Tag: atheism
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Atheism must be about more than just not believing in god – really?
Today in my Twitter feed, there appeared an article from Dr. Patrick O’Connor, entitled “Atheism must be about more than just not believing in god“. In the article, Dr. O’Connor argues that atheism should turn away from humanistic values and look instead to non-humanistic philosophy like that of Sartre or Nietzsche or risk losing its…
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Why vocal anti-theism matters
People in the Netherlands or in many other places in Europe aren’t very much taken aback when you tell them you don’t believe in God or that you don’t have faith. It’s not all that uncommon here, fortunately. There are some that raise an eyebrow when you announce that you are an atheist. Somehow using…
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Evolution theory fallacies
When discussing people of faith, things quickly turn to creation when they learn you’re not a believer. Not believing in the kind and loving god who created me? They seem genuinely shocked to find out that as an atheist, I don’t believe I was created. At least not created in the sense that I believe…
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Why I am an atheist – part 4
This is the fourth article of an intended series in which I will explain why I am an atheist. The first part can be found here, the second part is here and the third part is here. Much of this is based on my own, personal thoughts and experiences with religion, mostly Christianity, because that…
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The difference between atheism and faith
I had a discussion today on Google+ (yes, there are people using it) about the existence of hell and why atheists would choose to go there. Apparently the argument “I don’t believe in hell” didn’t go down too well because the response was along the lines of “You don’t believe in hell because you don’t…
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
A link to a very good article that I found in the Twitter feed of Ah Science!, answering Creationists wrong, biased, misinformed and deceptive objections to evolution. Good read! Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don’t hold up Source: 15 Answers to Creationist…