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UncleJoe

About UncleJoe

I'm a middle aged male who has attended a seminary as well as receiving a degree in philosophy from a secular university neither of which would particularly impress you if I said which. I have pondered and puzzled questions of faith and the lack thereof for many years. I don't not claim to be holy, or an expert on everything, simply observant and interested. I'll make bold statements about what I see as the way things are, and you don't have to take my word for it. Call me on it. I am here for the discussion.

Do You Do Voodoo?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by UncleJoe

One of the claims often made about a religious practice by those outside of the practice is that it is merely “superstition”.  With all apologies to practitioners of the so-named  religions of Haiti and Louisiana, the most common term in … Continue reading →

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Absolute Moral Relativism

Posted on August 27, 2011 by UncleJoe

One of the evils we are told to fear about Humanism and Secularism, and “PC” is that tolerance leads to Moral Relativism.  The fear, it goes, is that when you allow morals to be relative, then anything can be called … Continue reading →

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Logical Argument and the “God Question”

Posted on August 23, 2011 by UncleJoe

I have been reading blog comments and watching YouTube videos in which apologists for Theism and Atheism abuse logic to try to answer a question that those of us who are competent at Logic find somewhat amusing, but as a … Continue reading →

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A Different Kind of Intelligent Design

Posted on August 14, 2011 by UncleJoe

I would like to open a discussion about a different kind of intelligent design than is usually discussed.  I don’t suggest that I have found answers, but I have stumbled across some questions that at least I find to be … Continue reading →

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On Freedom of Religion

Posted on May 31, 2011 by UncleJoe

What exactly is Freedom of Religion? It seems to mean something different to different people, but what would be a correct definition? To examine this, we should probably begin with the concept of Freedom. Freedom, I think we can all … Continue reading →

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Doubt or Non-Belief?

Posted on May 30, 2011 by UncleJoe

I am often perplexed by the assumptions I come up against in conversations with evangelical atheists (those who seem to feel compelled to preach atheism and win converts to it). Among the assumptions is the opinion that if a belief … Continue reading →

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The (Counter) Attack on Christianity

Posted on May 28, 2011 by UncleJoe

It seems that a week does not go by in which someone does not claim that Christianity is under attack.  Clearly, the blogosphere is alive with petty slams of any or all religion from a variety of individuals, but the … Continue reading →

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Common Sense

Posted on May 27, 2011 by UncleJoe

On Language, Reason, and Honesty Ben Franklin is often quoted as having said “common sense is indeed uncommon.”  This statement strikes us as true in our experience, but in fact, it is only true if we allow that what we … Continue reading →

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