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Way of the Mind


First Causes and Special Pleading

A: Nothing can exist without a cause. The universe exists; what caused it? I say it was God! B: OK, who caused God, then? A: Nothing. God wasn’t caused or created; he always existed. B: Then...

Started in Way of the Mind • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: logic, religion, first cause, special pleading
Obama as Dream (from Neil Gaiman’s "Sandman")?

Don’t know who created this (the place I found it in just linked to it as a remote image), but it is certainly something you don’t see every day. One of the best parts from the first...

Started in Way of the Mind • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: politics, barack obama, hillary clinton, neil gaiman, obama
Eliminating religion?

Vocal atheists are often asked (and sometimes simply accused) if they want to eliminate religion (sometimes we’re even accused of trying to eliminate believers, but those idiocies aren’t...

Started in Way of the Mind • 9 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, religion
FAQ: What if you’re wrong, and God does exist?

(Note: this is not the same as the previous FAQ, “Isn’t it better to believe, just in case? After all, if I’m wrong, then I don’t lose much, but if you’re wrong…”. That one is a...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, atheism faq, religion, god
More on the Dawkins/ Hitchens/ Dennett/ Harris discussion (part 3): "God exists" implies Christia

As always, click on the image for the source and to download the videos, yada yada yada. Christopher Hitchens: You had a marvelous quotation from Francis Collins, the genome pioneer, who said,...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, christianity, religion, c.s. lewis, christopher-hitchens
Want to have nightmares tonight?

If so, read on; if not, stop reading now.This was suggested by a comment on Pharyngula. Imagine this nightmarish (but possible… yikes!) scenario:McCain picks Huckabee has his running mate....

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: christianity, politics, religion, 2008 u.s. elections, huckabee
Atheism is necessary, but not sufficient — and not the final goal

A recent post on Primordial Blog, Atheist Proselytizing - What Should Our Goal Be?, includes this part: And that’s why I think that turning people away from religion is not enough. Instead, the...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, reason, thinking
More on the Dawkins/ Hitchens/ Dennett/ Harris discussion (part 1): belief and emotional investme

 As a follow-up to my previous post on the subject, I want to share — and comment on — some of the best parts (IMO) of the conversation between the “four hoursemen”,...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, feelings, religion, belief, christianity
More on the Dawkins/ Hitchens/ Dennett/ Harris discussion (part 2): the immaturity of religious a

 Like before, just click on the picture above to go to the source, download or watch the 2-hour video, and so on. Also like before, I’m going to post and comment on one of my favorite...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, christianity, logic, religion, the bible
Atheism, Stalin, and "without God anything goes"

A couple of days ago, I was reading the comments on another blog which, like mine, had posted this comic:The replies, over there, were a little more like those I had expected here. First, there...

Started in Way of the Mind • 10 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: atheism, morality, religion, god, stalin