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Category: Religion and Reason
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Evolution In light of the many fables presented in the Bible pertinent to human origin it is my contention that the beliefs of Christianity are incompatible with the science of evolution. It is only recently that many of the religious have decided that the Biblical stories of human origin were metaphorical, meaning figurative or nonliteral.…
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Have you, as an atheist, ever been subjected to Pascal’s wager? Any non-believer that has debated, or simply argued points with a believer, will sooner or later, be told that it is better to wager that god exists, covering the bases so to speak, than wager god does not exist, and face the horrid consequences…
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Chugging right along, and gaining speed, an unstoppable juggernaut races toward certain oblivion. The brakes don’t seem to work. No effort seems to be made to apply them. Everyone appears to be running around with their hands in the air. Are they shrugging? Are they expressing bewilderment? Are they simply apathetic? The weight of this…
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Many a believer in the religion of Christianity has asserted that the Bible cannot be understood by the heathen at large. They claim that you must be in the spirit to be able to grasp the word of God. The purpose of this post is to portray the ignorance of anyone who asserts that the…
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Suppose I told you the little fellow above has special powers? Well, he sure does! He can control the weather! Now, I have to admit that that is a large pill to swallow, and it will go down hard, but, the facts are the facts. Being small, his powers are a little limited. Some storms…
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Many a theist claims that morality originated, emanates, from religion. My claim, and my claim is shared by many individuals, including many doing work with primates, is that morality came before religion. Religion came along and co-opted pre-existing moral perceptions. Christianity’s claim to be the originator of morality is laughable in any case as many…
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We as a species measure the years in centuries. Presently we are over a decade into the twenty-first century. Even so, our past beleaguers us. Humanity has made great strides. Our technological wit has tamed rivers, floods, and many of the diseases that in the past meant certain death. From our magnificent road systems to…
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What is wrong with supporting the sanctity of life? Absolutely nothing! Life is a precious commodity despite the overpopulation of the earth. Presently, the planet earth is the only place where life is known to exist. If the scientists are correct, and I think they are, then life’s presence on this planet is the result…
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Accept: 1.to take or receive (something offered); receive with approval or favor: to accept a present; to accept a proposal. 2.to agree or consent to; accede to: to accept a treaty; to accept an apology. 3.to respond or answer affirmatively to: to accept an invitation. 4.to undertake the responsibility, duties, honors, etc., of: to accept…
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Christianity is finished. Some religious people maintain that to accept the Theory of Evolution as true is to also accept atheism. This is not necessarily so. While the Theory of Evolution, which is, by the way, a fact, invalidates many of the assertions of the Bible, it does not in fact eliminate the possibility of…
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