As the gaps in which to hide a God close, the religious have to reach to new areas with which to attribute their god with action. The physical world is nicely explained by science, rendering a God as either inept or lazy (or more likely, non-existent), so it tends to be more intangible areas that […]
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The Self-Defeating Morality from Religion Argument
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Morality. There are 3 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Is God Dead?
Even if you believe in the early stories of a powerful creating God spoken of in the Bible and the other Holy Books, it seems clear that God is not what he once was. So has he retired, become impotent, stopped caring, or is the most logical explanation that he never existed in the first place?
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Bible, Creationism, Debates, discussion, God, Logic. There are 15 comments so far, join the discussion!
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On Atheism, Labels and Annonymity
It’s been mentioned in the comments here, and elsewhere, that the term atheism, by it’s very usage, gives credibility to theists. Â By calling ourselves atheists, we accept that there is a counter position strong enough to warrant a label for those who disagree. The general argument goes that there should no more be atheists than […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Atheism, Labels, Society. There are 3 comments so far, join the discussion!
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The Santa Scam
Many religions propagate by preying on our most deep rooted fears and insecurities. They use carrot and stick tactics to keep followers on side, and to entrap and pounce upon potential converts.  Because these tactics attack deep rooted, deep seeded fears and emotions, they work on people of all ages, persuasions and backgrounds.  There are, evidently, people […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Atheism, Illusion of Religion, Logic, Morality. There are 13 comments so far, join the discussion!
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What Would Make Me Believe in a God?
The question was posed to me in the comments of a recent post asking: Could I ask: what would it take for you to accept that there is a God? I hope I am not maligning Richard Dawkins, but I think somewhere he says that even if a statue of Mary waved to him he […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Arguments, Atheism, Debates, discussion, Evolution. There are 73 comments so far, join the discussion!
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The Two Ways to become Religious: Rise or Fall
I regularly discuss religion with people who both agree and, more commonly, disagree with me. I think this is an important aspect in self development and allows you to not only grow as a person but also understand both sides of an argument. In my various discussions, with people from all sorts of backgrounds and […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Arguments, Atheism, Debates, Human Rights, Morality, Propogander. There are 8 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Running the Risk of Religion
In my post on why I’m not a Christian, I mentioned that it was more risky to be religious than not. Some of you may be thinking, “that’s not what Blaise Pascal said, and he’s way smarter than you!” Well, you’d be right on one count, Pascal looked at it logically and decided to believe […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Belief, Philosophy, Religion, Risk. There are no comments yet, why not add the first?
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Self-Preservation Built into Religion
It’s easy to see that whoever conceived certain religions was clearly thinking logically, unlike the followers of these religions. There are many aspects of many religions designed solely to prevent members of these religions converting to non-believers. Sometimes these measures are blatantly obvious, sometimes you have to apply a bot more logic. I’m going to […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Christianity, Cults, Islam, Practices. There are 22 comments so far, join the discussion!
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Woman Dies Giving Birth, to follow the word of God
I know I’m a bit late to the table on this one, and it’s a table that many have been sat at for years, but this is just staggering. A Jehovah’s Witness, in her 20s, in the UK has died after giving birth. All indications are that if she had accepted a blood transfusion, she […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses Human Rights, Jehova's Witness, Morality. There are 3 comments so far, join the discussion!
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The Truth? You can't HANDLE the truth!
I wanted to share an email I was recently sent, just so you can see how some religious zealots form arguments in the name of a God. I came to your site out of curiosity and was suprised to see that your arguments are so weak and full of false statements touted as undisputable facts. […]
This post was written by The Atheist and discusses letters, Propoganda. There are 7 comments so far, join the discussion!
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