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So, you found out your gay child just got married…
How should you react? First a quick disclaimer, this post is not going to be typical of me, as it is written for a few different specific people all at the same time. This means I may switch tactics mid-stream … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thinking, Debate, Politics, Religion
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Is Atheism a (Religion/Faith/Belief System/etc)?
I have come across many blogs that have attempted to make the point that atheism, as they see it from their usually theistic view point, is many different things. Not always, but occasionally I will attempt to dispel their misconceptions. … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion, Science, Skepticism
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The Believer’s Brain – thisword / empy
A bit over two years ago I was searching around WordPress.com at random, when I came across the blog of a christian blogger who claimed to have three questions which he felt were unanswerable by any means other than his … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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The Believer’s Brain – Russ Schaade
As with many of these segments, this one began on the facebook page of a mutual friend of mine and a believer. In this case Russ Schaade and I had a bit of a back and forth which was started … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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The Believer’s Brain – Vicki Green & Amy Allbright
Well once again I find myself in a debate with a believer, although this time there are two stark differences. The first difference is that I was debating multiple believers (Vicki Green & Amy Allbright) simultaneously (there was a 3rd, … Continue reading
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The Believer’s Brain – James Jay Lee
Clearly Lee is not going to come to the blog to respond any more, but this post is not for him. Odds are if/when I post this I’ll either close or heavily moderate comments, but this post is not for … Continue reading
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The Believer’s Brain – Patty Boland Monheim Doyle
It seems that recently these debates are becoming much more common than I anticipated. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because I believe that many of these discussions can be good opportunities to teach and learn. But at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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The Believer’s Brain – Fred Burgess
Another recent encounter with a believer on facebook (I swear I am not trying to engage so many, they just keep running across my path and I hate to see examples of faulty logic or uncritical thought go unchallenged) has … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion, Science
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The Believer’s Brain – Ronald Eck
Recently I had another back and forth with a believer, which unfortunately seemed to lead nowhere. On a post by a mutual friend, Ronald Eck, piped up a few thoughts of his own completely unrelated to the purpose of the … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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The Believer’s Brain – “LetsTalkChrist”
Today’s conversation in my ongoing segment, The Believer’s Brain, is one that I myself did not participate in, but is actually intended to get the believer(s) in question to answer a few questions and engage in an open and public … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion, Science, Skepticism
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The Believer’s Brain – Jean Carolyn Marcel
I often find myself engaged in conversations with people of various belief systems, asking them to explain specifically what their beliefs are and how they know these beliefs to be true. Rarely do I get them to go so far … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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Christopher Hitchens and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Debate
There is an old saying when somebody is severely outmatched in a contest; “that person is playing checkers while their opponent is playing chess”. Essentially it means that somebody is doing such a bad job of holding their own, that … Continue reading
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The Crime Vaccine
By Sarah Hippolitus A prospective college student walks into his doctor’s office for his mandatory wellness exam. He gets the required physical exam and his vital signs look good. He is given Hepatitis vaccinations for strains A, B, and C. … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Neuroscience, Psychology
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Is there a punishment worse than hell?
A couple of months ago I came across a post on another blog, There is a punishment worse than hell. At that time I responded on his blog and we had a brief back and forth; however since that time he … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Religion
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Science at the Tipping Point? Or something else?
But I should start at the beginning. I believe I first heard of Skeptiko, a podcast hosted by Alex Tsakiris through the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. It’s been some time, so I may have the order backwards, but as … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thinking, Debate, Review, Science, Skepticism
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Prostitution: A proposition
We know prostitution as an illegal institution is wrought with corruption. I’d like to suggest that legalized prostitution can remedy many of these evils, and thus worthy of serious consideration. The focus is female prostitution because this is the most … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Politics
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As good a way as any other to choose a religion?
In a post on my old blog, An open question to all believers, one of the comments, by mykeangelo, included a link to a video on YouTube that I felt was absolutely hilarious and actually seemed to “follow the advice” … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Humor, Psychology, Religion
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A Quick Disclaimer
This will come up in future posts by me (and possibly others here), so I’d like to get this out of the way early. I will from time to time refer to certain groups of people in a negative manner. … Continue reading
Posted in Debate, Thinking Critically
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