Category Archives: inspiration

Dear God

Posted on May 9, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

Dear God for whom I had indebted my life too and owe all Salvation too, When I was a doubting a Christian, Nietzche told me that were you dead, but I refused to believe the words of a dead gay … Continue reading →

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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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An Atheist Sermon

Posted on February 6, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

Many people are already familiar with this message by Jerry Dewitt, but I thought I would re-post it, because it is a strong sermon and message.

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What if Superman behaved like God?

Posted on September 24, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

When I first saw the initial picture of Jesus talking to Spiderman, Captain America and The Hulk, I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. As to how silly this picture really makes the ideology of Jesus really look. Even though … Continue reading →

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200th Post

Posted on September 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It’s another milestone for the Bittersweet End Blog. My 200th post I never would have thought when I first started blogging that I would have enjoyed it so much nor reaching 200 completed post (and also 60,000 views). One thing … 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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Top Regrets Men Have At the End of Their Lives

Posted on August 17, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I read this article awhile ago on the website Alternet. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies … Continue reading →

Posted in death, human nature, inspiration, laws of logic, life, occam's razor, philosophy, Philosophy for Life | Tagged Afterlife, BitterSweet, death, human nature, inspiration, life, logic of life, Musings, philosophy, Survey | 6 Comments

Reflection of Self

Posted on August 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” -Leo Tolstoy

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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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The Writing on the Wall

Posted on June 19, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

My Little sister wrote this on her old bedroom wall, and I thought the words had such an inspirational air of rational true, I thought I would take a picture of it and share it as a post.

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The Death of God

Posted on June 9, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I remember somewhere in the middle of my journey into extinguishing my skepticism and doubt I came across the Phrase, “God is Dead.” It caught me off guard, because it was such a bold statement. Bold that such a person would … Continue reading →

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God Loves You So Much, That He Created Hell…

Posted on April 27, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Originally posted on Thinking out loud:
God Loves You So Much…

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Is the Bible, God’s Perfect Word?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This Post is Part of Series of Post called Dissecting the Anatomy of God. Quick View: Table of Contents, The Question begins with, Is God’s Word Perfect?, Is the autobiographical text perfect?, Is God original spoken word divinely perfect?…..Well the Christian or Christian … Continue reading →

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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator

Posted on March 5, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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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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Facing Death

Posted on January 9, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

In the Face of Death Jimmy Valvano gives a moving farewell speech at the ESPY Awards of ESPN. Stricken with Cancer, he needed help just getting up the stairs. He delivers an emotional sonnet on how precious life is and how precious … Continue reading →

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2012 in review for the BitterSweetEnd Blog

Posted on December 31, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. I thought this was kind of cool and saw some others putting theirs up, so I decided to put mine up too. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films … Continue reading →

Posted in history, inspiration, laws of logic, message, Uncategorized | Tagged Holiday, logic of life, Survey | 3 Comments

What is God?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

What is God? What is he made of? This is an important question to some, because in many cases the attributes of God are described, but God himself is not defined. If “God” is immaterial, intangible, and invisible, how is … Continue reading →

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What are the Different Types of Reasoning?

Posted on November 17, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

So I did a post series a while back on Reasoning as it applies to Faith, Religion, Christianity, Philosophy, and Atheism. It is a high level overview of all the different types of methods of reasoning and how they apply … Continue reading →

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A compilation study on Inerrancy

Posted on August 6, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

For anybody who has been following my blog for longer than two months, knows that I have spent a large portion of my time blogging and researching about the inerrancy of the bible. I have done about a dozen post … Continue reading →

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