view
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Religion vs. Science: How they are fundamentally incompatible?
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
Posted in bible, character, christian, christian faith, contradiction, cumulative case, debate, deductive reasoning, faith, Free-Thought, freedom, freethinker, god, life, logic, occam's razor, purpose, quote, read your bible, reason, reasonable evidence, reasoning, religion, religion vs. science, skeptic, skepticism, theology, youtube
Tagged bible, bible contradictions, biblical Christianity, christian, Christian faith, Christianity, David Kinnaman, deductive reasoning, epistemology, faith, freethought, inductive reasoning, life, logic, logic of life, logical contradiction, reasonable faith, reasoning, religion, robert Ingersoll, science, Science and Religion, Thought, Unfaith, World view
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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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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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Ray Comfort and The Evolution of the Banana
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
Posted in apologetic, apologetics, atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, creation, creationism, evolution, evolution vs. creation, Free-Thought, freethinker, historian, history, Intelligent Design, purpose, religion vs. science, Response, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged apologetics, creation, Creationism, Evangelism, evolution, God, logic of life, Ray Comfort, Richard Dawkins, Scientific skepticism, skepticism
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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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Scriptural Reasoning
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
Posted in Common Sense, conference, debate, Free-Thought, freedom, freethinker, philosophy, purpose, reason, reasoning, religion, scripture alone, systematic theology, theology, youtube
Tagged christian, christian reasoning, Christianity, community, conference, God, Guillermo Hansen, judaism, Judeo-Christian, Musings, quote, reasonable faith, religion, Religion and Spirituality, scriptual reasoning, theology
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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator
This Post is Part of Series of Post called Dissecting the Anatomy of God. Quick View: Table of Contents, I know this topic is overlapping with Intelligent Design and creationism, but I’ll try to focus primarily on the topic at hand. A … 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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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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The Tiresomeness of Going to Church as an Atheist
I asked Limey from the Confessions of a Y.E.C. Blog to do a contribution post on the topic of dealing with emotional tiresomeness of going to church as an atheist. I asked him because I can already feel the emotional … Continue reading
Posted in church, conference, doubt faith, emotions, Free-Thought, freethinker, guest post, jesus, reason, reasoning, religion, trust your bible
Tagged Atheist, christian doubt, Christian faith, Christianity, Church, Confessions, doubt
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The BitterSweet End 