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Do You Do Voodoo?
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
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
Logical Argument and the “God Question”
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
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
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?
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
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
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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