Sin: Something Critics of Christianity Should Talk About More
So argues Chris Hallquist. Yes, let's preach a bit more about sin, brothers and sisters. Do I hear an Amen!?
Some might say that AI is increasingly becoming self-aware! Lmao it is nothing more than the combination of AI and ML working in tandem. These are systems that learn and adapt what they learn to be...
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Thanks John. It's been awhile my friend. I am re-reading your Why I Became an Atheist. That experience with Linda got me thinking about someone I knew in the church who tortured himself for...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
Let's not forget that in many ancient societies homosexuality was quite common. Particularly in warrior societies like the samurai and Spartans. I once told someone when I was a believer that...
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Welcome dude!
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
Well, John I have to state that so called "evil" does affect us all on both an emotional and intellectual level. Depending on how said evil touches our lives: for example, like loved ones...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 hour ago
Which is why I think we are already fucked.
It's hard to argue rationally otherwise. For example, you can look at the various mitigation scenarios and the scale of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 3 hours ago
You can look at it emotionally, intellectually, of half-half if you like : snakes and burros do not talk, gods who (which?) walk to town to verify if some rumors they heard are true are not...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 8 hours ago
Katrina's impact was not restricted to it's locale. I remember in post Katrina Jacksonville, the crime rate increased significantly. Studies show that Hurricane Katrina did lead to...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 10 hours ago
Yeah, Katrina was a foreseeable phenomena that was going to cause a known problem.
We're repeating the same pattern with climate change, except there might not be an...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 10 hours ago
According to the CDC, about half of them do.
The WHO estimates that 1.4 billion folk on the planet smoke. They also estimate that "over" 8 million die from...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 10 hours ago
The onus "is put".
As it is with anything that has potentially dangerous outcomes. No one is forced to buy a gun or a car. All these things are a matter of...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 12 hours ago
When I was still a Catholic, a woman from my parish approached the Sisters of Charity about joining their order. Usually one goes through various vetting steps to become a religious. The mother...
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Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
The Haidt video is great but I have to disagree on his claim that libertarians are better systematic thinkers. Libertarians tend to be climate change deniers and deniers of collective action...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Can we ever divorce reasoning away from emotions?
I can't! But sometimes I can be partially aware of what I'm doing. I can also sometimes be aware of when I'm...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Yes, the theologian's omni-God is a concept that gradually evolved, and may not have been fully formed until the Middle Ages. The older scriptures clearly attribute limitations to God. And...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Hitchens' book on her is required reading for the discerning atheist. And would that we could require it for all the Christian marks. *
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
What do you choose when there's a kitten on one track, and a Trump rally on the other?
I'm thankful that I do not have to make that choice.
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
One way I frame the question in my mind is, "Would objective reality be any different whether there is a God or not? Would anything change in the real life of man one way or the...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
While Hurricane Katrina was a very powerful and destructive storm (still holding the top spot for economic damage adjusted for inflation), its impact on New Orleans wasn't as destructive as it...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
But for people like young children and adults who still reason like children, submission to authority might seem less problematic.
Submission to authority is the whole point...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
We find solutions to known or foreseeable problems. Rarely, if at all, do we find solutions to unknown or unforeseeable problems.
Or as in the case of New Orleans just...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
That's because the onus is put on the person who makes the choice to partake in the consumption of tobacco products.
You are absolutely correct. The onus "is...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
And perhaps the finest way to honor the sacrifice of these brave heroes is to make sure to have enough [expletive deleted] serviceable lifeboats going forward!
These days,...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago
Imperfect as it may be, a secular morality built on human reason is still infinitely less problematic than one built on religion.
For people like you and me, yes. But for...
Debunking Christianity: New Chapter: The Emotional Problem of Evil · 1 day ago