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Christopher Hitchens – Theological Fallacies and Miscomprehensions, part III of III
We Don’t Want it and God Does Not Either: One thing that I can certainly agree with Christopher Hitchens about is that I too “feel very uneasy about it.” This is the way that we are supposed to feel when someone has to do something for us that we cannot do for ourselves, particularly if…
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Quentin Smith – The Gratuitous Fallacy, part IV of V
The Illusion of Gratuity: My five year old son formulated the “problem of evil.” We were walking in the front yard, he in his socks, when he stepped on a goat-head and said, “Goat-heads hurt. Why did God make goat-heads?””Goat-head” does not here refer to a goat’s head but to a little thorny seed. There…
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Dan Barker and the Alien Rape Voyeurs, part 5 of 7
Selfish Morality: At 16:37 into part 2 Dan Barker’s facade of atheists having pure motives for doing good crumbles: My statement that “we ought to be good” is only conditional on: if you wish to be a person, a healthy person, who lives in a world with a minimum, minimum of harm in it. If…
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Atheist Charity – A Huge Success
In one single day a new atheist charity received donations of $80,000 from as many as 3,400 donors-and the donations keep rolling in (apparently from atheists). By day three they raised $113,000.Who said that there were no atheist charities and or that atheists are not charitable? And as for those of you who though that…
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The “Skeptic’s Annotated Bible” as a Heuristic Device
Considering that, generally but reliably speaking, those who label themselves as “skeptics” are anything but, it is not surprising that the Skeptic’s Annotated Bible is saturated with atheist talking points along with the obligatory common, and some uncommon, misconceptions and lack of scholarship. Having conducted a study of the relevant biblical texts relating to the…
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Quentin Smith – The Gratuitous Fallacy, part II of V
Emotions in Motion: Allow me to begin this segment by pointing out that I could not help but notice that no one has taken Quentin Smith to task for his claim to “prove atheism.” How does one prove a mere lack of belief in god(s) besides by stating, “I lack therefore, I lack”? Let us…
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False Teachers Reveal Truth
Have you ever shaken your head in disbelief at the expounding of certain Christian teachers? Do these people seem to be false prophets, deceivers, ignorant and unstable, promoters of controversies, ferocious wolves, who offer meaningless talk, who are conceited and understand nothing, who exploit you, who tell fortunes for money, and use godliness as a…
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The Quadripartite Equine Riders, part 10 of 11
The Universe is All About MeChristopher Hitchens states: “I think it’s a deformity or a shortcoming in the human personality, frankly, because religion keeps stressing how humble it is, and how meek it is, and how accepting, almost to the point of self-abnegationist. But actually it makes extraordinarily arrogant claims for these moments, it says…
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Answering Atheism – Welcome / Introduction
Answering atheism Introduction: Project Answering Atheism is dedicated to a consideration of atheism.Atheism will be considered from a polemical point of view. That is to say that what project Answering Atheism has in view is a critique of atheism. Answering atheism This is not merely a wikipedia.org info based project, nor an infidels.org nor atheists.org…
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PZ Myers – Contra Mitch Daniels and Pro Positive Affirmation of God’s Non-Existence, part 2 of 2
PZ Myers has picked a bone with Mitch Daniels as Daniels was prompted to make certain statements about atheism. Mitch Daniels is the Governor of Indiana whom PZ Myers, in accordance with his characteristically belligerent mannerism, has chosen to refer to as, “profoundly stupid…a mindless ratbag.”[1] PZ Myers states that “Equality was an ideal of…