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Politics and Religion

Posted on November 2, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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The Greatest Evil About Religion

Posted on October 21, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.” ~ Steven Weinberg, “Men never … 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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I NEVER lost my faith; (A Fleeting Moment of Realization)

Posted on September 7, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It was a weekday, and I had just got off work. I had got into my car to drive home, And I had made the turn out of the parking lot passing the Steak n Shake to my left. Then … Continue reading →

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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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Quote from Marcus Aurelius

Posted on August 13, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

A quote from Marcus Aurelius: Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If … 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: How and Where they Contradict?

Posted on August 1, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

In my previous post I talked about how among the opinion of the general populace that even though many say that there is no contradiction among religion and science. The christian community is struggling in this area because nearly a … 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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Is God Immutable (Unchanging)?

Posted on May 30, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

In this post I wanted to talk about what it means to call God, Unchanging and Immutable in the biblical sense and in the philosophical sense. A Philosophical Immutable God: Some of the classic definitions of an immutable God goes … Continue reading →

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Scientific Prayer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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The Shame of Non-Evidence

Posted on May 5, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

“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 →

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Frederick Sparks: Why I am an Atheist?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Live everyday like you are Dying

Posted on April 12, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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Book Review: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

Posted on March 28, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Does the God of the Bible measure up to his own Standard of Perfect?

Posted on March 23, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This Post is Part of Series of Post called Dissecting the Anatomy of God. Quick View: Table of Contents, The bible says we should judge a tree by the fruit that it bears, so for the sake of being biblically sound we … 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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Just another atheist Questionaire

Posted on February 18, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Evangelical Atheism

Posted on February 13, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Arkentan a frequent visitor to this blog left this comment on my book review post of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. At first I was going to leave just a short reply, but I decided to turn it into a post, … Continue reading →

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