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The Tragedy of One
“We must never make the problem of pain worse than it is by vague talk about the ‘unimaginable sum of human misery…’ There is no such thing as a sum of suffering, for no one suffers it. When we have … Continue reading
Breadth of Life
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – 19th-century philosopher John Stuart Mill (para.) “I think it is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that eleven … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior/Human Nature, Personal
Tagged christianity, church, conservative, demagogue, diversity, evangelical, grace, hate, liberal, love, politics, racism, xenophobia
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Common Complaints and Rebuttals, Part V – “What about those who haven’t heard?”
“I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest, ‘If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?’ ‘No,’ said the priest, ‘not if you did not know.’ ‘Then why,’ asked the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Criticism
Tagged apologetics, atheism, baptism, c.s. lewis, christianity, God, hitler, Jesus, justice, objections, philosophy, Salvation, skeptic, unreached
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The Myth of Kinship
“We imply, and often believe, that habitual vices are exceptional single acts, and make the opposite mistake about our virtues – like the bad tennis player who calls his normal form his ‘bad days’ and mistakes his rare successes for … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior/Human Nature, Personal
Tagged Celebrity, christianity, dating, Jesus Christ, love, Pop Culture, Salvation
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Common Complaints and Rebuttals, Part IV – Child Abuse Through Religious Indoctrination
“…[I]sn’t it always a form of child abuse to label children as possessors of beliefs that they are too young to have thought about?” There is an entire chapter in Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion dealing with the notion of … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Tagged apologetics, atheism, child abuse, Christ, christianity, evangelism. authority, faith, indoctrination, skeptic
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Common Complaints and Rebuttals, Part III – Delusions and the Experience of God
“Religious experiences can be easily explained in the same way as delusions, dreams, and hallucinogenic responses to drug use.” There are many statements that we only hear in books and anecdotes about conversations. They tend to become something of folklore … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Tagged apologetics, atheism, christianity, delusion, dream, drugs, faith, religious experience, skeptic, spirituality
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Why There Almost Certainly is a God
“Phil: I’m a god.” “Rita: You’re God?” “Phil: I’m a god. I’m not the God… I don’t think.“ – Groundhog Day HEADLINE: MODERN SCIENCE POINTS TO THE EXISTENCE OF GOD I believe in God. I believe in the God: the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Science, Nature and Philosophy
Tagged apologetics, atheism, big bang, christianity, creator, faith, God, kalam cosmological argument, multiverse, physics, science, skeptic
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Common Complaints and Rebuttals, Part II – An Accident of History
“If you were born in Saudi Arabia, you’d be a Muslim.” This argument takes many forms, but the basic idea is that my Christian faith is significantly, if not entirely, dependent on where and when I was born, and it … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Tagged apologetics, arguments, atheism, christianity, faith, logical fallacy, naturalism, skepticism
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Common Complaints and Rebuttals, Part I – The Monotony of Forever
I don’t want to spend forever doing anything, much less praising God. I’ve heard various versions of this complaint, but the basic notion is that an eternity doing anything – no matter how varied or pleasurable – is too much, … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism
Tagged apologetics, atheism, Christ, christianity, complaint, eternity, heaven, rebuttal, skepticism
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Kill the Son
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior/Human Nature
Tagged Abraham, apologetics, Bible, christianity, cross, Easter, forgiveness, Isaac, Old Testament, sacrifice
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