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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…

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…

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…

What Does "God" Mean to You? - Rookie blogger Lindsay Wanner opens with a single sincere question only to find more

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I have smart friends.

Like, really smart friends. And I tend to save things they say in response to my prompts on Facebook because they truly blow my mind.

Here, my buddy sets the record straight about online religious debates.

Enjoy. :)

  “As an igtheist, I have to say that I think this back and forth is pointless and fruitless. Until there is a solid agreed upon…

An Atheist Participates in Evolution - Deafilosophy's new series concentrating on human evolution in real time!

© Deafilosophy An argument made consistently for the existence of God, and consequently against the scientific, agnostic, or atheistic position, is that evolution is a false theory.  I have heard noodly logic and word soup at every level of this claim from “It is completely impossible,”  to, “There is no evidence,” to, “There has been microevolution but not macro evolution,” and finally, “There…

An Atheist Participates in Evolution - Deafilosophy's new series concentrating on human evolution in real time!

© Deafilosophy

An argument made consistently for the existence of God, and consequently against the scientific, agnostic, or atheistic position, is that evolution is a false theory.  I have heard noodly logic and word soup at every level of this claim from “It is completely impossible,”  to, “There is no evidence,” to, “There has been microevolution but not macro evolution,” and finally, “There…