It's not just that I don't have a good reason to believe in the christian god, you don't have one either.

Disagree? Give me these things and I'll change my mind: A coherent, non-self-contradictory definition of the term "god," a realistic circumstance under which it could be concluded that that being does not exist, and some evidence that ( Read more... )

There is no god. He doesn't love you. He didn't die for your sins. He didn't raise from the dead. etc. etc.

See how mere assertions are annoying?

"According to this verse David's army had 1,100,000 men from Israel and 470,000 men from Judah, Of course, this numbers is ridiculously high for a battle between two tribal armies in 1000 BCE. (The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.) 21:5 David provides Solomon with a fantastically large amount of gold and silver ( Read more... )

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I was watching this sermon and realized... Why do my Christian friends appear to be okay with my being an atheist ( Read more... )

"... the hope that [Darwinian theory] will be "refuted" by some shattering breakthrough is about as reasonable as the hope that we will return to a geocentric vision and discard Copernicus."

-Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life

"Darwin's theory has been abused and misrepresented by friend and foe alike. It has been misappropriated to lend scientific respectability to appalling political and social doctrines. It has been pilloried in caricature by opponents, some of whom would have it compete in our children's schools with "creation science," a pathetic hodgepodge of ( Read more... )

Which statement is braver ( Read more... )

To Recap:

I posted: Think the bible doesn't contradict itself? http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/

Rollinjh: These attempts at finding contradictions do not present a strong argument at all! The passages are taken out of context and the arguments are not attempts at finding truth ( Read more... )

Here's one ( Read more... )