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Question from Dominic: How do you deal with senseless suffering–like heartless cruelty imposed on innocent animals? There is such a thing as crush videos where women, mostly in high heels, enjoy crushing small animals on the floor in a gruesome, lengthy process to provide sexual satisfaction for the viewer. Those who produce it say it … Continue reading “Crushed by Suffering”
Question from Joe: I am a believer. However I have a really hard time with most churches and Christians. I agree on 99.9% of the points people like deGrasse Tyson, Dawkins and Hitchens make. Subjects like physics, astronomy, math, biology, etc. seem to answer more and more questions that Christianity used to simply answer with … Continue reading “An Informal Audience with Jesus”
Question from Emily: I was wondering what an atheist stance on karma would be. I’m not a big believer in faith or the supernatural. However, I am becoming a Buddhist and I just wanted some educated thoughts on the subject matter. I couldn’t really find my answer on the web. One thing I have noticed … Continue reading “Karma”
Question from Jeff: I’m sort of in a searching phase of life where I really don’t know what to believe. I recently heard a compelling argument for the existence of god and want to get some input. The argument goes like this: If there is no god and the world is just an accident, if … Continue reading “Now You’re Thinking With A Bunch of Atoms”
Question from Steve R: If the big bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, please tell me: which law of physics supports spontaneous creation? I have not found any laws or principles of the physical universe which support the idea of bridging the infinite gap between non-existence (quantity zero) and existence (quantity … Continue reading “Spontaneous Creation in Physics”
Question from Darian: What would be defined as legitimate proof of god(s) within the accepted community of atheists? And, is there any proper scientific research being done to find said proof? Another way to word, what would be the atheist definition of god(s)? Answer by SmartLX: There’s some argument about this within the atheist community … Continue reading “Something to prove, but what?”
Question from Jon: At most, we all choose what is rational in believing or being convinced about something. While searching for answers, I have stumbled upon studying atheism as a choice for my belief but a find it highly irrational. Firstly, atheism appeals that believe in a god/cause/deity is highly irrational because there is no … Continue reading “Causes and Rationality”
Question from Anthony: Suppose that the human race somehow received a direct revelation from God. There are many ways in which this might happen, but let’s go with the method that Carl Sagan used in his novel Contact, which was later made into a movie starring Jodie Foster. (This aspect of the novel never made … Continue reading “A Message Baked Into Pi?”
Question from Dante: I came up with a notion that i have been musing over for months now. It’s an evolutionary notion/question. I will not use it to make any assertions but I would be interested to hear what any sages would have to say and how they would address it. So here goes…. Realism/rationalism … Continue reading “Sense and Sense-ability”
Question from Caleb: In an atheistic worldview why are there laws of logic, uniformity of nature, and absolute morality? Answer by SmartLX: If you search the site for the above terms you’ll find quite a few relevant pieces already written, and some very long discussions in the comments. These subjects crop up often because many … Continue reading “Some Things Never Change”