Untimely meditations
One man's thoughts, observations and rants
Welcome to the personal blog of Joop Beris. I blog about a wide variety of topics, ranging from atheism to information security and lots in between. I welcome feedback on my articles but there are some guidelines. Feel free to share articles you like by using the sharing buttons but please give me credit if you want to share something. Also, check out my privacy policy and other legalese.
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Latest posts
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Book review: “Fighting God”
I recently finished “Fighting God“, a book written by David Silverman, president of American Atheists and I felt it deserved a review. Silverman can be found on Twitter under the handle @MrAtheistPants. He is a vocal atheist and campaigner for the separation of religion and state as intended by the constitution of the United States.…
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (5/5)
In the fifth and last part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, we finally take the gloves off. We get into an real debate. Before reading this part, please have a look at part 1, 2, 3 and 4 first. The debate that wasn’t a debate was a direct message conversation I had on…
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The debate that wasn’t a debate (4/5)
The fourth part of the debate that wasn’t a debate, a conversation I had with Makayla, over on Twitter. The first part can be read here and the second part can be found here, the third part is here. I recommend you read those before reading this part.In the previous part of this conversation, we…
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Why holy books aren’t proof
Many people of faith see their holy book as proof, as a text that shows their faith is true. After all, their holy text is the word of God. Unfortunately, most if not all faiths claim that their holy book is the word of God. Logically they can’t all be correct (though they could all…
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“Were you there?”
I’ve mentioned Ken Ham before here on the blog. He is chief loony president at “Answers in Genesis”, his fundamentalist Christian ministry. Like any good Christian fundamentalist, he believes in a young Earth and all things created by God as described in the first book of the Bible: Genesis. Most Christians have long abandoned a…
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Unanswered prayers
Many masses and prayer meetings that I attended when I was still a Christian involved prayer requests, which meant that members of the congregation put forward certain issues that they wanted the assembly to pray for. Quite often, such request would be along the lines of “Mrs X is still struggling with cancer and she…
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