How can you tell a god-fearing person that their belief is childish and silly? I’m sure that using the words “childish and silly” is a non-starter. But how do you do it? I love the Beatles song “Imagine.” — John Lenin, who obviously knew from experience that one cannot tell another, straight out, that there […]
Read MoreAnn’s article in the Skeptical Inquirer has a header paragraph that’s a beautiful message: It is a great tragedy that science, this wonderful process for finding out what is true, has ceded the spiritual uplift of its central revelations: the vastness of the universe, the immensity of time, the relatedness of all life, and life’s […]
Read MoreMy atheism seemed to be the buzz among friends at the viewing and funeral of a close friend. Conversations around the room were going on in small groups. Every so often the groups would morph as new friends would arrive, and people would move on to see the corpse of our friend. Three different times, […]
Read MoreOne day I was paid a personally meaningful compliment by a friend that I run with. He said, “[Atom] is one of the most moral people I know.” He said this to the small group — all mormons — in response to a line of conversation about morality, knowing that I am a non-believer. That’s […]
Read More…exerpt from Vanity Fair article : I am trying my best not to view things through a smug later prism. Only the Almighty can scan matters sub specie aeternitatis: from the viewpoint of eternity. One must also avoid cultural and historical relativism: there’s no point in retroactively ordering the Children of Israel to develop a germ […]
Read Moretoday during church (while in church) i read a few pieces from ARGUABLY(christopher hitchens’ collection of articles) including one about water boarding and his personal experience with it. I agree with the article’s ultimate point. (And I think that George W. Bush was a sad president; i found him misinformed and uninformed, and totally in […]
Read MoreQ: You say that nonbelievers, “Distrust anything that contradicts science or outrageous reason” that you respect free inquiry. I am a person of faith and absolutely agree with these two statements. But I do not believe that in order to be religious you have to disconnect your brain. Do you believe that and, if so, why? […]
Read MoreWhen asked why i don’t believe in god, i’ve begun to answer simply by saying, “You tell me, kid. Why should I? Why do you believe?” I shouldn’t have to explain anything. The onus is on others to explain how they can justify believing. Belief requires an infantile mindset on the part of the believer. The whole […]
Read MoreExodus 35:2 kill sabath day violators Deut 21:18-21 kill disobedient teenagers Lefiticus 20:13 death to homosexuals Deut 22:13-21 kill non-virgins who marry
Read More– – – – – Charles TempletonIs it not foolish to close ones eyes to the reality that much of the Christian faith is simply impossible to accept as fact?And is it not a fundamental error to base ones life on theological concepts formulated centuries ago by relatively primitive men who believe that the world […]
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