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Atheism Ramblings 3.6

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. To issue 3.7. To issue 3.5. As if I wasn't already worried enough about my fellow citizens, I read about some very scary polls done recently. From geology to cosmology to biology, the evidence for an old universe is rampant. It is so prevalent that it is just taken as a given (tho the exact age is up for grabs, there is no doubt it is many billions/trillions of years old). The universe is old, just how. Eugenie C. Scott. Freethought Today, Jan 2000. In anothe...

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Atheism Ramblings 2.5

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. Evidence that also Demands a Verdict. To issue 3.1. To issue 2.4. The Empty Tomb of Jesus. Occasionally, a well intentioned person will 'prove' the veracity of the bible by pointing to the empty tomb. It goes something along the lines that because the tomb was empty, the story of him being resurrected must be true. Would a rebel of this stature really warrant a tomb with an armed guard? It is very likely that he got the same burial as a common criminal - that...

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Atheism Ramblings 4.2

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. To issue 4.1. Ok Lets imagine an incredible event that defies natural laws, is witnessed by very few people, and is written about by annonymous authors who wrote about the event several decades afterwards. If you read the stories, would you believe the story was likely real or would you be interested in some corroborating evidence? If it were an anonymous retelling of the Roswell, NM preported UFO crash, few if any would embrace it. For example, in War of the...

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Atheism Ramblings 3.1

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. What scares me at night. To issue 3.2. To issue 2.5. What scares me at night. Recently the massive resurgence of fundamentalism in the world has placed the future of freedoms quite in doubt. Whether it be muslim or xtian or any other fundamentalism, they all share one trait in common: they feel they are right and everyone else is wrong. Or worse 'against god'. So what keeps me awake at night? Does prayer really help? Perhaps we should try it? Would a similar ...

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Atheism Ramblings 3.3

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. To issue 3.4. To issue 3.2. I frequently enjoy spirited discussions with fundamental xtians concerning how accurate the bible or how true some prophecies are. Well, despite the fact that much of revelations is vague, twistable parables (most of which clearly. Refer to the times they were written in, not to some vague future time), there are a few points in the bible where the language is not vague, but is clear, unambiguous, and unmistakable. and wrong. Any s...

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Atheism Ramblings 2.3

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. The 1500 year question. To issue 2.4. To issue 2.2. This was pasted from an IRC convo I had last month, forgot who said it. I really hope the person was joking:. God must exist because he wouldn't be so cruel as to make me believe he existed if he didn't. One of my recent crusades (funny word) has been against the claim that since the bible was written over 1500 years, it must somehow be more true. The claim goes something like this:. In either event, you wou...

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Atheism Ramblings 3.7

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. Punishment that fits the crime. To issue 4.1. To issue 3.6. Punishment that fits the crime. This issue is actually a snatch from a discussion list that I liked. This list of biblical punishments has been floating around for a bit. As of the time I release this, I'm not sure of the original author. But anyway, here it is:. There are public institutions that want the Ten Commandments displayed. 1 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3). Ye shall ...

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Atheism Ramblings 4.1

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. A little logic test. To issue 4.2. To issue 3.7. A little logic test. It is often said that god commands morals and that without god, we would have no morals. Well, lets look at that question. Can we as mere mortals find morals without god, or do we need him to command to us what is moral or not. The Problem with Faith. Is there a problem? Know god, know fear. Christians vs. Death. The Problem with Salvation. A Question of Morals. It boils down to faith.

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Atheism Ramblings 3.2

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. To issue 3.3. To issue 3.1. The Growth of Legends. A fascinating phenomena of literature and society is the growth of tall tales. From Paul Bunyan, to King Arthur, sometimes the stories are based on real people, sometimes they are built from a combination of people, but in all cases, the stories involve people bigger than life who do amazing things. How tall can you go? How do tall tales grow so much? Two factors are involved. But she didn't say yes. The ...

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Atheism Ramblings 3.4

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By Stephen F Roberts. Things I ramble about:. I would make a better god. To issue 3.5. To issue 3.3. Why I would make a better god than god. Fundamentalists often tout god as all great, all good and all everything. But when pressed for details, the god they present usually turns out not to be all that spectacular. So here it is: Why I would make a better god than god. Would design the windpipe so people couldn't choke while eating. Clearly a weak design point. of many in the human body alone. God is ofte...