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Category: Religion and Reason
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There are many different systems of belief for a deity. Within each system there are separate divisions consisting of variations of that system. Furthermore, there have been and continue to be many radically different imagined gods. While there are some individuals claiming there are many roads to god, each person claims that the god of…
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TEDDY-BEARS ARE YOUR FRIENDS… Did you have an imaginary friend when you were but a child? Did your imagination make that friend seem real? Did you talk to that friend and then hear it respond in your mind? There seems to be a need, even in the adult human, for guidance or consultation from a…
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There is a human phenomena known as “in-group”, sometimes also known as “in-group thinking”. Humans form groups. Each group considers itself the in-group. Other groups are looked upon unfavorably. Sometimes a group forms and develops actual animosity for other groups that do not subscribe to their particular beliefs. Group forming in itself is divisive. Members…
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→Christians claim that morality originates from god. They also claim that the Bible is the perfect word of god (at least most fundamentalists do). →Morality as presented in the Bible is not seen as moral today. Exceptions that are moral seem out of place among the others which most definitely are not. →Most all “Christians”…
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Looking outside my window into the street I see a squirrel on the curb opposite of mine. It stops momentarily as traffic cruises by as if by freezing in place it might make itself invisible. Afterwards it turns, its big tail swishing behind it, and it continues to scout, gather, and presumably store. It exhibits…
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Life begins without gods of any kind. It is only later that either parents or acquaintances introduce the concept. Children are expected to listen, to learn, from their parents the ways of the world. Unfortunately, children do not possess the tools to analyze the data presented. They are naïve and do not expect their parents…
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The Bible says that god is everywhere. Jeremiah 23:24 “Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord? Job 34:21 “For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps. Proverbs…
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Although groupthink or group mentality is divisive regardless of ideology, religion is a major contributor to divisiveness within society. Each group among the numerous cults of all religions are separate and adamantly so. Every separate group establishes a xenophobic nature where outsiders are concerned. Any outsider is looked upon with suspicion. Whereas secular groups are…
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Humans see others die and fear dying themselves. From all appearances it is a permanent condition. No individual has returned from death to report that death is not death, the end, but something else. Hearsay is inadequate on this exceedingly important topic. Some humans, clever and underhanded, realize that they can profit from this human,…
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How do you prove something does not exist. Just as no atheist has been able to convince the believer that god does not exist, no atheist can convince either the religious, or the atheist who believes, that Jesus never existed. Sure, you can convince an atheist that Jesus did not run about doing miraculous miracles,…
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