April 2012
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The Trinity Challenge for Easter
Creating a complete and noncontradictory account of Jesus’ resurrection from the four gospels has been an ongoing challenge from nonbelievers to Christians every Easter for a few years now. This type of challenge highlights the fundamental and mutually exclusive nature of the gospels with regards to perhaps the key event in the life of Jesus but another major problem in traditional...
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“I am not remotely interested in trying to ‘explain things away’, and...”
– Ian Rowland - on what it means to be a skeptic from The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading
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What Would Convince Me God Exists
One of the most important ideas within skepticism is that there ought to be some amount of evidence that would convince you to change your mind about a topic. We frequently back away from discussions in which the other party acknowledges that they can’t conceive of anything which would change their opinion but I’ve realized of late that when it comes to belief in god I can seem to fit...
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Anonymous asked: in ur libertarian argument video,the argument at 2:14 is the same justification southerns gave for slavery. That was one of the core principles of slavery, collective good. His arguments assume collective rights over non-existent individual rights. He is packing his argument with many philosophical assumptions he does not explain and ones that libertarians have refuted countless times. He trys to...
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March 2012
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Cold Reading Resources
Here is a series of resources on cold reading as requested by one of my favorite tumblrers, Mooglets (who also blogs at fucknopseuodoscience and atheismfuckyeah).
First and foremost if you can get The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading by Ian Rowland I highly recommend it (though it’s currently out of stock on his website and insanely priced right now on Amazon). While many other sources may...
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Anonymous asked: If energy is cannot be destroyed or created, then when we die, we are still here and maybe it will take a while, but eventually all our energy will come together again in another form? like recycling? so maybe re-incarnation is true in a kind of way? what do your take on this?
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What Now?
If ever there was a time when I felt inspired to do something to improve skepticism and rationality in my country and around the world it was this past weekend attending the Reason Rally and American Atheist conference. Being around so many atheists who, for the most part, can easily see through and explain why exactly it doesn’t make sense to believe in god(s) made me recognize that it is...
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Back in Town
I’ve barely unpacked my bags after returning from the Reason Rally and American Atheist convention but had to sit down to say a few words. I had some technical difficulties that prevented me from blogging from the event (obviously) but I this has it’s benefits. Because I didn’t get the chance to blog during the events I’ve had longer to reflect on them. Among other things:
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Anonymous asked: on the tlc medium thing, are you saying all those people on the show who say she is very correct on their lives are all actors or paid to lie? because they look very convincing. Like, I'm atheist just like you, but this is different, like there is no evidence that says that a select group of people could not have evolved differently from everyone else and have an in depth psychic insight to...
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Anonymous asked: what do you think of tlc's long island medium?
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"The Political Climate is More Hostile Now Than...
Be angry with just a hint of sadness because American political discourse is at an all-time low. Or at least that’s what many today will have you believe as if debates over slavery and the right to discriminate based on sex, race and nationality were held over tea and crumpets. While the frequency of negative ads is in fact on the rise it is often claimed that these ads, and political...
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“Your chosen religion has us born as reprobates, guilty before we’ve taken...”
– Matt Dillahunty - on the Christian system of justice
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