The Bible As It Is
For all those who very much enjoy studying the Bible as Literature. Along with that comes the ability to appreciate humor and satire based on it, not to mention making fun of people who take these stories literally.
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Getting Rid of God: Where did the Big Bang Happen?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nelson Oct 6, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Try to recall who God was for you when you were a child. List key concepts you learned about God when you were growing up. What or who was the source for your information – parents, friends, TV,…Continue
The God in the Flowerpot
Started this discussion. Last reply by Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco Feb 21, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In 1957, a former Wall Street banker named R. Gordon Wasson posited the idea that Adam and Eve were ancient Siberians who plucked psychedelic mushrooms from birches near the artic, which became the…Continue
Tags: Consciousness, LSD, Eve, Adam, Bible
Christ and Krishna
Started this discussion. Last reply by No name Feb 10, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Despite their differences, Hinduism and Christianity have great similarities. And this is particularly prominent in the case of the life and teachings of the two central figures of these world…Continue
Tags: Jesus, Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita, Bible, Christianity
What do you mean by "secularism"?
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For many specialists the term “secularism” and its derivatives mean in general “a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith.” In fact this is, more or less,…Continue
Tags: society, enlightenment, religion, secular
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The Bible As It Is
For all those who very much enjoy studying the Bible as Literature. Along with that comes the ability to appreciate humor and satire based on it, not to mention making fun of people who take these stories literally.
Brad Snowder commented on Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's group 'The Bible As It Is'"Just joined the group - hope it grows. I'm new to blogging but I have a thing going about the bible: http://skywiseunlimited.com"
Albert Bakker commented on Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's blog post 'The Bible & Science'"Curious..
A naive evaluation of the worth of the Bible as a prelude to science might be done perhaps by judging the tree by it's fruit. In Europe we refer to the period when the Bible was most influential on the scientific outlook of…"
Brad Snowder commented on Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's blog post 'The Bible & Science'""Sometimes I have a terrible need of, shall I say the word, religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars." ~ Vincent Van Gogh"
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Dawkins, The Magic of Reality
Dawkins outlines in simple terms how the scientific method works, but what he really warms to is false knowledge of the kind he calls supernatural.
Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco posted a blog postThe Bible & Science
The Bible is not a book of science, though the first Chapter of Genesis, as the nineteenth-century sociologist Max Weber points out, is the necessary prelude to science. It represents the first time people saw the universe as the product of a single creative will, and therefore as intelligible rather than capricious and mysterious.Nature has no divinity. Indeed, in the Hebrew Bible, it became “undeified” as G. W. F. Hegel put it. Hegel observed (in lectures notes his students published after…See More
Charlene Osland liked Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's discussion What can come of trying to read Richard Dawkins while using the Library of Hartford Seminary (or vice versa)
Nelson replied to Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco's discussion 'Getting Rid of God: Where did the Big Bang Happen?'"This is as good a place as any to start:
(Deconstructing Mormonism: An Analysis and Assessment of the Mormon Faith 2011 pp113)
If you believe in the Big Bang theory – that the word came into being as a primordial explosion with masses…"
Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco posted a discussionGetting Rid of God: Where did the Big Bang Happen?
Try to recall who God was for you when you were a child. List key concepts you learned about God when you were growing up. What or who was the source for your information – parents, friends, TV, religious education? Take one minute and write any word association that you now have with the word “God.” Try not to think, just write whatever comes to your mind. Can you remember a time when you felt jealous, angry, or resentful toward God? Can you take those events and reframe them into more…See More
Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco commented on Heather Spoonheim's blog post 'An Argument Against Allah (1)'"The dictum of E. M. Forster: “I do not believe in belief,” Salman Rushdie echoes when he declares: “I believe in no god,” and “where there is no belief there is no blasphemy.” Only “our lives teach us who we…"
William C. Walker left a comment for Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco"It is not possible to have too many Atheist friends."
Claudia Mercedes Mazzucco posted a blog postWhat is in the archetypal world of the Anglo-Saxons?
“It is not something that happens because people miss-interpret the text; it is because they believe in them. That is the problem.” ~ Christopher Hitchens ~ Somehow stories contain the very soul of a people; when, for instance, American pastor Carol M. Noren meditated on the crossing of the Read Sea, saying that “God commands Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea,” and Moses obeys without hesitation, she infers the conclusion that, “Our Lord desires human participation in his saving…See More
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The Bible & Science
Posted on January 26, 2012 at 3:17pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
The Bible is not a book of science, though the first Chapter of Genesis, as the nineteenth-century sociologist Max Weber points out, is the necessary prelude to science. It represents the first time people saw the universe as the product of a single creative will, and therefore as intelligible rather than capricious and mysterious.
Nature has no divinity. Indeed, in the Hebrew Bible, it became “undeified” as G. W. F. Hegel put it. Hegel observed (in lectures notes his students…
Continue What is in the archetypal world of the Anglo-Saxons?
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 4:16pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
“It is not something that happens because people miss-interpret the text; it is because they believe in them. That is the problem.”
~ Christopher Hitchens ~
Somehow stories contain the very soul of a people; when, for instance, American pastor Carol M. Noren meditated on the crossing of the Read Sea, saying that “God commands Moses to stretch out his hand over the sea,” and Moses obeys without hesitation, she infers the conclusion that, “Our Lord desires…
Little Lessons in Western History
Posted on April 13, 2011 at 1:35pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Sylvester II – The Scientist Pope
He arose from humble beginnings as a monk to the papacy on account of his scientific knowledge, not in spite of it. In his day, the earth was not flat. People were not terrified that the world would end at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 999. Christians did not believe Muslims and Jews were the devil’s spawn.
The Church was not anti-science: just the reverse. Mathematics ranked among the highest forms of worship, for… Continue
He arose from humble beginnings as a monk to the papacy on account of his scientific knowledge, not in spite of it. In his day, the earth was not flat. People were not terrified that the world would end at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 999. Christians did not believe Muslims and Jews were the devil’s spawn.
The Church was not anti-science: just the reverse. Mathematics ranked among the highest forms of worship, for… Continue
The Wise Woman of Somalia
Posted on February 10, 2011 at 10:59am 2 Comments 2 Likes
For the past decade, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has stood at the forefront of new thought in the philosophy of Islam and its explanation, and Europeans have plenty to learn from her brave commitment to Enlightenment values – in the face of all that extremism.
Ali will…
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- At 8:08pm on July 5, 2011, William C. Walker said…
- It is not possible to have too many Atheist friends.
- At 7:05pm on June 16, 2011,
Heather Spoonheim said… - Thanks for the add!
- At 7:03pm on December 31, 2010,
Julien said… - Happy New Year, Claudia!
- At 3:19pm on December 15, 2010,
DeSwiss said… 
- At 1:30pm on December 8, 2010, Nelson said…
- i probably have to ask you to start typing your discussions on TA instead of in Word and then copying and pasting them then. i fixed this one for you but fixing them each and every time you start a new thread will get tedious as i'm sure you can imagine.
and, of course, it's my pleasure to accept the friend request. :)
- At 12:30pm on December 8, 2010, Nelson said…
- can you point me to the thread with a link? are you still writing in Word and then copying and pasting the text into TA?
- At 10:52am on November 9, 2010,
Radu Andreiu said… - Sorry about that. I didn't check my friendship requests in a while, but it's done now. Thanks for the add! :)
- At 7:29pm on November 8, 2010, Nelson said…
- did you follow this already?
use your cursor/mouse to highlight all the text and then click the button to remove the formatting.
previously you mentioned writing in Word and then pasting the text into TA. assuming you've done that this time as well, why not just write right in TA so you wouldn't have this problem?
- At 9:12am on November 7, 2010,
David Fitzgerald said… - Hi Claudia! Thx for the add and nice to meet you!
All the best,
Dave Fitzgerald
Steering Committee, San Francisco Atheists
Co-Founder, Director - The Atheist Film Festival
Founder, Director - Evolutionpalooza!
Author of Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All
- At 11:23am on November 4, 2010, Nelson said…
- yes, because the problem is that you're copy and pasting not only the text but the formatting as well. some websites don't have formatting that will cause a problem so you don't notice that it's there. there's no way around it but to remove the formatting once you paste it into the text box here on TA before posting as the Help Center thread details.
i fixed it for you this time.
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