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Michael Gage replied to Angelo's discussion 'please present the best arguments for strong atheism'"I think you mean the guy who wrote the case for Christ. Lee Smolin is an atheist physicist who was written no such book to my knowledge."
Michael Gage replied to Angelo's discussion 'please present the best arguments for strong atheism'"Thanks.
My wife teaches Gilgamesh to her high school literature students. She says you can just see the light bulbs going off for the students as they realize, "Oh, that's the same story as Noah's Ark!""
Michael Gage replied to Angelo's discussion 'please present the best arguments for strong atheism'"I'm not offering this answer for the OP, but for everyone else because he doesn't seem worth debating. I would start with something both parties can agree upon - there are 500 gods that do not exist, but people claimed they existed (see…"
Michael Gage commented on Branden Ballard's blog post 'I've left church, and I'm concerned with some things now.'"I think one issue that's implicit in the discussion here is that something like "atheists have no morality" ought to be considered a conclusion requiring premises and definitions. It doesn't sound like your friends offered any…"
Michael Gage replied to Don Leonard's discussion 'My argument against the existence of god'"I can say a few general types of responses you would get based on my own conversations. I'm not overly impressed by any of them.
They will say God isn't really sending your cousing to Hell. Rather, he chose to go to Hell.
Catholics may…"
Michael Gage posted a blog postAn Atheist Parable
The Great King A boy of nearly six lay weeping on the side of the road. His father, face down in the mud beside him, had just been slain. He was unable to pay the taxes required by the local governor. He pleaded with the collectors to spare his life, as he had no money with which to pay them. This was not their concern. The man was killed; the debt passed to his son. A woman who witnessed the event came to comfort the boy. “I know this is hard for you to understand now,” she said, “but the King…See More
Doug Reardon commented on Michael Gage's blog post 'Contra Genesis'"The nuns taught me that the germ theory of disease was all wrong, I got sick because I sinned."
Michael Gage posted a blog postContra Genesis
The creation account in Genesis is quite obviously a confused myth. However, there are a very large number of people who still believe in its literal truth. Here are three short, simple arguments for those people. 1. Adam and Eve did not deserve their punishment.Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:“Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it all the…See More
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An Atheist Parable
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 10:52am 0 Comments 2 Likes
The Great King
A boy of nearly six lay weeping on the side of the road. His father, face down in the mud beside him, had just been slain. He was unable to pay the taxes required by the local governor. He pleaded with the collectors to spare his life, as he had no money with which to pay them. This was not their concern. The man was killed; the debt passed to his son.
A woman who witnessed the event came to comfort the boy. “I know this is hard…
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Posted on September 21, 2011 at 11:57am 1 Comment 1 Like
The creation account in Genesis is quite obviously a confused myth. However, there are a very large number of people who still believe in its literal truth. Here are three short, simple arguments for those people.
1. Adam and Eve did not deserve their punishment.
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“Cursed is the ground for your… Continue
1. Adam and Eve did not deserve their punishment.
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“Cursed is the ground for your… Continue
Historical Method: Are skeptics committed to a double standard?
Posted on September 9, 2011 at 1:21pm 2 Comments 3 Likes
This is my first post in a planned series on the Historical Method. I will discuss general topics and areas of tension between conservative biblical scholars and skeptics. This series will include discussions of authorship, dating, and general reliability. My focus in this first post is the question of whether either group—the skeptic or the theist—is committed to a double standard regarding ancient texts.
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Should the 9/11 ceremony be religious?
Posted on September 2, 2011 at 3:00pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
This is a sample post from my blog: Foxhole Atheism
The Huffington Post currently has an article describing some controversy over the exclusion of religious clergy/material from the 9/11 memorial service. Bloomberg has pledged to maintain his position despite conservative religious group protests. A spokesperson for the…
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