#atheist analysis

Morris on my Mind, and Not the Saved by the Bell One... - David Goza drowns the flood geologists in their own sludge

A weekend of collecting, sorting and cleaning Ordovician-Period marine fossils from the Arbuckle Mountains has got me thinking once again about one of the strangest beliefs held by fundamentalist Christians: that about 4,400 or so years ago, the deity who had created the universe a couple of millennia earlier got all pissed off and wiped out almost everything in a global flood. I suppose that…

Religion: Best Intentions, Useless Today -Jordan Smith returns to cocede an honorable origin but ultimately discards

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I feel like religion definitely had a purpose, many years ago. Its inception was our first attempt at scientific exploration and philosophy. Before our species had the scientific knowledge to ponder such questions as why items fall to the ground? Or how does it rain? We first had the thirst for knowledge – curiosity. This is a lovely statement about the good nature of humanity and…

From the Bones of the Past We Can Find Purpose in the Future - David Goza Transcends Foolish Creationist Rhetoric

This one’s for Jonny B., who’s been on my mind.

  A visit to the Museum of Osteologycan precipitate quite a train of thought, provided one is open to that pleasure. I’m fortunate to live a mere 20 miles away, and pay it a visit now and then. I always spend a good deal of time tracing limbed vertebrate evolution through various ancient and modern skeletons on display, admiring especially the…

Evil Empire: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's Religious Freedom Restoration Act for Adoption - Deafilosophy Rages.

Governor Rick Snyder would rather have 13,000 children languish in state sponsored homes and foster care than let any one of them be adopted by two loving men or women. There I said it, we all know thats what he really means. The recently rushed and signed (June 11) bill by the Michigan Governor is essentially the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for adoption and has already drawn the ire of the…

When They Stand at the Edge of NonBelief Its so Hard Not to Push-David watches as young believers peek over the edge

The questionnaire that I have my students fill out at the beginning of every semester includes questions designed with a view to getting to know who my students are. I always find the answers interesting and revealing, and occasionally alarming.

  One of the questions I ask is, “What is the biggest idea you’ve ever had to come to terms with?” As you can no doubt imagine, I see quite a range of…

Seeing God at the Bottom of a Water Bong - David Goza wants some of whatever God was smoking when he wrote the bible

Anatomically modern humans have lived on this planet for at least 200,000 years. During that time, our ancestors – or people whom our ancestors knew – have eaten, drunk, smoked, snorted, or otherwise ingested (use your rich imagination) absolutely everything on the surface of this planet. You know that’s true – hell, they’re still doing it! Now, some of those things caused the ingestees to die…

Evil Empire: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's Religious Freedom Restoration Act for Adoption - Deafilosophy Rages.

Governor Rick Snyder would rather have 13,000 children languish in state sponsored homes and foster care than let any one of them be adopted by two loving men or women. There, I said it, and we all know that’s what he really means. The recently rushed and signed (June 11) bill by the Michigan Governor is essentially the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for adoption (the rush was to beat the SCOT…

Are Believers the Most Arrogant Atheists? - Religion Erased analyzes the dismissal of other Gods and perspectives.

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Atheism. The disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. There are plenty to choose from and with insufficient evidence, plenty to disprove. So how does one go about doing so? Well, wait until a religion presents credible evidence. One that actually stands out from the ordinary.

  It makes sense. Instead of doing the impossible and spending a lifetime analysing…