Comments for Reason VS Faith

Comment on Creationism VS Evolution, But Not Really by AndrewBoldman

AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:15:42 +0000

Hi, cool post. I have been wondering about this topic,so thanks for writing.

Comment on Respect My Authority! by Leonardo Lamarche

Leonardo Lamarche — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:42:53 +0000

I do not think as many other believe that "The reason of God preceded the need of faith". For me is all the contrary: "The need of God preceded the reason of faith". It is so because since the most remote times man has used the supernatural in order to have some sense of the world. Thus, there was first a need of God or gods even with little reasoning behind that need.
Leonardo

Comment on Confronting The Problem of Archaic Morality by Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:10:38 +0000

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Comment on Time to Wake Up by Lawlips

Lawlips — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:49:22 +0000

We are all divisive. We are all segregational. All of our thoughts, speech, standards and actions are divisive. We only want what's best for us and therefore what's best for us MUST be best for others. Other views differing from our own are just simply incorrect or outside of reason or uninformed, etc. Don't fool yourself into thinking that you don't have this bias to what you adhere to. It' much easier for us to point out the folly in others thinking or beliefs than to find the giant holes in our own. Just don't pretend that you aren't divisive. The fact that you hold a specific belief in something divides you from someone who doesn't hold the same belief. Here's the real rub: both of you can't be right. One of you can't even be MORE right than the other. Something is either absolutely true or completely false. There's no gray area here. There is no way to believe "what might be right for them may not be right for me" because they may perceive they have a "right" to murder, pedophilia, theft, abortion, etc. You would then agree that you can't just do what you please. A majority of people can still be wrong even if they agree on any given subject. A majority of people may vote in a bad candidate for government. We are "side choosers" no matter how you look at it. Don't wade in the void of indecision. Don't be afraid of absolute truth. It exists with or without you.

Comment on Back to the Bible Program Proves God Exists by lyka 09

lyka 09 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:11:48 +0000

a question.My friend told me also that adam and eve made the first lie?

Comment on Back to the Bible Program Proves God Exists by watchmego

watchmego — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:51:04 +0000

lyka: Is this a statement or a question? If you unintentionally transposed "it" and "is," than you were trying to make an absolute statement. Any statement that claims to contain absolute truth should have no problem putting forth empirical evidence that would substantiate its' claim. Unfortunately, you are unable to put forth such evidence as there are plenty of non-believers in our midst. If there were such compelling evidence, it would be downright foolish to disbelieve.

If this was meant as a question, as it was written, then most likely not. While there is no absolute answer to this question, the evidence is quite lackluster.

Comment on Back to the Bible Program Proves God Exists by lyka 09

lyka 09 — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:15:07 +0000

is it true that god will destroy the world and bring his children in heaven and make a new earth

Comment on Back to the Bible Program Proves God Exists by Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:30:57 +0000

I wish I had you by my side when people decide to go all "Christian" on me!!! Yet another good read, thanks! )

Comment on Time to Wake Up by Darque

Darque — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:23:56 +0000

Sadly, this is a losing argument. It's a fine one, but it's one that we atheists have been saddled with for far too long: having to explain what we have against religion. We need a new paradigm, a whole different way of framing the issue. We should be demanding that the theists explain themselves, and justify their barbaric Bronze-Age fairy tale, and defend themselves – not letting them do that to us. Would we have let Jeffrey Dahmer stand in court and self-righteously shift the burden? Imagine him saying this: "What do you have against necrophilia, murder, and trying to create undead zombie sex slaves?"

Of course we wouldn't accept that. We take it for granted that behavior like that is bad, all on its own – malum in se. There ought to be an understanding just as powerful in terms of religion. It ought to be the unspoken rule that religion is an awful, divisive, and artificial construct. Instead, they shift the burden of proof to us ("You just can't prove that god doesn't exist!") and then pretend that the default rationale for all humans is to believe in their faith ("Why do you hate god so much as to deny him?").

It irks me that this is still necessary, and that we're still letting them get away with it.

Comment on The Rage Within by It’s Been a While : Reason VS Faith

It’s Been a While : Reason VS Faith — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:13:54 +0000

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