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Tag Archives: skepticism
The Free Flowing Knowledge of Religion
I can’t help but wonder whats more foolish? Rejecting a religion after its holy book, Or rejecting all other religions after reading just one holy book? The reason I ask this rhetorical question, because we are guilty of this mindset … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, belief, christian, christian history, debate, Free-Thought, freethinker, history, life, Musings for Life, Philosophy for Life, reason, reasonable evidence, religion
Tagged Agnosticism, atheism, Christian theology, Christianity, freethinker, freethought, quotable quotes, quotes, reasonable evidence, reasoning, skepticism
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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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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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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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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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The Argument for and Against A Perfect Creator
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
Posted in atheist vs christian, carm, Common Sense, contradiction, creation, creationism, evolution vs. creation, faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, god, inspiration, Intelligent Design, logic, occam's razor, ontological argument, probability of God, quote, reasonable evidence, religion vs. science, The Thinking Atheist
Tagged christian reasoning, creation, Creationism, Deism, deity, God, God Test, Intelligent Design, logic, logical contradiction, perfect, Perfect God, philosophy, quotable quotes, quotes, reasonable belief, reasonable evidence, reasonable faith, Scientific skepticism, skepticism, Theism, theist
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Free-thought Blogs Vs. Skeptic Blogs
There is a new community of atheist blogs called Skeptic Blogs. It is the new counterpart to Free-Thought Blogs, with a lighter touch much more friendly to the doubting christian. Free-Thought blogs is much more geared towards the atheist, and … Continue reading
Posted in atheist, debate, Free-Thought, freethinker, skeptic, skepticism
Tagged atheism, Atheist, community, freethought, skeptic, skepticism
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