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Tag Archives: belief
I don’t believe in God, but I still hate him anyways
(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
Posted in atheist, christian faith, church, confusion, death, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, evil, faith, fallacious, god, inspiration, life, love, Philosophy for Life
Tagged Atheist, begging the question, belief, biblical Christianity, christian, christian doubt, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christian theology, Church, death, faith, free will, friendship, God, inspiration, logic of life, mindset, unbelief, Unfaith
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Christmas Poetry for the non-believer and believer
An Atheist’s Christmas -by Kim Cole Can you hear the bells? Can you hear the bells? Can you hear them calling? Listen to the bells Listen to the bells Look, the boundary’s falling I can smell the trees All so … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, belief, christian fraud, emotions, history, human nature, unbelief
Tagged belief, Christmas, early church history, historical jesus, Holiday, Paganism, poem, poetry, secularism, unbelief
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Daniel Everett’s Deconversion
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
Posted in agnostic, atheist, belief, Book Review, christ, christian faith, christian fraud, christian history, deconversion, god, jesus, jesus the christ, jesus the messiah, laws of logic, life, messiah, reason, reasonable evidence, skepticism, youtube
Tagged belief, Book Review, Daniel Everett, life, reason, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, religion, Religion and Spirituality, scriptual reasoning, unbelief
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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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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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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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Frederick Sparks: Why I am an Atheist?
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
Posted in atheist, belief, god, quote, reason, reasoning, skepticism, word of god
Tagged begging the question, belief, bible, biblical intelligibility, God, quotable quotes, quote, Word of God
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Book Review: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
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
Posted in atheist, atheist vs christian, attributes of God, bible contradictions, biblical difficulties, Book Review, christian, death, debate, evil, faith, god, prophecy, quote, reason, reasoning, religion, religion vs. science
Tagged Abortion, Atheist, belief, Book Review, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Christianity, faith, God, God's attributes, morality, new atheism, new atheist, Sam Harris, Scientific skepticism, skeptic, skepticism, Stem cell
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Just another atheist Questionaire
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
Posted in atheism, atheist, belief, bible, contradiction, Free-Thought, god, history, purpose, quote, religion, unbelief
Tagged Albert Einstein, Atheist, belief, bible, bible contradictions, bible difficulties, christian, Christianity, does god exist?, faith, God, unbelief, Unfaith
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The Christian Delusion
{A Word of Caution, this video does have cursing, offensive, and fowl language.} I remember watching this video by Richard Carrier and being struck with the premise that Carrier calls Christianity a delusion. I remember thinking that was a very … Continue reading
Posted in atheist vs christian, bible, christ, christian fraud, deceived, emotions, jesus, jesus the messiah, logic, messiah, religion, youtube
Tagged belief, Christian Delusion, Christianity, debater, delusion, God, god delusion, religion, religious delusion, Richard Carrier, Sam Harris
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Defending your Faith-Free Life
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; —…
Posted in apologetic, apologetics, atheism, belief, christian faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, inspiration, philosophy, purpose, quote, reason, reasonable evidence, religion, Response, theology, unbelief
Tagged apologetics, belief, christian apologetics, Christian faith, christian reasoning, Hannah Arendt, quotable quotes, quote, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, reasonable faith, religion, unbelief
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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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Content and Deluded
For me personally and emotionally my-deconversion process would not have been so emotionally difficult had I not loved being a Christian. However the truth is I never hated my Christian experience or the Christian lifestyle. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed being a … Continue reading
Posted in belief, christ, christian fraud, church, deceived, fallacious, fraud, freedom, life, poetry, religion, skeptic, unbelief
Tagged begging the question, belief, BitterSweet, Christianity, Church, God, life, logic of life, religion
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