Month: December 2016
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Christopher Hitchens – The Totalitarian, Dictatorial, Tyrannical Worldview
John Lennon’s atheist anthem “Imagine” has gotten so much airplay by the New Atheists.1 Thus, it seems apropos to mention Bob Dylan’s song “Gotta Serve Somebody” in which he sings: You’re gonna have to serve some body,Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you’re gonna have to serve somebody.…
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The Holocaust and the Blame
The Holocaust has been on the news quite a bit lately, as per; Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Anne Frank, James Von (or Van) Brunn. With Mahmud Ahmadinejad denying it. Barack Obama affirming it. Anne Frank’s birthday being celebrated. James Von (or Van) Brunn shooting guards at the museum. Let us not, ever, forget a statement…
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Atheist / Secular Societies – Their Successes, Morality and High Standards
Much has been stated regarding the successes, morality and high standards of atheist or secular societies. Much also has been inferred from various studied of atheist or secular societies-such as God is not necessary for moral, successful societies. I wished to put into practice what I have learned from the champions of reason, atheists; particularly…
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Atheism, EvilBible.com, “Theists Suck” and Christians are Hypocrites, part 4 of 6
In this portion we will finish off the New Testament portion of Charlotte’s 22 side dishes and begin to get a tasted of her fallacy of attempting to talk atheist into believing that New Testament Christians are supposed to follow Old Testament laws. 8) Believers are supposed to hate their parents when they follow Jesus…
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Richard Dawkins Publishes, Again!
I think that Richard Dawkins could make a bundle by publishing his grocery shopping list. He, and likewise atheists, should thank God every day for without besmirching Him by their spoken and published word they would have to get real jobs. This time he has teamed up with “42 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers”…
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In the News: Loftus vs. Craig
NOTE: This essay was written for Atheism is Dead—True Freethinker’s predecessor—by IrishFarmer. Recently, my old pal John Loftus has made known his desire to challenge William Lane Craig in a formal debate. With Dr. Craig recently running through the gambit of popular atheists, including Hitchens and Carrier, I thought this would be quite a pretty…
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Scientific Cenobites – Some notes on Skepticism, part 4 of 6
This segment will consider: Responding to Claims that were not made aka Demolishing Straw Men Technically Correct Pseudo-Refutation Making criticisms that apply equally to conventional and unconventional research Demanding an Unreasonable Degree of Reproducibility Profit Motive Statistics can prove Anything! Fraud cannot be ruled out! In Medicine: It’s Unsafe! Responding to Claims that were not…
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Reductionism Ad Absurdum
Atheism’s reductionist, or absolutely materialistic, sect’s conceptualizations have produced many fascinating, or fascinatingly myopic and fanciful, arguments. Reductionism refers to the analysis of something into simpler parts or organized systems_the oversimplifying of something complex, or the misguided belief that everything can be explained in simple terms.As the philosopher Fox Mulder put it, “what are we…
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Answering Atheism – books, page 1 of 3
FYI: this was once part of a 3 part list but I deleted parts 2-3 and edited this one due to changes Amazon.com made which made embedded widgets no longer work. Thus, check out this Amazon link for various Christian apologetics books dealing with Atheism. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A plea: I have to pay for server usage…
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Camille Paglia – Night at the Royal Ontario Museum
True Freethinker previously considered Christopher Hitchens‘ bio-chemical-gray-matter-secretions which he gave voice to as part of the Royal Ontario Museum’s lecture series on the question of the Decalogue – the Ten Commandments. We will now consider Camille Paglia’s lecture.1We must be aware that in the view of Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Camille Paglia, et al, “religion”…