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Bolt on “A Possible Disproof of God’s Existence”
Urban Philosophy :: Your Thoughts, Everyone's Wisdom | December 23rd 2009 by Mitchell LeBlanc
In a previous post I introduced an argument against the existence of God. I then elaborated on the argument while responding to an objection by David Smart. Now, Chris Bolt has offered an objection to which I wish to direct some attention. The Argu read more
A brief response to anti-creationist books
Looking Ahead | December 23rd 2009
From CMI:What about the anti-creationist books? I can’t possibly deal with all of them, but I will highlight some of the typical tactics and distortions used in such books by addressing some of those in the Selkirk and Burrows book, Confronting Cre read more
Are religious people schizophrenic?
Metro State Atheists | December 22nd 2009 by Chalmer Wren
This question is more or less a joke within the atheist community, at least part of it. Atheists joke that the praying theist is hearing voices and is crazy. I became curious to see if this joke had any validity, after all, as the old saying goes read more
Atheism and Creation Ministries International, part 11
Atheism is Dead | December 22nd 2009 by Mariano
We now continue considering comments that were made about my Creation Ministries International atheism essay via comments posted to Apologetics 315, RichardDawkins.net’s forum, Free Republic, the essay itself and a special section for the Arizona A read more
Atheism and Creation Ministries International, part 12
Atheism is Dead | December 22nd 2009 by Mariano
We now conclude considering comments that were made about my Creation Ministries International atheism essay via comments posted to Apologetics 315, RichardDawkins.net’s forum, Free Republic, the essay itself and a special section for the Arizona A read more
Atheist Bingo
St Eutychus | December 22nd 2009 by St Eutychus
I’m going to find some atheist friends and use as many of these lines as I can over the Christmas period. I know that’s kind of the unpoint, but I don’t care. On a serious note – how many of these lines do you routinely trot read more
My Holiday Wish…
Boy Meets Blog | December 22nd 2009 by Seth Anderson
Yuletide Greetings (From the December, 1949, Liberal) By: B.M. Saner The sun has completed its journey and now will return once again; To gladden the crops and the vineyards, And comfort the spirits of men. Ere Jesus and all of his cohorts Had read more
Why Unrepentant Sinners Hate the Lord
Bible Baptist Sermons | December 22nd 2009 by Franklin the Blogger
Why do unrepentant sinners hate the Lord Jesus Christ? John 3:20 says, "For every one that doeth evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the Light lest his deeds should be reproved." How true. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Light. The fact is those read more
America's Christmas Wars
Warning Signs | December 22nd 2009 by Alan Caruba
By Alan CarubaIt’s become the new Christmas tradition; a handful of people who demand that everyone else stop celebrating Christmas by displaying manger scenes in public places or stop singing Christmas carols in school, or stop saying “Merry Chr read more
On Atheism and Veganism
Animal Person | December 22nd 2009 by mary martin
For me, atheism and veganism go hand-in-hand. Why?Most of us were born to or adopted by people who eat animals and believe in a god, and that was all a mere accident of birth and/or geography. But something inside us (and perhaps prompted by somethin read more
Testimony of non-believers
Open Parachute | December 22nd 2009 by Ken Perrott
Recently I reviewed the book 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists by Russell Blackford and Udo Schuklenk (see Why We Are Atheists). An interesting follow-up to that book is a talk back show (Talk back: the disbelievers) which played on ABC N read more
Holiday Musings
Caffeinated Joe | December 22nd 2009 by Wings
Just wanted to mention a couple of things I saw on the Net yesterday.First, the Friendly Atheist showcased this display by The Triangle Freethought Society Raleigh, North Carolina.click to enlargeI like it. As Hemant says: "It's positive without bein read more
When I survey
St Eutychus | December 22nd 2009 by St Eutychus
This week the Sydney Morning Herald published yet another survey on religiosity in Australia. The results continue to show that the majority of Australians call themselves Christians while the minority are actually actively involved in church… read more
Atheist prayers
Irresistible (Dis)Grace | December 21st 2009 by Andrew S
Final Fantasy Tactics…ahh, it was a fun game. But I’m not quite sure if I agree with how the faith system works. Faith in that game powers magic. More faith = better magic. This works in a logical way for the most part. If your wizard ha read more
Just half of Britons now call themselves Christian after a ‘sha…
Klintron's Brain | December 21st 2009
Researchers describe a large proportion of the country as the “fuzzy faithful” who have a vague belief in God but do not necessarily belong to a particular denomination or attend services. However, most people still say religion helps bring happi read more
Flying Spaghetti Monster holiday treats
Plutonica.net | December 21st 2009 by Plutonica.net
(click photo to enlarge) @joeldey posted a TwitPic of the Flying Spaghetti Monster holiday treats he made. They look incredible. No news yet on the recipe, but they look awesomely delicious. Update: Recipe found on EvilMadScientist.com (love the si read more
Little Kitten – Atheists Love Christmas Too
PodBlack Cat | December 21st 2009 by Kylie Sturgess
By FFreeThinker: “I LOVE Christmas” by zombiechaddy. Ever wonder where we get our Christmas traditions? This video explains where the most popular Christmas traditions come from. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_s9NWchEo8 ShareThis read more
If only Avatar was more Christiany
Allison Kilkenny: Unreported | December 21st 2009 by Allison Kilkenny
Image via Wikipedia Ross Douthat is peeved. You see, there’s a pantheistic trend in Hollywood films, and where there could be talk of Jesus and The One God, there is only Kevin Costner dancing with wolves and Lion King metaphysics. The most read more
Richard Dawkins On Andrew Denton’s ‘Elders’
PodBlack Cat | December 21st 2009 by Kylie Sturgess
You can read the transcript here, if you missed the show / couldn’t get the show! ANDREW DENTON: You’ve described science rather beautifully actually as the poetry of reality. Where is the poetry in science? RICHARD DAWKINS: Science is op read more
Richard Dawkins Interviewed By Andrew Denton
Faith Interface | December 21st 2009 by Faith Interface
Richard Dawkins was recently interviewed by well-known and respected Australian television presenter Andrew Denton, on Denton’s show Elders With Andrew Denton. Dawkins is generously previewed by the show’s producers as follows: Richar read more
Stephen Fry On The Importance Of Unbelief
PodBlack Cat | December 20th 2009 by Kylie Sturgess
Season’s Greetings by Stephen Fry – of a sort! Enjoy! “If you assume there’s no afterlife, Stephen Fry says, you’ll likely have a fuller, more interesting life.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2AaU69f1as Second part: w read more
Carnival of Executions
Bay of Fundie | December 20th 2009
Teddy Bear is a blasphemer! Nail him to the cross! It has been quite a while since I participated in a Carnival of the Godless. Now that my life is partially back to normal, it’s time to rejoin the fun. This week it is being held over at The Gay read more
Under The God Umbrella
Wet Coast Women | December 20th 2009 by Kerry
Copyright © 2009 aka Penelope. Visit the original article at http://www.wetcoastwomen.com/?p=935.AS CHRISTMAS APPROACHES, THOUGHTS ABOUT the existence or non-existence of God inevitably appear as they did today on BC Blogger where comments about read more
This Is Easy That Is Difficult
Too Many Questions | December 20th 2009 by Crispy Sea
This post was indirectly instigated by Jeanete and inspired by the nauseatingly numerous theists' comments across, sadly, many forums, but most recently by Jo's Oct 24th comment on her own sodahead.com blog I have some questions for people who belie read more
Legend for the Ages: The Story of Christmas
Living Without God - A Life of Reason | December 20th 2009 by Bill Cooney
The beauty of mythology is that it celebrates one of man's most treasured possessions—the imagination. With the unique powers of the imagination, one can construct that which reason tells us cannot be constructed; travel to places reason tells us w read more
Which Steps Have You Taken to Aid World Transformation?
Discerning The World | December 20th 2009 by Discerning The World
Business, leadership, networks, churches, planting, communities, transformation, growth, change. This is all we hear lately. So I wondered if there was any correlation between the Seven Transformations of Leadership — (David Rooke and Wi read more
Christianity doesn’t kill people, people kill people
St Eutychus | December 20th 2009 by St Eutychus
I’m sick and tired of atheists blaming Christians for killing millions of people or condemning the God of the Bible for doing so. It’s not actually a logical position for them to take. If religion, as they see it, is a baseless form of s read more
Smokescreen
The Armchair Antichrist | December 20th 2009 by Andrew
I have met some Christians who are quite open-minded. Their responses are mostly relevant and try to address the points I have made. And they are more or less genuinely interested in a rational discussion. I have no problems with these Christians. In read more
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I Am A Savage | December 19th 2009 by Michael Gibson
poisonthemonkey: stfubelievers: “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” Or, I don’t care what you say, you are wrong and I will prove it by simply being the epitome of what was bothering you. Merry Christmas!!!! Without him there wou read more
Atheism 210: An Intermediate Reading List
Atheist Revolution | December 19th 2009 by vjack
You've finished most of the books on my Atheism 101 reading list, and you are ready for more. You have already learned quite a bit about atheism and the dangers of religion in the modern world, but many questions remain. How is it that people come to read more
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