I'm you're at all familiar with my life, you know that I have a huge depression problem. I can't shut up about it! It's hard to be happy when you've set yourself up for failure. One way I attempt to feel better is by communicating with others and sharing my feelings and problems. Here are a few effective ways in which they might actually help me to ( Read more... )

I listened to a debate on the existence of God recently that really left me wanting, as they often do. In this debate between Christian theologian William Lane Craig and atheist philosophy journal editor Stephen Law, Law seems stuck on the problem of suffering and morality in the universe and posits that using his opponent's own logic, God could be ( Read more... )

It's hard to tell, but most of us narrow it down to a few common reasons. If there's one thing it's difficult to feel empathic about, it's why people believe what they do when it's so different. There's generally just tolerance (hopefully) rather than understanding. I know, I have trouble, too. Since it is difficult to understand, our biases will ( Read more... )

Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, "Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread ( Read more... )

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Religion is like fiction (well, it is fiction), every plot hole gets a convenient explanation. For example, why didn't the wizarding world in Harry Potter use their time-turners? They apparently only issue these magical devices to children who need to be in two classes at once; nevermind wizard time cops who could have stopped Voldemort from ( Read more... )

Did you know that there are a full 21 chapters of the Old Testament Book of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon ( Read more... )

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FAITH PARABOLAAfter emotional investment, the doctrine of faith is probably the main thing that prevents Christians and similar believers from exploring other belief systems. It's kind of like this banal parable ( Read more... )

It's easy to see how Abrahamoids can come up with excuses for just about everything; they've got every base covered. When bad things happen to bad people, it's divine retribution. When bad things happen to good people, it's simply God testing their faith in him, a la Job. It's kind of like when your dad puts your hand to a hot burner just to see if ( Read more... )