Enlightenment through common sense
One of the things that has always bothered me about religion, at least those that rely on holy books, is that the teachings are set in stone. They are written many hundreds, if not thousands, of years ago and just left. Having read some of the things I’d written earlier in my life, I can’t [...]
Tags: Holy Books, The BibleThe Bible Quote, “Out of the mouths of babes…”, is meant to represent the idea that children, in their innocence sometimes speak more sense than adults. The uninformed teach the informed. So what happens when an author, and President of the Family Research Council gets schooled by a comedian and talkshow host?
Stephen Colbert asks.
“I think [...]
I’ve often wondered what would happen if I suddenly started believing in a religion. And some times, this thought extends and grows and I find myself wondering what would happen if everyone suddenly started following one religion. The entire world. So using the mindset of a Christian, I thought I’d take a look at the [...]
Tags: Christianity, Logic, The BibleThe Richard Dawkins website today published a post that contains an email sent out to members of a Church. This particular email was regarding the Church’s new drive to combat so called “militant atheists”, although they weren’t educated enough to call them such. It’s all fairly standard stuff really, and I’m sure many [...]
Tags: Christianity, Quotes, The BibleJust because the Bible is so entertaining, and pointing out what the Bible actually says to Christians can be enlightening, I’ve quoted some passages from the Bible below. Ask and ye shall receive.
But if the thing is true, that evidence of virginity was not found in the young woman, then they shall [...]
One of the issues I have with any organized religion is the way the rules governing the religion are passed on. Typically, this is through some sort of book, The Bible, The Quran, Battlefield Earth for example. The problems with these books, as I see it, are two fold. Firstly, they are [...]
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