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The Greatest Gift of Science
Originally posted on What comes to my mind…:
I thought this was a funny post picture, but so true at the same time. What comes to my mind… View original post
What if Superman behaved like God?
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
Posted in attributes, attributes of God, character, christ, christian, Common Sense, debate, emotions, god, God-Breathed, inspiration, jesus, jesus the christ, jesus the messiah, messiah, ontology, probability of God, reasoning, Salvation, satirical, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged Christ, Christianity, common sense, evidence of Jesus, God, God's attributes, inspiration, jesus, morality, Ontology, perfect, Perfect God, Perfection, Salvation, Superheroes
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Why are you an Atheist in 100 words or less?
Sometimes, when I think of the different ways to answer the question, “Why are you an atheist?” or “Why don’t you believe in God?” I really can’t think of simple way to answer that question. I truly fell like I … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, atheist, deconversion, Free-Thought, Musings for Life, occam's razor, reason, reasoning, religion, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief
Tagged Abrahamic religions, atheism, Atheist, bible, christian, de-conversion, God, Judeo-Christian, Nontheism, religion, Religion and Spirituality, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief, Unfaith
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I NEVER lost my faith; (A Fleeting Moment of Realization)
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
Posted in atheism, atheist, deductive reasoning, doubt faith, emotions, Free-Thought, Musings for Life, probability of God, quote, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief
Tagged Atheist, BitterSweet, Christian Delusion, CNN, delusion, does god exist?, doubt, Existence of God, faith, freethought, God, god delusion, life, logic of life, mindset, Musings, quote, Random Thoughts, Religion and Spirituality, skeptic, skepticism, Thought, unbelief, Unfaith
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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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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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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 Skeptic Vs. The Miracle….. #Buying a Miracle
A Miracle by definition is the suspension of the laws of nature and physics. It by so, that when nature or physical law cannot explain something, that is when something is deemed a miracle. To the skeptic & atheist they don’t believe in miracles; and the religious believer does. So … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, deceived, faith, fraud, jesus the christ, miracle, religion vs. science, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged God Test, God's Crime Scene, Miracle, miracles, religion, science, Scientific skepticism, skeptic, Skeptical Inquiry, skepticism, Skeptics Society, test, unbelief
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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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God Loves You So Much, That He Created Hell…
Originally posted on Thinking out loud:
God Loves You So Much…
Posted in bible, character, christ, contradiction, death, deceived, evil, fallacious reasoning, Free-Thought, god, inspiration, jesus, jesus the christ, jesus the messiah, laws of logic, love, messiah, read your bible, reason, religion, Salvation, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged bible, bible contradictions, bible difficulties, common sense, death, God, God's attributes, hell, love, Salvation
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Being in a Mixed marriage Christian-Atheist, the issues that come up, and overcoming the issues of dogma
One of the common struggles of a newly de-converted believer is his/her relationship with their believing spouse. So I asked Limey from the Confessions of a Y.E.C. Blog to give a little of his background, experiences, and advise for one … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, christian, church, creation, creationism, debate, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, evolution vs. creation, freedom, guest post, history, life, love, marriage, reason, religion, religion vs. science, skeptic, skepticism, The Thinking Atheist, unbelief
Tagged Atheist, belief, christian, christian doubt, Christian faith, Christianity, Church, creation, Creationism, de-conversion, freethought, life, logic of life, Marriage, mindset, reasoning, religion, Religion and Spirituality, skeptic, truth, unbelief
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An infinite God and his limitations
How could an infinite God take on limitations? Could God still be infinite if he is limited? Well before we tackle this question, let’s define the topic as according to some traditional apologetics. “The infinite nature of God simply means … Continue reading
Posted in atheist vs christian, attributes, attributes of God, biblical difficulties, character, christian fraud, Common Sense, confusion, contradiction, freethinker, god, infinite, logic, skeptic, skepticism, theology
Tagged apologetics, atheism, bible difficulties, christian apologetics, Christianity, deductive reasoning, does god exist?, God, God Test, God's attributes, Infinity, Judeo-Christian, logic, ontological, ontological argument, Perfect God, reality, reasoning, The thinker, the thinking atheist
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