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Redefining Words: Love
Christianity’s been quietly redefining the word “love” to the point where I can’t really be sure that any Christian I talk to who uses that word is actually using it in a way that I would ever recognize.
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Redefinitions: Words (have power)
I think it’s time we started a new direction here, and by happy chance, the direction actually landed on my lap not long ago. I ended up in a Facebook discussion regarding whether or not a Christian might feel deceived, Read more…
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Judging Its Validity.
I’ve been thinking lately about exactly why I reject Christianity and what I would consider validity with regard to its various claims. My answers are not what Christians might imagine!
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How an MLM’s Extraordinary Claims Required Extraordinary Evidence.
One of the quotes going around the atheist movement is this one popularized by Carl Sagan: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” And that sentence would have spelled the end of my belief much faster if I’d heard it many years Read more…
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Feeling A Burden (for Atheists).
A bit of housekeeping: Richard Carrier is coming out with a book that deals with the historicity of Jesus Christ. I’m planning to get it at some point once it’s released and I’ll let y’all know what I thought. It Read more…
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Carrying the Burden (of Proof).
The burden of proof is a term used in debates that indicates who has to prove a claim that’s been put forth. As RationalWiki puts it, the burden of proof is the obligation that somebody presenting a new or remarkable Read more…
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Opinionated.
One of the hardest things I encountered after my de-conversion from Christianity was how to live without second-guessing everything I did, thought, said, or felt. It’s all fine to say “Well, it was you all along anyway, so all you Read more…
Analyzing Christianity
The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: (Yes, They’re In Decline)
The sky is falling, but Christians are looking at the ground to find out why. Today, let me show you some facts about their decline–and why they don’t want to deal with the truth of it. The Decline: In Full Read more…
Analyzing Christianity
The Christian’s Guide to Ex-Christians: Look, This Isn’t That Hard to Understand.
The sky is falling, but Christians are looking at the ground to find out why. Check out this fascinating article from a Christian news site about young people who are leaving their religion in record numbers. The news was even Read more…
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Assumptions: Making An Ass Out of U and Mptions.
In the last week I’ve had Christians making assumptions about me like five times, so this post just about walked up and yelled at me to write it. Here we go! “I hope one day you find peace,” wrote the Read more…