Evidence For Atheism
“…absence of expected evidence can indeed be evidence of absence, like the absence of any bat guano in your attic.”
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Ask from the Past: What makes science and history more true than religion?
“Once you stop looking for absolute certainty, you start to judge these things on their actual merit.”
Can an atheist be spiritual?
“Visualising spirits, or spiritual energy, can be tremendously helpful in some circumstances (martial arts, for instance, or meditation) even if you don’t accept for a second that there’s anything really there.”
Logic and Certainty
“I proceed with confidence in consistent logic on the basis of experience and precedent.”
“The Literal Word of God”
Question: Evangelists and others often claim that “the Bible is the literal Word of God”. Putting aside whether it’s true or not, what does it actually mean? Answer: Google the quoted phrase to find lots of instances of the claim, and also lots of rejections of it. Both sides tend to confuse two possible meanings … Continue reading ““The Literal Word of God””
The Great Big Arguments #5: Prophecies
“…false dilemma: either the authors took wild guesses and were correct multiple times purely by chance, or they were divinely inspired and therefore granted knowledge the rest of humanity didn’t have at the time.”
The Great Big Arguments #4: Teleological (Design)
“…theists may claim that anything natural with any quality to it whatsoever must have been deliberately crafted with humanity in mind.”
The Great Big Arguments #3: Cosmological
“My aim is make this a reference for any subsequent “origin” questions.”
The Great Big Arguments #1: Transcendental
The Transcendental Argument: “…the equivalent of winning at chess by knocking over all the pieces.”