Last updated: Wednesday, December 27, 2017This is a response to a post by Frank Turek called WHY ATHEISM MAKES REASON IMPOSSIBLE. I will quote some of what he says to add context. If we are just molecules in motion as atheists assert, then every thought we have is the result of the non-rational laws of … [Read more…]
The origin of religion begins with factors that predispose people toward religion. These include both primal motivations and ways of experiencing the world.
Pascal’s wager is not a proof of the existence of God but an argument for belief in God despite a lack of evidence.
With some more scientific details added, this video from Stated Clearly expresses the same basic idea as I did in Abiogenesis by Natural Selection, which is that life evolved from non-living replicators that were RNA or something similar.
The main problem with the question Does God Exist?
is that there are different ideas about what God is or could be. So I will examine multiple conceptions of God, not just one. If none of them stand up, then atheism will be justified, but if a single idea of God does stand up, even if all the rest fail, then some form of theism is justified, though it may be different from the theism you are accustomed to.
As a child, the first kind of music I liked was classical music. For me, music was something to have a direct experience with. Classical music spoke directly to me. It wasn’t about the lyrics but about the music. It was kind of a direct communion. The main kind of classical music I initially liked was ballet music. …
I usually listen to music to accompany other activities rather than setting aside periods of time to just listen to music. So, one of the most important factors affecting what I listen to is what I’m doing. I commonly listen to music while writing, reading, working, and exercising. …
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Christians typically regard Jesus Christ as the Jewish Messiah, the savior of mankind, and the incarnation of God on earth. Non-Christians don’t agree with this, but they do normally agree that he was a real historical figure. But was he even that?
Religion has a history of enforcing conformity of thought. During the Inquisition, people were arrested, tortured, and killed for the so-called crime of heresy. In many Muslim countries today, people are being killed for being Christians or atheists. In its most basic form, freethought is a rejection of this tyranny of the mind. As Chapman Cohen puts it …