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Reply to an Atheist on freethinking and skepticism

Herein we continue, from the previous segments, considering objections raised by an Atheist from “The Skeptic Arena” who goes by the pseudonym “Neo” with regards to my repository website TrueFreethinker’s “About” page during a June 28, 2014 AD podast. In that which follows, you will find the contents of my About page in italics, his comments underlined and my replies in regular font.

Below you will find information about me, about True Free Thinker, and about how to book me for lectures:

Ken, if I ever want my kids lectured on fairy tales, I’ll be sure to consider your offer.

My name is Ken Ammi. True Freethinker presents my writings. I am an Argentinean-American , a Jewish-Christian, an essayist and lecturer. While I was raised in a 100% secular manner,

Ken, I’m sorry to hear that. That removes all possibility of trying to place the blame on your parents, and puts the entire burden of your failure … on you.

Note that I have no interest in blaming my parents for anything; especially not my relationship with the Messiah Jesus. However, he references my failure but failure to do what or what sort of failure? Apparently, failure to come to that which he sees as the one truth, the one way; Atheism.

I did attend private Jewish school and had my Bar Mitzvah in Israel (only secular Jews may be able to understand this oddity). I was also involved in the New Age Movement and was a practitioner of Reiki, Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung and the I’Ching.

Ken, so in addition to your religious delusion, you’ve also got a host of other bull**** sloshing around in your head.
(A psychiatrist would have an easier time with the Labors of Hercules than trying to troubleshoot the tangle of wiring in that skull)

Actually, that I once practiced such things only means that I have a lot of experience with a lot of worldviews and use that to my advantage now when I need to understand and empathize with unbelievers.

The True Freethinker website consists of a combination of a few different blogs that I was authoring; the main ones were the Christian Apologetics blog “Life and Doctrine” and the contra atheism blog “Atheism is Dead.”

See Ken, that’s what I meant earlier when I referred to your delusions. The fasting growing segment of the population, Atheism, both here in the U.S., and worldwide, is in your mind … dead. Could you possibly be any more divorced from reality? That was a rhetorical question, Ken.

This is what we dealt with in part 1; he categorizes me as holding to delusions up and against his reality but never provides a premise upon which to discern one from the other nor a reason as to why we should even attempt such an endeavor. As I noted in part 1, “one may prefer to ascertain empirical truth or chose delusion and it matters not. Nature cares not for truth (if we may anthropomorphically claim that it ‘cares’ about anything) but only survival. Since humanity has, on this Atheist view, survive quite well despite laboring under a delusion; there is not imperative to ascertain empirical truth.”

He claims that worldwide, Atheism is the fasting growing segment of the population. However, recent stats show that there are 800 less Atheists in the world every single day (and 1,100 less non-religious, agnostics—see here). However, it is surprising that there are not really the fasting growing segment as Atheism is the ultimate in easy believe-ism; just proclaim that you lack a belief and god(s) and…and do what thou wilt. Atheism offers the consoling delusion of absolute autonomy and lack of ultimate accountability (both within a transcendent context).
Of course, there could be many Atheists and Atheism could still be dead just as an Atheist may claim that theism is dead even though there are theists, or claim that “God is dead” even though YHVH exists.

In the next segment, we will consider Biblical freethinking.


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