I think the main obstacle to convincing a believer that their religion is purely man-made is their refusal to think about it at all. How can you convince someone if you do not get to talk to them...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
That link is not working. It says "Unavailable" or just goes to a blank page. Edited: It worked after a few more tries. Reading that stuff gives me vertigo. Pure obfuscation. Trying to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 2 hours ago
Heres the problem in a nutshell:
Problem of Evil (part 1) | Podcast | Reasonable Faith https://share.google/LC9bhs...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 9 hours ago
Atheists are humans, and so will be influenced by their particular emotions as much as theists are. But atheists have the considerable advantage that they also have the full weights of science and...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 11 hours ago
It's said there is an emotional problem to evil, as opposed to an intellectual one, and that atheists are persuaded by their emotional reasons not intellectual reasons. Run that and see!
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 14 hours ago
Note that bafflement is often a System 1 response (in the dual-process model of human cognition, "System 1" produces our immediate, effortless, unreflective, emotional,...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 15 hours ago
I might add that the above chat session I linked stands as something of a counterweight (in my view, at least) to the endless scare stories and nay-saying we hear about AI. While AI in its current...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 15 hours ago
Sounds interesting! But this very terse teaser leaves some questions unanswered. So I had a rather interesting chat with Gemini (link) about...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 16 hours ago
https://uploads.disquscdn.c... "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 17 hours ago
Paul as an over-compensating closet-case would explain a lot.
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Paul's momentary idea of "love" may entail acceptance of multiple ways...
It is not even "momentary". As I have repeated here many times, the...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
I wonder if David was taking the same drugs that Elon Musk was taking when he tweeted (or "Xed") that he loved Trump as much as a straight man can love another...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 1 day ago
Raccoons have been introduced to Germany, Japan, and Ukraine. Let the British be thankful that raccoons probably cannot swim across the Channel - because once they do, you'll be...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 1 day ago
That'll be everyone this side of the pond then.
Raccoons have been introduced to Germany, Japan, and Ukraine. Let the British be thankful that raccoons probably cannot...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
As to Catholics and evangelicals, I think many who are attracted to such systems are people who are attracted to structures that impose social control - as long as they profit from the...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
In 2 Samuel 1:26, we find this text: “I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; you have been a close friend to me. Your love for me was more wonderful than the love of...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
Believe it or not, I’ll close with one of the feel-good quotes found in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13:4-7:
“Love is patient; love is kind;...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
Is a gay love affair mentioned in the Old Testament? There has been much dispute about the famous friendship of David and Jonathan; were they just good friends, or lovers? In 2 Samuel...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
Last month my husband and I celebrated our 47th anniversary.
Congratulations and celebrations!
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
because he was obsessed with the idea that Jesus would arrive from the sky soon, very soon—as we read in I Thessalonians 4. And he assured his devout Christian converts that he would be...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
Sensible people who live well outside the natural range (or the invasive range) of raccoons.
That'll be everyone this side of the pond then. The main issue with cat...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
I fear time is not on our side.
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
The level of stupidity that it takes for deniers to think that's a flex is impressive.
It's par for the course. Take a soundbite out of context, and then apply it...
Debunking Christianity: An AI model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down! · 2 days ago
Not the mention the legions of kiddie diddlers in their ranks.
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago
As to Catholics and evangelicals, I think many who are attracted to such systems are people who are attracted to structures that impose social control - as long as they profit from the structure. I...
Debunking Christianity: Setting the Bible Straight on It’s Flawed Condemnations of Same-Sex Love · 2 days ago