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Category: Religion and Reason
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Perhaps religion is too strong a word to describe groups of atheists when they come together. Perhaps ideology would be a better application. Ideology: the set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party The singular atheist by himself has no religion and is only defined by his non-belief in a deity. Like…
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As an atheist I see religion as being a totally fictitious belief system or ideology. There is no deity, no god or gods, as its foundation. Its roots can be found in myriad prior religions, and among the many myths of the day. There being no evidence everything must be accepted upon faith… total complete…
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Maybe you have seen those bumper stickers proclaiming “coexist”. The people displaying these bumper stickers are expressing the desire that all religions live in cooperation and peace. The majority of religions teach that they are the only path to heaven. Some proclaim that non-believers are heretics, even those that believe in other religions are…
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Back in January I wrote about my world vision asking the reader if they were possibly in agreement and therefore compatible. Here is what I wrote: I feel very strongly that abortion should be available as a safe and legal surgical procedure. It should be used sparingly for well-defined reasons… 1. Rape. No woman should…
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Many liberals as well as Conservatives have asserted that Islamic countries mistreat their women and also that they enforce a style of justice that is barbaric. Conservatives believe in a god for the most part. Their god provides for them a basis from which they feel morally obligated to tell Islamic countries that they should…
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Whenever you posit that humanity is in trouble because the number of normal people who pull the load of society is diminished there is always that excessively liberal person that crawls out of the woodwork and exclaims “What is normal?” Although it would be easy for me to list those people whom I think are…
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So, you are sitting there… you know that so and so is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, but… how is this violation going to be corrected? You look around in your apartment. Nope, no bags of money lying about. You check your most recent statement from the bank. Nope, just barely…
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The boogeyman, that nasty creature lurking under your bed, in your closet, or forever in the recesses of your mind. Something out to get you. People conspiring to put an end to your existence by one means or another. Nature itself rearing up as if somehow endowed with intelligence, a malevolent presence bent on your…
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