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Mission Impossible, why so many need to believe
One of my favorite lines in a movie: ‘Mission Commander Swanbeck: Mr. Hunt, this isn’t mission difficult, it’s mission impossible. “Difficult” should be a walk in the park for you.’ Better yet, watch the clip! It came to mind recently as I debated with a very devout believer of the Mormon faith.
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Does the Bible Call for the Death of Nonbelievers?
Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president Dan Barker defends his claim that the bible calls for the death of nonbelievers.
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You Might Be an Islamophobe If…
Here are some things I learned when I posted on Facebook an article about the rising abuse of innocent Muslims in America for no valid reason but an irrational fear of Islam.
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The Fear of Atheism
Atheists think they can convince people to abandon their beliefs using logic and reason, but these tools cannot dent the largest obstacle of all… fear
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Condescension Isn't Kindness
Some people feel that threats of hell and general condescension are some form of holy kindness. I’m not in the business of deconverting people. I appreciate a lot of things about religion, and I have a lot of issues with the new atheist movement itself.
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Influence of Churches, Once Dominant, Now Waning in South
That shift is part of a broad pattern across the South: Churches are losing their grip on a region where they could long set community standards with a pulpit-pounding sermon or, more subtly, a sideward glance toward someone walking into a liquor store.
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Every Atheist Needs: Kumaré
If you had the opportunity to make a lot of money and be madly revered by throngs of people, just by telling a few fibs, would you do it? Because you can, and it’s pretty easy. Vikram Gandhi set out to prove it with his documentary film, Kumaré, and even he was amazed at how easy it was.
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The “Second Coming” and the Decisive Failure of Christianity
The earliest Christians’ prediction of an imminent eschaton—a prediction made even by the historical Jesus himself, if the New Testament indeed accurately records his sentiments here—is, in short, a problem for modern Christians.
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Religion and the Nepotism of the Mind
Nepotism happens when a person in a position of power or privilege rewards a relative with another position of power simply because they are related. As long as there have been human beings, there has been nepotism.
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Religious Academics Fail to Make the Case for Religion’s Revival
Many Americans have watched the presidential debates that have taken place so far as the election approaches and the media doubles down on political programming. But one debate, that of the role of religion in public life and the health of religious identity in America, has also attracted attention. Recently, a study by Pew Research […]
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When Satanists Act More Like Jesus Than Christians Do
Members of the Satanic Temple find it easier than Christians to follow some of the teachings of Jesus.
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Anti-theist Answers to Christian Questions
Matt Slick of the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministery (CARM) posted 31 questions for atheists, and I couldn’t help but submit my answers to them.
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The Big Reveal: Telling your religious partner you’re an atheist
Shortly after my wife and I started dating, I knew I wanted to marry her. I’d been sitting next to her in church every Sunday, so there was no reason for her to assume I wasn’t a believer. But I knew I couldn’t enter an engagement, much less a marriage, on false pretenses. If it was going to be a big deal, it needed to be a big deal right then, before we got engaged.
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Atheist Debates: The Bible, Part 1 - The Sermon on the Mount
The first in a series of videos covering different Biblical topics. In 2007 I finished a verse-by-verse deconstruction of the Sermon on the Mount (hosted at wiki.ironchariots.org). This video covers most of the content in that article with a few additional remarks. You don't have to know a lot about the Bible to have a conversation about it, because you're free to ask questions of the person advocating for it. But if you're going to have a discussion...
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Atheistophobia: It’s time to talk about the most persecuted minority in the world
While apologists create mendacious claims of the “New Atheist” threat that is persecuting Muslims – very little attention is given to how atheists have been a persecuted minority for centuries
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If This is Your Best Argument, You Have Nothing to Offer Me
"Sometimes people have to hit rock bottom before they finally feel and accept the love and reality of God, and for many nonbelievers at the end of days, losing their loved ones or watching them disappear will indeed be their rock bottom." Consider what the implication of this idea is from the perspective of someone trying to persuade another person to believe as they do. They are admitting that it will take a state of utter desperation before these ideas will seem acceptable.
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Ray Comfort back in the news, and not in a good way
Comfort is back in the news as he and his followers make fun of the Hindu religion because a statue of Ganesh fell on some devotees in India, killing one and injuring three.
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The Case Against 'The Case For Christ'
This book consists largely of "interviews" of prominent Christian apologists - no secular scholars of any note, just apologists. Written in a narrative style, designed for easy, laid-back reading that is familiar to readers of apologetic literature, it is intended to build a case that the historical record of the New Testament is accurate and believable. Its case is most powerfully made to those who already accept unquestioningly the authority of the gospels.
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Quebec Pastafarian's Discrimination Case Thrown Out For "Wasting Court's Time"
So here in Quebec, a judge - one Stéphane Sansfaçon (Stephane NoWay) - has thrown out a Montreal Pastafarian's discrimination case and accused her of wasting the court's resources.
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What Not to Say to Someone Who Has Been Hurt By Church
Many of the responses below I’ve witnessed firsthand. In the past, I’ve even been guilty of saying a few of these myself. Here are a few things not to say to someone who has been hurt by their church:
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