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God, the Meaningless Topic

Posted on January 6, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

God is the above and beyond everything; God is the unmovable mover; God is the first and the last, …..God is the Married Bachelor. God is the living contradiction. Too many times I have listened to people describe God as … Continue reading →

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2013 in Review for the BitterSweet End Blog

Posted on January 1, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

Happy New Year Everybody. I just want to give a special thanks to those who have followed my blog. I hope your New Year is full of love, hope, peace, and prosperity. I know haven’t been posting and commenting as often on my … Continue reading →

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Contradictions Part 6: Jesus’s Genealogy

Posted on December 15, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Originally posted on Finding Truth:
The first post in this series can be found here. Personally, I think this is one of the clearest contradictions in the Bible. Why does the Bible give us Jesus’ genealogy? I can think of…

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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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A Unique Day at Work

Posted on September 30, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

This is a story about something that happened to me at work a few days ago. So that morning when getting ready for work, I woke up earlier than usual so I had a little time to burn. I checked … Continue reading →

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Why are you an Atheist in 100 words or less?

Posted on September 17, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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A Faith Check

Posted on September 14, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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The Christian-Atheist Perspective of People

Posted on September 4, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Now I usually don’t like to put up sartirical videos, but this one has a level of truth to it. Comments by the Creator of the Video: This video contains some insane things I’ve heard. You can see how the … Continue reading →

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Daniel Everett’s Deconversion

Posted on August 24, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Life after Church

Posted on August 20, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Last Month I turned thirty, The Big 3-0….WOW. And I completed two years of blogging. I have to admit that since I no longer believe in God and lost my religion. I find my life much more refreshing, but also … 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: The Thinking of Evidence vs. Faith

Posted on August 6, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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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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Religion vs. Science: Are Religion and Science Compatible?

Posted on July 26, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Is the concept of a Perfect God Illogical?

Posted on July 13, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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Top Atheist and Skeptic Scholars

Posted on June 22, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

1. Bart Ehrman Ehrman is a professor is a professor at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He actually attended very conservative bible schools, Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute. And then went on to receive his PH. D … Continue reading →

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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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Book Review: God is Not Great, How Religion Poisons Everything By Christopher Hitchens

Posted on May 25, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I bought this book, because during a speech by Daniel Dennett he mentioned in his research on de-conversions that this Book, God is Not Great was a major catalyst for some pastors and preachers to de-convert. And for some it was … Continue reading →

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The Skeptic Vs. The Miracle….. #Buying a Miracle

Posted on May 10, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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 →

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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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