This is a three part tool to evaluate belief

systems. It is not the only way to do it, nor the best way...but a

better evaluation tool would include these categories and others...



1. Assumptions / Beliefs / Dogmas

2. Relationship to Evidence

3. Methodologies



Christianity verses Science



Assumptions of Christianity: Triune Dogma of God, Triune Dogma of the Bible,

Punishment / Reward in the Afterlife...

God is an Omniscient,… Continue

I heard about this on the radio, so I had to find it...

This is important, I had to repost it...



http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22210



China's Charter 08

Translated from the Chinese by Perry Link



The document below, signed by more than two thousand Chinese citizens, was conceived and written in conscious admiration of the founding of Charter 77 in Czechoslovakia, where, in January 1977, more than two hundred Czech and Slovak intellectuals formed… Continue

Evidence precedes Dogma



No idea is permanent



No idea is necessary



All ideas are in flux as new evidence and new ways of thinking arise



I believe in evolution. I do this knowing the evidence for and even the "evidence" against. Contrary to popular opinion I have the ability to change my mind if I were presented with true evidence. This evidence will lead to a new belief which will not paint me into a corner: "Doubt ye this and be thou damned to Hell."… Continue

This is used by Way of the Master, and Hovind, and Probably others. It's very flawed.



" Do you know everything? " the Christian asks the Atheist,

" No, of course not." Responds the Atheist,

" Do you know half of everything? " asks the Christian,"

" Wow, no, probably much less than that..." admits the Atheist,

" In the half you don't know, could God exist??? " the Christian rests.



This formula is NOT a good proof of God's existence. It COULD be used to… Continue

http://www.christiananswers.net/evangelism/beliefs/atheism.html

Why the Atheist doesn't exist

"There can be no such things as an atheist. This is why: Let's imagine that you are a professing atheist. Here are two questions for you to answer: First, do you know the combined weight of all the sand on all the beaches of Hawaii? We can safely assume that you don't. This brings us to the second question: Do you know how many hairs are on the back of a fully-grown male Tibetan yak? Probably… Continue

We Atheists have no dogma that I am aware of, beyond the definition of atheist... Of course, "atheist" is a self label and can neither be officially forced onto another nor branded...no matter what the Communist Party, or Christians think.





Besides the numerous theologies found within the Bible, over which denominations form and fragment, there are at least two semi-external dogmas...

The Triune Dogma of God and the Triune Dogma of the Bible.



"God is omniscient,… Continue